Criticism
In Review
2025 could be as big for the movies as it is bad for everything else.
More Games, Same Squids
In the sequel to Hwang Dong-hyuk's global smash hit, Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) is desperate to end the games for good, but Netflix — uh, I mean the Front Man — has other ideas.
Film Review
Kidman is all raw nerve in Halina Reijn's sexy provocation that makes no moral judgments, instead celebrating sex, onscreen and off, for what it is and can be.
Harrison Ford Emmy When?
After a season examining his (many) shameful slip-ups, Jimmy (Jason Segel) asks forgiveness from his daughter — and his audience — in a finale that frees up Season 3 to start over.
In Review
So many things happened on screen this year, and at least 16 of them were good.
Unhinged Mamet (Complimentary)
Stephanie Hsu plays a woman investigating her growing list of dead exes in this new series from Nahnatchka Khan and Sally Bradford McKenna.
Film Review
Héctor Medina is a force of nature in this too-Sundance-for-Sundance drama about a true phenomenon from the Fidel Castro years.
Film Review
Ben Schwartz and Idris Elba are no Jahmyr Gibbs and David Montgomery.
Film Review
The "Moonlight" director follows up Jon Favreau's 2019 photorealistic animation with a story fit for VHS.
The Phantom Menace
Prioritizing comedy over everything — as the FX gem always has — "What We Do in the Shadows" devises a delightful, devious finale that's true to itself, even if it might fluster casual fans.
Let the Cowboys Be Sad
Struggling to salvage a happy ending from Season 5's slow-motion trainwreck, only Taylor Sheridan could make riding into the sunset take this long and mean this little.
Film Review
The "Vox Lux" director returns with the sprawling tale of an immigrant architect who devotes his life to building a masterpiece for Guy Pearce.
