Kunal Nayyar in ‘Christmas Karma’ | Photo Credit: True Bit Entertainment/YouTube Christmas jumpers are all I can remember of this film. As this reimagining of Charles...
An orphaned girl hires her hitman next-door neighbor to kill the monster under her bed. This R-rated action/horror movie mashup has lots of violence but surprisingly...
Across the three feature films he’s made to date, the 36-year-old Chinese filmmaker Bi Gan has proven himself prodigiously gifted at manipulating the parameters of time...
Other Noteworthy Elements Ryan and Ella’s marriage appears to be on the rocks. Ella wonders if Ryan only married her for the perks of her career...
The Japanese writer-director Mamoru Hosoda has made some amazing films that take profound leaps into dreamlike worlds. Hosoda’s “Mirai” (2018) is about a 4-year-old boy who’s...
Most people who have seen a few director Park movies will agree that he has one of the most creative and crazy minds out there. I’m...
By Peter Keough Once again, critic A.S. Hamrah sheds perceptive light on our cinematic malaise. The Algorithm of the Night: Film Criticism 2019-2025 by A.S. Hamrah. n...
‘The Secret Agent’ Directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho (R) ★★★★ “This is one of the year’s best films, and one of the most distinctive,” said Matt...
You’d think it would be easy to parody beloved period British dramas because they have so many guilty pleasure repeated tropes: huge historic houses, romances within...
They say write what you know, which is probably why there are so many damn films about Hollywood. The latest navel-gazer, Jay Kelly, is about an...
