New Releases
'To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You' Loves Boys So Much It Forgets Its Own Main Character
Directed by Michael Fimognari
PUBLISHED Feb 14, 2020
To All the Boys I've Loved Before was a smash hit for Netflix, and rightly so: the 2018 romcom offered a loveable Gen Z update on classic '...
'Horse Girl' Hides Mental Health Trauma with Quirky Indie Vibe
Directed by Jeff Baena
PUBLISHED Feb 10, 2020
Despite what the synopsis offered on Netflix, and even its indie aesthetic, might have you believe, Horse Girl is not a hopeful film. Hor...
'Come to Daddy' Throws Fun Curveballs, but Can't Maintain Its Zany Pace
Directed by Ant Timpson
PUBLISHED Feb 6, 2020
Canadian-New Zealand coproduction Come to Daddy is the directorial debut of Ant Timpson, producer of horror anthology The ABCs of Death and...
'The Assistant' Exposes the Horror of Workplace Misogyny
Directed by Kitty Green
PUBLISHED Feb 4, 2020
Aren't horror movies scariest when you never see the monster? Jane (Julia Garner), the assistant, works in the film and TV industry; at w...
In 'Miss Americana,' Taylor Swift Is Not Just Like Us, but We've Never Wanted Her to Be
Directed by Lana Wilson
PUBLISHED Jan 31, 2020
If you hate Taylor Swift, Lana Wilson's new documentary Miss Americana isn't going to change your mind. But the 85-minute film does give vi...
Blake Lively's Visceral Performance Saves 'The Rhythm Section' from Losing Its Groove
Directed by Reed Morano
PUBLISHED Jan 30, 2020
The Rhythm Section certainly isn't the most plausible or original action-thriller you'll ever see, but it's visceral enough that it almost...
Guy Ritchie's Rich Guys Aren't Enough to Evoke a Hat Tip for 'The Gentlemen'
Directed by Guy Ritchie
PUBLISHED Jan 24, 2020
The work of Guy Ritchie has become synonymous with a very specific aesthetic, and like the oversized Snatch and Lock, Stock posters themsel...
'The Turning' Interrogates the Horrors of Toxic Masculinity
Directed by Floria Sigismondi
PUBLISHED Jan 23, 2020
When Henry James' horror novella The Turn of the Screw, written in 1898, got into the hands of academics in the early 20th century, they ha...