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Wuthering Heights (2026) Melissa Strong Wuthering Heights is a sexy Valentine’s weekend movie that doesn’t take itself too seriously. As a valentine to its source material, it does not take itself seriously enough.
Posted Feb 14, 2026  Edit critic review
By Design (2025) Elijah Fischer Kramer’s theatrical direction always lends itself to the kinds of stories she wants to tell, but By Design feels like new ground has been broken.
Posted Feb 14, 2026  Edit critic review
An American Pastoral (2024) Ryan Silberstein While much of An American Pastoral is enraging, it is also energizing.
Posted Feb 14, 2026  Edit critic review
Honey Bunch (2025) Vannah Taylor For anyone who has asked their fair share of "will you still love me if…" type questions, or wondered how far you’d go to have the love of your life stay by your side, Honey Bunch is the perfect film to sit down with for date night.
Posted Feb 14, 2026  Edit critic review
Bight (2026) Matt Campbell Bight is a slick thriller - at its core, it's an exploration of power dynamics, of the push and pull of art and commerce, artist and subject, boss and employee, and between lovers.
Posted Feb 13, 2026  Edit critic review
Pillion (2025) Rosalie Kicks Pillion truly has all the hallmarks of a romantic comedy: two charming leads, a meet cute, [kinky] montages, a fork in the road, an unforgettable line, and a realization that ultimately leaves the viewer satisfied.
Posted Feb 07, 2026  Edit critic review
Jimpa (2025) MD Russell Grief is something we all have to work through at some time or another—and if you haven’t had that experience yet you surely will. Jimpa made me miss my own grandfather, and I can’t wait to see what Hyde and Mason-Hyde do next.
Posted Feb 07, 2026  Edit critic review
Big Girls Don't Cry (2026) Harper Rochel Goldman We are used to seeing coming-of-age movies in which this worldview is either upheld or devastated. Schneideman’s take is more mature, nuanced, and realistic—it evolves.
Posted Feb 07, 2026  Edit critic review
Whistle (2025) Samantha McLaren Much like the Final Destination franchise before it, Whistle isn’t afraid to get vicious when it comes to offing teens, though it shirks the sly humor of those films in favor of a more serious exploration of survivor’s guilt and choosing life.
Posted Feb 07, 2026  Edit critic review
Saccharine (2026) Harper Rochel Goldman Saccharine may be a disappointment in many ways, but it’s the work of a filmmaker with plenty of great ideas, both visually and narratively.
Posted Feb 07, 2026  Edit critic review
Bif Naked (2025) Matt Campbell If you’re a fan of ’90s alternative music, Canadian or otherwise, you can do a lot worse than treating yourself to 107 minutes with Bif Naked.
Posted Feb 04, 2026  Edit critic review
Meat Kills (2025) Vannah Taylor Moral ambiguity, viscera that will make you squirm, and a grim cool-toned palette all come together for a film that brings the audience back to some of the best millennial horrors.
Posted Feb 04, 2026  Edit critic review
Hard Hat Riot (2025) Carmen Paddock A remarkable little documentary that smartly presents its interconnected material.
Posted Feb 04, 2026  Edit critic review
Teacher's Pet (2025) Samantha McLaren Teacher’s Pet is a true indie, and a solid one at that.
Posted Feb 04, 2026  Edit critic review
Body Blow (2025) Elijah Fischer Body Blow is a refreshingly sleazy queer film.
Posted Feb 04, 2026  Edit critic review
Send Help (2026) Ryan Silberstein Go along for the ride, cheer, clap, and scream while being thankful we have another gnarly delight from a master genre storyteller.
Posted Jan 30, 2026  Edit critic review
H Is for Hawk (2025) Janet Reinschmidt H is for Hawk is not a perfect film. It’s a little too long, repetitive, and meandering, ending abruptly without a satisfying or happy conclusion. However, it’s hard to dislike the film for those reasons as they perfectly echo the grieving process.
Posted Jan 26, 2026  Edit critic review
How to Start a Cult in 5-Easy Steps (2025) Heidi Krull Despite its silly nature, much of what How to Start a Cult in 5-Easy Steps says is actually, genuinely important.
Posted Jan 26, 2026  Edit critic review
Shift (2025) Kevin Fox Jr. SHIFT is the kind of film where the absurd makes sense, but its tightrope walk between comedy and thriller eventually leans full into the suspenseful category, with a touch of horror.
Posted Jan 26, 2026  Edit critic review
Love, Danielle (2024) Daniel Pecoraro While the film incorporates Sidell’s own surgical history, and her own scars, Love, Danielle works best when it keeps the choices Danielle needs to make as a character, either with support from friends and family or going it alone, at the forefront.
Posted Jan 26, 2026  Edit critic review
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026) Jess Saunders The film never feels like it overstays its welcome and leads to an over the top finale that had me sitting up in my seat, experiencing a whole range of emotions.
Posted Jan 18, 2026  Edit critic review
Dead Man's Wire (2025) Ashley Morales Dead Man’s Wire kept me on the edge of my seat wondering about what happened next for these people—and how such a turbulent occurrence changed the broadcasting landscape forever.
Posted Jan 18, 2026  Edit critic review
Night Patrol (2025) Avery Coffey With the subject matter of policing, militarizing Black neighborhoods, and gang relations, there’s certainly a lot to unpack. Night Patrol tried to do it all at once. I came for the vampires and stayed for the story’s ambition...
Posted Jan 18, 2026  Edit critic review
Anaconda (2025) Chelsea Alexandra The four friends tumble through a parade of outlandish setbacks, including a literal giant anaconda, yet the film takes too long to find its rhythm and often fails to stick the landing with some of its bigger laugh moments.
Posted Jan 13, 2026  Edit critic review
Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) Kevin Fox Jr. Fire and Ash’s biggest structural flaw, however, is how much of it feels dramatically redundant to its immediate predecessor because of script messiness.
Posted Dec 21, 2025  Edit critic review
The Housemaid (2025) Elijah Fischer Unfortunately, The Housemaid is both too much and not enough, and it leaves its moments of fun unable to outweigh its eyeroll worthy majority.
Posted Dec 21, 2025  Edit critic review
Is This Thing On? (2025) Lindsey Romain ...ultimately the film is a tonal oddball that, while a noteworthy exercise in craft, belays a storyteller who can’t quite condemn the myopic, aromantic worldview he’s bubbled himself within.
Posted Dec 21, 2025  Edit critic review
Crossing Delancey (1988) Aaron Guttenplan Along with Hester Street, it positions Joan Micklin Silver as one of the most notable chroniclers in film of the American Jewish experience, particularly Jewish womanhood.
Posted Dec 21, 2025  Edit critic review
Little Trouble Girls (2025) Andrea Schmidt Urška Djukić’s Little Trouble Girls, though marketed as a coming-of-age film, transcends the oftentimes trite and storytelling beats of this particular genre to craft one of the most deeply moving and visually stunning films of the year.
Posted Dec 14, 2025  Edit critic review
Dust Bunny (2025) Billie Anderson Dust Bunny hinges on the pairing of Mads Mikkelsen and newcomer Sophie Sloan, and the two of them together are deliriously fun. M
Posted Dec 14, 2025  Edit critic review
The Mother, The Menacer, and Me (2025) Matt Campbell The Mother, The Menacer, and Me is clearly a very personal film to its own creatives behind the lens. The screenplay is clever and engaging, enhanced by the performances of its company.
Posted Dec 14, 2025  Edit critic review
Manor of Darkness (2025) Allie Lembo Manor of Darkness throws together great elements that never rise to more than the sum of their parts due to execution issues, but thanks to the actors and the time loop premise, I was still excited to see how this played out until the very end.
Posted Dec 14, 2025  Edit critic review
The Marbles (2025) Fiona Underhill Ultimately, The Marbles is a very good introduction to the ongoing debate surrounding the Parthenon Sculptures in the British Museum, and it does give a sense that momentum is building towards their (perhaps inevitable?) return to Greece
Posted Dec 13, 2025  Edit critic review
100 Nights of Hero (2025) MD Russell Overall, 100 Nights of Hero’s biggest fault is that it’s dull. What is a powerful, age-old story of the importance of writing and passing down stories feels stagnant. This could in part be due to its adaptation from a graphic novel to the screen.
Posted Dec 08, 2025  Edit critic review
Endless Cookie (2025) Ashley Morales I found this film to be an ode to family, in one of the most colorful and funky animation styles I have ever seen.
Posted Dec 08, 2025  Edit critic review
Stockton to Table Rock (2024) Samantha McLaren For fans of family dramas that tackle serious issues, Stockton to Table Rock offers an absorbing story and a level of polish far greater than its meager budget would suggest.
Posted Dec 08, 2025  Edit critic review
Mr. K (2024) Rachel Shatto Mr. K is a fever dream of a film; narrative structure and logic are eschewed in favor of a series of vignettes that culminate in a truly — and perfectly — bizarre denouement.
Posted Dec 08, 2025  Edit critic review
Kombucha (2025) Jill Vranken All these short, sharp shocks build up to make Kombucha into a biting satire of the horrors of corporate culture. And while not always effective, it’s nevertheless a greatly entertaining time that will put you off of kombucha for a while.
Posted Dec 08, 2025  Edit critic review
Love & Other Crimes (2025) Sankeerthna Vedamtam One of the strengths of Love & Other Crimes is that this has happened to everyone: that awkward high school reunion, transformed into a friendship of proximity and shared situations of adulting.
Posted Dec 04, 2025  Edit critic review
Hamnet (2025) Billie Anderson Watching Hamnet, much like watching Hamlet through Agnes’ eyes, feels like being granted permission to let go. The film holds you in its grief and its beauty, showing that surrender isn’t weakness
Posted Nov 30, 2025  Edit critic review
The Thing with Feathers (2025) Jaylan Salah The Thing with Feathers is a tricky feature. It finds its strength at its moments of chaotic wild imagination, and loses its footing during the quieter, more realistic parts.
Posted Nov 30, 2025  Edit critic review
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) Liz Wiest Wake Up Dead Man just might be Johnson’s strongest addition to the franchise yet, as his vision clearly shines the brightest the closer homage he pays to his patron saint, Agatha Christie.
Posted Nov 30, 2025  Edit critic review
You Got Gold: A Celebration of John Prine (2025) Megan Robinson With You Got Gold: A Celebration of John Prine, those who loved John Prine the most are keeping his legacy alive in the wake of their grief, allowing a true artist to be rediscovered for generations to come.
Posted Nov 30, 2025  Edit critic review
Stop the Insanity: Finding Susan Powter (2025) Joe Carlough The vagueness of what happened, the glossing over of these important 15 or so years, left me wondering why they were omitted, and perhaps, more importantly, what the point of the documentary is.
Posted Nov 30, 2025  Edit critic review
Eternity (2025) Nadine Whitney Eternity is a robustly entertaining philosophical rom com exploring the many forms of love and the courage required to choose one, forever.
Posted Nov 25, 2025  Edit critic review
Sentimental Value (2025) Ashley Morales By the end of the film, we hope that these characters will learn to deal with their differences. That’s all any of us can hope for: to repair our relationships and build a better future.
Posted Nov 23, 2025  Edit critic review
The Session Man: Nicky Hopkins (2023) Aaron Guttenplan Looking back at the notes I took while watching the film, a fair chunk is just a list of the many artists he played with and those who appeared in the documentary, as not much other information actually stuck out.
Posted Nov 23, 2025  Edit critic review
Janis Ian: Breaking Silence (2024) Chelsea Alexandra Ian’s true voice, the one that mattered, has never been limited to her instrument. It lives in the courage to tell her story, to sing her truths, and to advocate for those without a platform.
Posted Nov 23, 2025  Edit critic review
Wicked: For Good (2025) Megan Bailey A big problem here, exacerbated by the split between films and the year since the release of the first film, is that all of the callbacks that feel natural in Act 2 of the stage show have to be set up a second time in this film.
Posted Nov 23, 2025  Edit critic review
The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo (2025) Janet Reinschmidt The biggest strengths of the film are its beautiful, poetic cinematography and storytelling, which include classic western genre elements and magical realism.
Posted Nov 23, 2025  Edit critic review
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