Month: June 2025

The new film from Jean Pierre and Luc Dardenne is much like the others. The actors are mostly non-professional; the…

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2024 TIFF coverage. The Life of Chuck opens in theaters…

Bringing together serial killers and sharks—two of the horror genre’s apex predators—in a savage, deliciously executed spectacle, Sean Byrne’s “Dangerous…

Todd Purdom’s new book is a biography of Desi Arnaz, described in the subtitle as “The Man Who Invented Television.”…

One of the oldest film festivals in the world, and the most prestigious such festival in Eastern and Central Europe,…

It’s a pretty light month at the powerhouse streamer of all streamers, Netflix. Maybe they didn’t want to distract from…

The last decade of cinema has brought no greater certification than Kiyoshi Kurosawa as Japan’s preeminent filmmaker. The thought occurs…

Among the best things in The President’s Cake are the colors. There’s the deep red of a rooster’s comb as…

With the 2025 Cannes Film Festival in our rear view mirror, we still bring more insights into Chaz Ebert‘s coverage of…

With the unforgiving heat of a global warming summer upon us, let’s look back at a blockbuster that made its…