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B
The Mortuary Assistant (2026) Romey Norton With a runtime of just over an hour and a half The Mortuary Assistant is an intense, chilling horror film that leaves you with the reminder not to work late. Go home, lock your doors, and think twice before offering some overtime.
Posted Feb 14, 2026  Edit critic review
F
The Strangers: Chapter 3 (2026) Joshua Mbonu Don’t be sad that The Strangers franchise is over, be happy……..that it’s FINALLY over.
Posted Feb 11, 2026  Edit critic review
C
Solo Mio (2026) Zach Youngs Solo Mio is a cute rom-com. It’s not reinventing the genre or crossing over with something wholly at odds with its romance premise. It’s simply a human love story.
Posted Feb 11, 2026  Edit critic review
A
My Father's Shadow (2025) Dave Giannini Terms like "one to watch" are thrown around by critics constantly, but Akinola Davies Jr. is truly gifted and in need of immediate notice.
Posted Feb 11, 2026  Edit critic review
A-
Viva Verdi! (2024) Dave Giannini Watching them sing their hearts out, either by themselves or in passing their gift to others, makes us all just a little bit lighter and filled with just a bit more joy. Viva Verdi!, indeed!
Posted Feb 08, 2026  Edit critic review
A
If I Go Will They Miss Me (2026) James D. Williams If I Go They Will Miss Me is a real achievement that must be seen when it’s officially released in theaters.
Posted Feb 08, 2026  Edit critic review
A+
Josephine (2026) Megan Loucks Used from the writer and director’s life experience that shakes us to our core, Josephine is a feat of indie filmmaking that shows the power of female filmmakers’ voices.
Posted Feb 08, 2026  Edit critic review
B+
The Huntress (2026) Megan Loucks Correa’s writing and directing are another promising female voice within filmmaking that has an important story to highlight. She uses women’s pain without exploiting it for shock value, giving them the ability to tell their trauma their way.
Posted Feb 08, 2026  Edit critic review
C+
Whistle (2025) Branyan Towe It’s not going to alter the horror genre as we know it, but Whistle will send chills down your spine and turn out to be an amusing time.
Posted Feb 08, 2026  Edit critic review
B-
How to Divorce During the War (2026) Alex Papaioannou How to Divorce During the War reckons with whether that lifestyle is even possible despite the constant reminders.
Posted Feb 08, 2026  Edit critic review
B
A Private Life (2025) Dave Giannini given that we are allowed to watch Jodie Foster, one of our great actors, traverse these bends in the road makes the film easily worth every minute of its runtime.
Posted Feb 08, 2026  Edit critic review
B
Hold Onto Me (2026) Alex Papaioannou Overall, this debut film reveals immense potential in a filmmaker like Aristidou.
Posted Feb 08, 2026  Edit critic review
C
Shelter (2026) Joshua Mbonu If you’re looking for the most basic of action thrills, then Shelter will provide on that front, but it does little of anything else on any level besides being average.
Posted Feb 08, 2026  Edit critic review
7/10
Joybubbles (2026) Alan French Joybubbles is a cute documentary and covers a unique era of communication that will feel foreign to anyone under 30. It’s also an uplifting experience, one that should help reconnect those with the enigmatic man.
Posted Feb 06, 2026  Edit critic review
B
Revolver Lily (2023) Maxance Vincent Yukisada quickly elevates the material with raw images of tangible, painterly power and a bevy of well-mounted, tightly calibrated action that recalls the heroic bloodshed work of John Woo and Tsui Hark.
Posted Feb 06, 2026  Edit critic review
B+
White Man Walking (2025) Romey Norton White Man Walking succeeds as an interesting and thought-provoking piece of political film as it reflects a nation exhausted by slogans yet still capable of being startled by simple acts of moral visibility.
Posted Feb 05, 2026  Edit critic review
B
Miracle: The Boys of '80 (2026) Romey Norton It does not argue that sports can fix political rifts or resurrect lost unity. Instead, it suggests something smaller and more honest: that shared belief, briefly aligned, can disrupt systems that seem immovable.
Posted Feb 01, 2026  Edit critic review
B+
The Moment (2026) Maxance Vincent [Charli XCX's] self-referential turn as a fictionalized version of the persona she created may be her biggest stroke of genius yet.
Posted Jan 31, 2026  Edit critic review
H Is for Hawk (2025) Nadine Whitney The kind of transcendent and wise prose Macdonald shared with the world can’t be communicated in the language of visuals or performance. H is for Hawk is a good film, but it feels like it has too many "holes and absences" to be a great one.
Posted Jan 29, 2026  Edit critic review
Skirt Day (2009) Nadine Whitney Skirt Day is one of Adjani’s most realistic, yet fraught, films.
Posted Jan 29, 2026  Edit critic review
Camille Claudel (1988) Nadine Whitney Isabelle Adjani brings Claudel out of obscurity and into the light as a groundbreaking sculptor whose personal relationships eventually soured to the point where she became a shut-in living in a small room working night and day.
Posted Jan 29, 2026  Edit critic review
Quartet (1981) Nadine Whitney An exquisitely made film with a powerful performance by Adjani as the woman who believes herself at least partially loved by two men.
Posted Jan 29, 2026  Edit critic review
A
Possession (1981) Nadine Whitney Possession is more than a horror film, and more than a cult film – it is art under extreme pressure. Sam Neill’s performance is excellent, but no one will ever doubt that the film belongs to Adjani.
Posted Jan 29, 2026  Edit critic review
Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) Nadine Whitney Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht needed to be at once profoundly beautiful and as seductive as it was horrific. Isabelle Adjani’s ethereal Lucy that provides part of the immense beauty of the film, especially when she is paired with the beastly Klaus Kinski.
Posted Jan 29, 2026  Edit critic review
The Story of Adele H (1975) Nadine Whitney L’Histoire d’Adèle H. is an extremely accomplished work for a young actor and Isabelle Adjani commanded the screen with her emotionality.
Posted Jan 29, 2026  Edit critic review
B+
Return to Silent Hill (2026) Maxance Vincent For better or worse, Return to Silent Hill is Christophe Gans’ Megalopolis.
Posted Jan 29, 2026  Edit critic review
B+
The Love That Remains (2025) Maxance Vincent In a world that feels less human by the day, films like The Love That Remains are worth cherishing.
Posted Jan 29, 2026  Edit critic review
C
Worldbreaker (2025) Zach Youngs Yet, it’s never trying to be more than it is. It really could have been, but something holds it back. It’s not a bad watch, but it’s a bit of junk food and not a full meal.
Posted Jan 28, 2026  Edit critic review
B
Pike River (2025) Zach Youngs Add into that two powerful and stellar performances and you’ve got a very intriguing watch that will keep you glued just to see what possible wriggling these corporate and political goons will come up with to leave their promises unfulfilled.
Posted Jan 28, 2026  Edit critic review
B
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die (2025) Dave Giannini Sure, it could use a streamlined story and move quicker in some moments, but having Gore Verbinksi back to create audacious images on screen is a net positive for all of us.
Posted Jan 28, 2026  Edit critic review
C
Anaconda (2025) Lane Mills Unless you’re a massive fan of the original, Ice Cube, or both, Anaconda is a safe, forgettable skip. Those waiting on the grand return of comedy to the big screen will have to wait a little longer.
Posted Jan 26, 2026  Edit critic review
B
Magellan (2025) Alex Papaioannou Magellan may think he’s the hero at the center of this film, but Magellan consistently reaffirms he’s anything but. It’s one of the many dichotomies present in the film that make this a deeply compelling watch.
Posted Jan 26, 2026  Edit critic review
B-
Primate (2025) Joshua Mbonu It has its occasional shortcomings and at times struggles to balance its silly and serious moments, but the film’s synth-heavy score and bloody mayhem provide a fun way to kill 80 or so minutes, even though that’s about all the film has to offer.
Posted Jan 26, 2026  Edit critic review
C
Greenland 2: Migration (2026) Zach Youngs Greenland 2: Migration is a good vehicle for thrilling action set pieces, but it leaves you wanting more from the story and the characters.
Posted Jan 26, 2026  Edit critic review
B+
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026) Ben Miller While January is usually a dumping ground for releases, this is undeniably one of the best films ever released this early in the year.
Posted Jan 26, 2026  Edit critic review
C
Night Patrol (2025) James D. Williams At the end we’re left with decent performances from the actors, ok effects, cartoonishly funny action, and an underdeveloped script. Not too bad for a Shudder January release, don’t you think?
Posted Jan 26, 2026  Edit critic review
A
TheyDream (2026) Alan French We believe that hiding parts of ourselves from our loved ones will cascade them away, but the truth is, we can never know unless we put ourselves in the position to ask
Posted Jan 26, 2026  Edit critic review
B-
Barbara Forever (2026) Alan French ’Connor handles the filmmaker’s legacy with care, resulting in a sprawling vision of queer art for over forty years. That alone makes Barbara Forever a must-watch for film historians.
Posted Jan 26, 2026  Edit critic review
B+
Send Help (2026) M.N. Miller With Send Help, Sam Raimi reminds us why he’s a horror master – suspenseful, vicious, and wickedly funny.
Posted Jan 26, 2026  Edit critic review
B
The Rip (2026) M.N. Miller An excellent cast does lift the material, but the story, the devices, and the tension make the picture gripping enough to recommend… and to be thankful for cinematic heroes, since we lack so many at the moment.
Posted Jan 23, 2026  Edit critic review
D+
Mercy (2026) M.N. Miller It is as if Bekmambetov was treating the medium of cinema as an exercise in logistics, losing nuance, emotional beats, and rushing transitions that make the story too clean, too predictable, and too conventional.
Posted Jan 23, 2026  Edit critic review
B+
Deepfaking Sam Altman (2025) Romey Norton Deepfaking Sam Altman is less about Sam Altman than it is about us; our desire for guidance, our comfort with proxies, and our willingness to engage with synthetic voices when human ones fall silent.
Posted Jan 23, 2026  Edit critic review
5/5
Left-Handed Girl (2025) Nadine Whitney Left-Handed Girl is the kind of film that can nestle comedy and the exhausting stresses of keeping a struggling family from going under. It’s a remarkable piece of cinema.
Posted Jan 23, 2026  Edit critic review
A-
The Stranger (2025) Maxance Vincent Not only does Ozon do the work justice with his adaptation of Camus' The Stranger, but he may even surpass it by cogently interpreting what was initially written as the smaller part of a big sociopolitical problem.
Posted Jan 21, 2026  Edit critic review
C
A Useful Ghost (2025) Maxance Vincent When the effect of being bemused by what’s on screen wears off, you’re left with the odd sense that this project feels incomplete.
Posted Jan 21, 2026  Edit critic review
Shuffle (2025) Romey Norton Ultimately, Shuffle is a sharply reported exposé and a deeply personal reckoning. It asks difficult questions about how society treats addiction, who benefits from recovery, and what happens when care becomes commerce.
Posted Jan 21, 2026  Edit critic review
B
Kidnapped: Elizabeth Smart (2026) Romey Norton Kidnapped: Elizabeth Smart challenges the conventions of true-crime storytelling and, in doing so, sets a higher standard for how stories of trauma are told.
Posted Jan 20, 2026  Edit critic review
A-
Young Mothers (2025) Maxance Vincent Every emotion feels so natural and in tune with the harsh reality of the women’s lives that we can’t help but feel immense compassion for the stories they share.
Posted Jan 07, 2026  Edit critic review
A
Hamnet (2025) JD Duran Hamnet destroyed me in ways that's almost hard to articulate. It's absolutely devastating, but what I really love about it is how it's equally interested in life, love and family.
Posted Jan 07, 2026  Edit critic review
B
Nouvelle Vague (2025) JD Duran Nouvelle Vague is Richard Linklater’s most insufferable film to date (complimentary).
Posted Jan 07, 2026  Edit critic review
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