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Sundown is draped in a haze of uncertainty, with writer/director Michel Franco (Chronic, After Lucia) intentionally obscuring key details at the outset to keep the audience in a state of partial awareness. This lends a tint of mystery to what, tol...
U.S. Release Date: 2022-02-04
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Content, Nudity, Profanity, Violence)
Genre: Drama/Thriller
Director: Michel Franco
Cast: Tim Roth, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Iazua Larios, ...
It’s in vogue to call some horror films “throwbacks,” but, at least in the case of Danny and Michael Philippou’s directorial debut, Talk to Me, it’s an accurate assessment. In recent years, the horror trend has been for “safer” movie...
U.S. Release Date: 2023-07-28
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Dread, Profanity)
Genre: Horror
Director: Danny Philippou, Michael Philippou
Cast: Sophie Wilde, Alexandra Jensen, Joe Bird, ...
At a time when most movies spoon-feed background and narrative developments to viewers via exposition dumps and flashbacks, Todd Field (making his third overall feature and his first in 16 years) opts for a more ambiguous approach. By trusting t...
U.S. Home Release Date: 2022-12-20
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: Drama
Director: Todd Field
Cast: Cate Blanchett, Noemie Merlant, Nina Hoss, ...
Boiled down to its essence, Thor: Love and Thunder is just another comic book movie – a celebration of the tropes that have made each new MCU entry an opportunity for Disney to fatten its coffers. Nevertheless, “it” director Taika Waitit...
U.S. Home Release Date: 2022-09-27
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity, Brief Nudity)
Genre: Action/Comedy
Director: Taika Waititi
Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Christian Bale, ...
I’m not sure whether I can argue that Three Thousand Years of Longing is among the best movies to be released during the so-called “post-pandemic” era (a time period that began in late May 2021) but it is one of the most singular, memorable ...
U.S. Home Release Date: 2022-11-15
MPAA Rating: "R" (Nudity, Sexual Content, Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Fantasy
Director: George Miller
Cast: Idris Elba, Tilda Swinton, Aamito Lagum, ...
Ticket to Paradise is a frothy concoction that will appeal to those whose movie-loving sensibilities are anchored to the rom-coms of the 1980s and 1990s. Had this movie been made 25 years ago, it likely would have been hailed for its whimsy, f...
U.S. Home Release Date: 2022-12-13
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity)
Genre: Romance/Comedy
Director: Ol Parker
Cast: George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Kaitlyn Dever, ...
The key to effectively dramatizing a tragedy like the one at the center of Till is to avoid the slightest whiff of exploitation. The events surrounding the death of 14-year old Emmett Till on August 28, 1955 are well documented. Prior to that fate...
U.S. Home Release Date: 2023-01-17
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Implied Violence, Racial Epithets, Adult Themes)
Genre: Drama
Director: Chinonye Chukwu
Cast: Danielle Deadwyler, Jalyn Hall, Whoopi Goldberg, ...
Top Gun: Maverick is one of those rare breeds: a sequel that’s better than the original. Due in part to the passage of 36 years in between installments, the second film arrives with a less glossy, more serious approach. Cold war rah-rah machismo...
U.S. Home Release Date: 2022-10-31
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Intense Action)
Genre: Action/Drama
Director: Joseph Kosinski
Cast: Tom Cruise, Val Kilmer, Miles Teller, ...
Swedish director Ruben Ostlund is at it again, using the medium of film to satirize themes and ideas worthy of ridicule. In 2017’s The Square, he turned his attention to the art world. In Triangle of Sadness, the canvas is broader and include...
U.S. Home Release Date: 2023-04-25
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Director: Ruben Ostlund
Cast: Harris Dickinson, Charlbi Dean, Vicki Berlin, ...
There are moments when True Things, a romantic melodrama about a toxic love affair, almost breaks through. But, in large part because it never coalesces the hazy vagueness surrounding the characters, it doesn't quite get there. The chemistry betwe...
U.S. Release Date: 2022-09-09
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: Drama
Director: Harry Wootliff
Cast: Ruth Wilson, Tom Burke, Hayley Squires