Nikki (Inde Navarrette) and Bear (Michael Johnston) in bed.

Movie Review: Obsession (2026)

Cinema keeps circling back to a familiar male fantasy, probably because men keep finding new ways to pretend they invented ...
A scene from ‘Backrooms’.

‘Backrooms’ (2026) Review

One of the first things I thought while watching Backrooms had very little to do with horror, internet folklore, or ...
Joseph Mazzello in Monument

Monument (2026) Film review

In Monument, directed by Bryan Singer, the Israelis are still in Lebanon after the invasion that began in 1982 with ...
Two people stand in front of barbed wire in For the Living

For the Living (2025) Film Review

“How could human beings do that? The answer was very clear. They believed that what they were doing was right.” ...
a still from the film the disinvited

The Disinvited (2025) Film Review

In the wild ride that is The Disinvited, a man grapples with the emotional turmoil triggered by rejection. It is ...
Nathan Hill in Bitter Desire

Bitter Desire (2025) Film Review

After a couple of years of navigating through the weird yet endearing filmography of Nathan Hill, I’ve grown fond of ...
Kaiti Wallen in Finding Nicole

Finding Nicole (2025) Film Review

Finding Nicole continues prolific indie filmmaker Harvey Wallen’s journey in trying to abandon the typecast and the comfort zone of ...
a boy eating in the short film izidor

Izidor (2025) Short Film Review

The short feature Izidor, by director David Kabbe, plays like a sort of fairy tale in the modern age. There ...
a man is interviewed in passengers

The Passengers (2025) Film Review

In today’s society of perpetual connection and communication, the contact with reality should be the rule, right? Everybody has access ...
a man and a woman toast in Hold Me Softly

Hold Me, Softly (2025) Film Review

Hold Me, Softly isn’t a movie that will change your life. It stays inside its formulaic genre of romance with ...
a man is harmed in the short film time is money

Time Is Money (2025) Short Film Review

A simple mistake can change everything — from a misplaced comma in a letter to a typo in a prescription ...
a woman holds a squirrel while smiling in the film Bound

Bound (2025) Film Review

Bound, the thriller drama by Isaac Hirotsu Woofter, is an independent movie that doesn’t look like an independent movie. From ...
two men sitting in chairs in the film betray thirst

Betray: Thirst (2025) Film Review

Not always, movies will make you think. Some of them are designed to raise some questions, but you’re not obligated ...
An old photograph of four men in The Bad Patriots

The Bad Patriots (2025) Film Review

The Bad Patriots is not a bad documentary. Although I failed to connect with it, I can see where it ...
a lady uses a saw In final recovery

Final Recovery (2025) Film Review

The first thing that comes to mind with Harley Wallen's Final Recovery is that the crew behind productions like Ash ...