film reviews
Martin Short Brought a Parade of Celebrity Cameos to 'Saturday Night Live'
December 21, 2024
PUBLISHED Dec 22, 2024
With a little help from many celebrity friends, the brilliant Martin Short finally joined the Five-Timers Club and appeared in most of the...
'Nosferatu' Feeds Off of Its Predecessors
Directed by Robert Eggers
PUBLISHED Dec 20, 2024
In singing the praises of F.W. Murnau's 1922 silent odyssey Nosferatu, Roger Ebert described the film as, "in awe of its material. It seems...
Be Prepared, 'Mufasa: The Lion King' Circles Back to Its Classic Origins
Directed by Barry Jenkins
PUBLISHED Dec 20, 2024
From its opening tribute to the late James Earl Jones, Barry Jenkins's 'Mufasa: The Lion King' makes certain to pay care and respect to the...
'The Brutalist' Builds Up and Tears Down the American Dream
Directed by Brady Corbet
PUBLISHED Dec 16, 2024
The first thing that Hungarian-Jewish architect and Holocaust survivor László Tóth (Adrien Brody) sees upon emerging from the dark, cramped...
Chris Rock Relived the Good Old Days on 'SNL' with Help from Adam Sandler
December 14, 2024
PUBLISHED Dec 15, 2024
Chris Rock returned for a strong episode of Saturday Night Live, joined at one point by his 'SNL' castmate Adam Sandler, and Gracie Abrams...
'Kraven the Hunter' Is Cravin' to Be Put Out of Its Misery
Directed by J.C. Chandor
PUBLISHED Dec 13, 2024
Sony's Spider-Man Villain Spin-Off Universe (or as Sony likes to call it, "Sony's Spider-Man Universe") has been a disaster, a series of ba...
'Queer' Burrows into Carnal and Cerebral Pleasures
Directed by Luca Guadagnino
PUBLISHED Dec 13, 2024
In the opening shots of Luca Guadagnino's 'Queer,' the camera observes numerous artifacts of the film's ensuing romance; two pairs of...
Apocalyptic Musical 'The End' Should Start Important Conversations
Directed by Joshua Oppenheimer
PUBLISHED Dec 12, 2024
Joshua Oppenheimer wanted to make a third film about the Indonesian genocide. In the first two, 'The Act of Killing' and 'The Look of...
