In the remarkable documentary The Eternal Memory, director Maite Alberdi brings us one of the most heartfelt renditions of life, love, and memory in recent years of cinema.
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Review: Strays
Director Josh Greenbaum and writer Dan Perrault team up for neither of their best work with Strays, a lackluster crude dog comedy whose blessedly short run time is its most redeeming feature.
Review: A Compassionate Spy
The latest from renowned documentarian Steve James provides an intriguing historical counterpart to this summer’s Oppenheimer yet suffers from some indulgences and limited perspective.
Review: Oppenheimer
It’s a film about the creation of something not before seen and the consequences this entails.
Review: Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
In Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, Tom Cruise is back with the seventh installment of a series that somehow manages to increase the stakes yet again. The narrative of the film is relatively simple: Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) is tasked with capturing a key that allows the control of a sentient AI system […]
Review: Asteroid City
Asteroid City, the latest from Wes Anderson, is a true achievement from one of America’s most unique cinematic voices.
Review: Flamin’ Hot
Flamin’ Hot—the directorial debut of Eva Longoria—tells the story of the invention of the titular Flamin’ Hot Cheetos by Richard Montañez (Jesse Garcia), a janitor at Frito-Lay.
Review: Alam
Writer/director Firas Khoury’s Alam is an affecting and effective film firmly fixated on contradictions and how we navigate them to create a sense of self.
Review: Shazam! Fury of the Gods
The first iteration contained some intriguing comedic explorations into what it means to have near-limitless power with a limited maturity level, and it seems like the creative team used up all their thoughts on it in the first go-round.
Review: 65
65 is an old-fashioned B movie creature feature with a modern sci-fi feature budget.
The Fabelmans
Steven Spielberg’s 33rd feature film is a marvel coming-of-age story and one of his most personal.
The Inspection
Elegance Bratton’s autobiographical story The Inspection is one of learning to accept love on one’s own terms.