MoviesTimothée Chalamet makes Wonka better than expected (but just barely) Abby Olcese, October 23, 2024
MoviesRidley Scott’s Napoleon is the Thanksgiving trip to the movies you deserve Abby Olcese, October 23, 2024
MoviesLocal film showcase spotlights work from women and queer filmmakers Abby Olcese, October 23, 2024
MoviesThe Killer returns David Fincher to his cynical roots, and what a glorious return it is Abby Olcese, October 23, 2024
MoviesTotally Killer delivers DCOM vibes with a side of blood and a smidge of time travel hijinks Abby Olcese, October 23, 2024
MoviesThe Exorcist: Believer wants you to go to church (but maybe not to mass) Abby Olcese, October 23, 2024
MoviesFantastic Fest ’23: Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn is razor-sharp, darkly funny, and unabashedly horny Abby Olcese, October 23, 2024
MoviesFantastic Fest ’23: Neolithic survival thriller Out of Darkness makes the most of limitations Abby Olcese, October 23, 2024
MoviesFantastic Fest ’23: Macon Blair’s take on the Troma classic The Toxic Avenger is full of blood, guts, and gooey love Abby Olcese, October 23, 2024
MoviesStop Making Sense re-release brings vitality and new angles to a classic Talking Heads concert film Abby Olcese, October 23, 2024
MoviesA Haunting in Venice continues Kenneth Branagh’s mysterious descent into lazy filmmaking Abby Olcese, October 23, 2024
Culture, MoviesKansas City Underground Film Festival offers its strongest lineup yet Abby Olcese, October 23, 2024
MoviesIf you like your high school comedies extra bloody you’ll adore how Bottoms fights deliriously dirty Abby Olcese, October 23, 2024
MoviesLandscape with Invisible Hand is a darkly funny economic allegory Abby Olcese, October 23, 2024
MoviesRare Exports: The Last Voyage of the Demeter is hearty meat-and-potatoes horror Abby Olcese, October 23, 2024
MoviesTalk to Me is a merciless, terrifying debut from RackaRacka’s Danny and Michael Philippou Abby Olcese, October 23, 2024
MoviesMission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One pits Cruise against our collective AI anxiety Abby Olcese, October 23, 2024
MoviesCeline Song’s Past Lives is a love story for grown-ups, with mature, tender chemistry Abby Olcese, October 23, 2024
MoviesSav Rodgers on Chasing Chasing Amy’s Tribeca premiere and the multi-year process behind his debut feature Abby Olcese, October 23, 2024
CultureWriter-comedian Josh Gondelman talks touring, the WGA strike, and the value of being a Pollyanna Abby Olcese, October 23, 2024
MoviesGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is worth seeing—after the WGA strike Abby Olcese, October 23, 2024
MoviesMake Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret your priority watch this weekend Abby Olcese, October 23, 2024
MoviesPanic Fest 2023: Abruptio is a Troma movie with puppets, and that’s a neat experiment if nothing more Abby Olcese, October 23, 2024
MoviesPanic Fest 2023: Birth/Rebirth is a Frankenstein story for a post-Dobbs world Abby Olcese, October 23, 2024
MoviesRenfield director Chris McKay on Nicolas Cage, reinventing Dracula, and milkshake blood Abby Olcese, October 23, 2024
MoviesDungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves does the tabletop RPG (and its genre) right Abby Olcese, October 23, 2024
MoviesBruce Campbell on Bruce-O-Rama, Evil Dead Rise and the politics of stardom Abby Olcese, October 23, 2024
MoviesKansas City Film Fest International brings an independent cinema extravaganza to Ward Parkway Abby Olcese, October 23, 2024
MoviesGavin Brivik Blows Up: Film composer and UMKC alumnus strikes back on How to Blow Up a Pipeline Abby Olcese, October 23, 2024
MoviesJohn Wick: Chapter 4 is a hyper-violent ballet with heart and headshots in equal measure Abby Olcese, October 23, 2024
MoviesAwards Season-ing: Your guide to edibles for a memorable Oscars watch party Abby Olcese, October 23, 2024
MoviesCocaine Bear delivers on its promise of a 90 minute film where a bear does cocaine Abby Olcese, October 23, 2024
MoviesKnock at the Cabin is M. Night Shyamalan’s best movie since Signs Abby Olcese, October 23, 2024
CultureJoe Pera on eating a burger and fries, going to movies ahead of live show at The Uptown Abby Olcese, October 23, 2024
MoviesThe Pale Blue Eye should be sordid fun. It’s a bone dry dirge instead. Abby Olcese, October 23, 2024
MoviesThe Pitch’s film editor Abby Olcese picks her top 10 flicks of 2022 Abby Olcese, October 23, 2024
