Film Festivals

‘Rabbit’ Review: Running Towards the Unexpected

By  Rob Hunter 

Surprise. Australia is still the world’s most dangerous place.

‘Beautiful Boy’ Review: Timothée Chalamet Provides the Hits In This Hit and Miss Addiction Drama (LFF)

By  Farah Cheded 

Beautiful Boy feels like a horror movie primarily directed at the parents in its audience.

‘Shoplifters’ Review: A Beautiful and Unsentimental Family Portrait (FNC)

By  Sarah Foulkes 

Koreeda explores family and poverty in this heart-wrenching film.

‘The Ballad of Buster Scruggs’ Might Be the Coens’ Worst

By  Luke Hicks 

The western anthology of shorts starts with a bang and quickly fades into a whimper.

Space is the Ultimate Prison in Claire Denis’ ‘High Life’ (NYFF)

By  Luke Hicks 

You can’t escape the cosmic void.

‘Banana Split’ Review: A Real Split of Authenticity and Insincerity (LAFF)

By  Pierce Singgih 

This coming-of-age film hilariously illustrates the best friendship but is stifled by moments of disingenuous emotion.

‘Too Late to Die Young’ Review: Chilean Coming-of-age Story Strikes Gray Gold (NYFF)

By  Luke Hicks 

Writer/director Dominga Sotomayor Castillo fashions a lavishly shot world in the woods that you won’t forget

‘Suspiria’ Review: A Bold and Beautiful Vision of Powerful Women Unleashing Hell

By  Rob Hunter 

Less of a remake, more of a rebirth.

‘Wildlife’ Review: Paul Dano’s First Directorial Effort Yields Promising Results (NYFF)

By  Luke Hicks 

Mulligan, Gyllenhaal, and Oxenbould shine in Dano’s fiery 1960s drama about a fracturing family.