Each critic has their own process. Some take notes while watching a film and others will rush home to type up their thoughts ...

All happy families are the same; each unhappy family is only sort of the same, and will eventually wind up in their own ...

Greta Gerwig’s Lady Bird reminded me of my own experiences growing up. When a coming-of-age movie works, I’m bound to say that, and ...

Zama is a novelistic film, but not because it’s an adaptation of a 1956 Argentinian novel by Antonio di Benedetto. Watching Zama creates a ...

Bong Joon-Ho’s Okja is a chimera of genre and tone. It’s a lovable mutant like its titular super pig–the best super pig, we’re ...

DC Comics and Warner Bros have been, well, let’s say misguided in their attempts at launching a series of films comparable to Marvel’s ...

It’s been 25 years since the LA riots, and there are a number of films coming out that revisit this harrowing moment in ...

There’s this pervasive idea that children are resilient, that they’re able to cope well even in dire circumstances. In stories about forlorn kids, ...

The monster movie is making a comeback. No, not the still-odd-to-me Universal Monster Cinematic Universe. I’m talking giant, city-destroying monsters. And yes, they’re ...