Die My Love is challenging. Director Lynne Ramsay fine tunes every element of this production to be as agitating as possible, dropping the viewer into the mindset of a woman such as Grace (Jennifer…

Larry (Barry Primus) and Joan (Betty Buckley) are on their way to a gender reveal party for one of their grandchildren, an event that has the couple who have spent 65 years together bickering. Larry does not see the point in such a party, while Joan laments that he just “enjoys being miserable.” By the time they get there, they are focused on celebrating the occasion and concealing Joan’s terminal cancer diagnosis, as she hopes for just one more family event where her health is not the focus.

For a film among those which prominently provoked Israel’s culture minister Miki Zohar to threaten that he would cut off all funding for the Ophir Awards, Shai Carmeli‑Pollak's meandering drama The Sea takes on a surprisingly tender, occasionally even lighthearted tone. It’s only in the final moments that the minimalist story about a young Palestinian boy determined to go to the sea reveals its devastating outlook and parabolic power.

Like Pinocchio before it, Frankenstein sees Guillermo del Toro adapting a classic 19th century story, this time tapping into del Toro’s fascination with monsters. A film spending almost two decades…

There have been many films and miniseries about the trials at Nuremberg, most notably the excellent 1961 film Judgment at Nuremberg directed by Stanley Kramer. However, writer and director James Va…

Two people kidnap an affluent individual, convinced they are an alien who is destroying the world.

Die My Love is challenging. Director Lynne Ramsay fine tunes every element of this production to be as agitating as possible, dropping the viewer into the mindset of a woman such as Grace (Jennifer Lawrence). The tight 1.33:1 framing creates a natural claustrophobic feeling. The sound is irritating and grating. The barking of a dog, the smashing of glass, or the crying of a baby turn into a suffocating cacophony, every sound adding to the overstimulation of Grace’s life.

“Everybody dies. Some of us peacefully and in our sleep, and some of us… horribly. And that’s life.” – Lois Shelburn (Tatiana Maslany) In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter,…

Like Pinocchio before it, Frankenstein sees Guillermo del Toro adapting a classic 19th century story, this time tapping into del Toro’s fascination with monsters. A film spending almost two decades in development, Frankenstein is a long-awaited and aspirational film for del Toro. Eager to capture the tragedy and internal turmoil that The Creature (Jacob Elordi) faced, del Toro sets his adaptation of…

There have been many films and miniseries about the trials at Nuremberg, most notably the excellent 1961 film Judgment at Nuremberg directed by Stanley Kramer. However, writer and director James Vanderbilt takes a unique approach with Nuremberg. Adapted from the novel The Nazi and the Psychiatrist by Jack El-Hai, it expectedly follows the trials though also follows the work of psychiatrist Douglas Kelley (

Darren Aronofsky’s films often involve characters who are pushed beyond their limits. His films are deeply memorable for this reason – few who have seen Black Swan, The Wrestler, or The Whale…

Two people kidnap an affluent individual, convinced they are an alien who is destroying the world.

In a discussion with Heinz Wittmer (Daniel Brühl), Dr. Friedrich Ritter (Jude Law) pushes back on the notion that World War I showed “humanity at its worst.” To him, it showed “humanity at its true…

David Michôd’s Christy packs a punch. Unflinching and often brutal, Christy tells the life story of Christy Martin (Sydney Sweeney). Born in West Virginia in a conservative and religious small-town…

David Michôd’s Christy packs a punch. Unflinching and often brutal, Christy tells the life story of Christy Martin (Sydney Sweeney). Born in West Virginia in a conservative and religious small-town…

David Michôd’s Christy packs a punch. Unflinching and often brutal, Christy tells the life story of Christy Martin (Sydney Sweeney). Born in West Virginia in a conservative and religious small-town, Christy is a lesbian in a place where that is simply not an option. She is also a rough and tumble young woman, fighting on the basketball court and eventually making a name for herself in amateur boxing events.

Both Sir Laurence Olivier and Sir Kenneth Branagh have previously directed and starred in adaptations of William Shakespeare’s Henry V. Following in their footsteps and looking to give a fres…

Perception. Acceptance. Validation. Luca Guadagnino’s After the Hunt is about all of these themes and more, a messy and often scattershot thriller with a throwback adult drama energy that dives at …

In 2016, Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton in the U.S. presidential election and, appropriately enough, the Oxford English Dictionary’s word of the year was “post-truth”. Since then, the situation …

Edward Berger is arguably one of the most in-demand filmmakers right now, with the successes of his German-language remake of All Quiet on the Western Front and Vatican-based drama Conclave, both o…

In 1972, two masked men walked into the Worcester Art Museum and stole four paintings in broad daylight. Though not depicting those exact events, writer and director Kelly Reichardt was inspired by…

This year sees Richard Linklater direct two historical dramas set at pivotal points in the lives of their subjects. Nouvelle Vague depicts the shooting of Breathless, Jean-Luc Godard’s debut film t…

Among the countless fictions viewing their world through the eyes of an animal protagonist, only a few share the commitment and conviction of Ben Leonberg’s distinctive directorial debut. Fro…

The solo directorial debut of Benny Safdie, The Smashing Machine comes with plenty of anticipation. With films like Good Time and Uncut Gems, the Safdie brothers were launched into being some of th…

Roofman, directed by Derek Cianfrance, comes armed with a wild and wacky true story of a man named Jeffrey Manchester (Channing Tatum). After his discharge from the United States Army Reserve, Jeff…