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07/28/202203/02/2024inReviewsby Robert Daniels6 min read

Review: Vengeance

BJ Novak’s directorial debut features sharp laughs and even better performances from a deep ensemble led by Boyd Holbrook and Ashton Kutcher.

07/28/202203/02/2024inReviewsby Craig D. Lindsey3 min read

Review: Not Okay

This painted attempt to satirize privileged influencers becomes a prime example of what it’s targeting.

07/27/202203/02/2024inLooking Backby Zach Vasquez11 min read

Stand Alone: The Legacy of High Noon

When the Gary Cooper vehicle strode into theaters 70 years ago, it became one of the most controversial – and influential – Westerns of its day.

07/27/202203/02/2024inLooking Backby Audrey Fox8 min read

The Rise and Fall of the “I Was a Teenage _______” Movie

For a brief, bizarre time in the 1950s, filmmakers figured they could make a quick buck by catering their pictures to the newly relevant teen audience. Here’s how that went:

07/26/202203/02/2024inReviews, VODepthsby Josh Bell5 min read

VODepths: What to See (and Avoid) On Demand This Week

Our mini-reviews of ‘Infared,’ ‘Gulliver Returns,’ ‘Shalom Taiwan,” and more of the new straight-to-VOD fare.

07/25/202203/02/2024inMoviesby Kate Jeffrie6 min read

A Degree of Madness: The Rise of the Crazed University Student

The college kid crumbling under pressure is becoming one of the more tired tropes in contemporary cinema. Our investigation:

07/25/202203/02/2024inLooking Backby Sara Batkie6 min read

Celebrating Jason Robards’s Centenary with Melvin and Howard

As we approach the 100th anniversary of the great actor’s birth, we look back at one of his very best performances.

07/22/202203/02/2024inLooking Backby Kayleigh Donaldson5 min read

Classic Corner: Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Philip Kaufman’s remake of the 1956 sci-fi classic has become a standard bearer of its own, equal parts creepy and witty.

07/21/202203/02/2024inReviewsby Craig D. Lindsey4 min read

Review: Nope

Jordan Peele’s latest is ambitious, thoughtful, and occasionally thrilling – but it never quite pulls together into a coherent whole.

07/21/202203/02/2024inReviewsby Abby Olcese4 min read

Review: My Old School

Jono McLeod’s Sundance selection is a documentary with a trick or two (or, perhaps, a trick too many) up its sleeve.

07/20/202203/02/2024inLooking Backby Craig J. Clark5 min read

In Space, No One Can Hear Mario Bava

This 1965 foray into science fiction from the Italian horror master is a fascinating deviation (and inspiration for one of the best sci-fi films of the ’70s).

07/19/202203/02/2024inLooking Backby Zach Vasquez11 min read

No False Moves: Carl Franklin’s Masterful ‘90s Neo-Noir Double Punch

With ‘Devil In a Blue Dress’ joining the Criterion Collection, a deep dive on the man who made it – and the first-rate crime picture that got him the gig.