American Kino
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Film Magazine dedicated to celebrating contemporary American Cinema. Created by movie lovers, for movie lovers.
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⭐️⭐️⭐️WELCOME TO AMERICAN KINO: HOME FOR THE CINEMA OF NOW⭐️⭐️⭐️
We’re bringing you incisive reviews, deep-cut industry features, and incendiary essays to keep the urgency of film alive. Join the conversation today at AMERICANKINOMAGAZINE.SUBSTACK.COM
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In her latest essay for AmericanKino, Shay digs deep into Zootopia 2 and celebrates a movie that illuminates a challenging theme. Read Shay’s latest essay, “Disappeared Space and Displaced Snakes”, now on the AmericanKino Substack.
Disappeared Space and Displaced Snakes: Housing Politics Exist in Zootopia, Too
AmericanKino Writer Shay investigates the intersection between the fictional city of Zootopia and the real life trauma of gentrification happening across the United States
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December 24, 2025 at 10:45 PM
In her latest essay for AmericanKino, Shay digs deep into Zootopia 2 and celebrates a movie that illuminates a challenging theme. Read Shay’s latest essay, “Disappeared Space and Displaced Snakes”, now on the AmericanKino Substack.
In this evening’s review, guest contributor Natalie Braye says, ‘Go Away, Ella McCay!’” Read about her take on the painfully idealistic portrait of American politics in James L. Brooks’s newest dramedy at our Substack.
Ella McCay: Naive Nostalgia
Ella McCay, Go Away
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December 17, 2025 at 10:53 PM
In this evening’s review, guest contributor Natalie Braye says, ‘Go Away, Ella McCay!’” Read about her take on the painfully idealistic portrait of American politics in James L. Brooks’s newest dramedy at our Substack.
“My encounter with the Dance Freak was an accidental but gratifying one.”
Read the full review of Alan Resnick and Robby Rackleff’s cinematic debut at our Substack.
Read the full review of Alan Resnick and Robby Rackleff’s cinematic debut at our Substack.
An Evening with the Dance Freak
Comedy, capital, and the stakes of creation
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December 12, 2025 at 10:13 PM
“My encounter with the Dance Freak was an accidental but gratifying one.”
Read the full review of Alan Resnick and Robby Rackleff’s cinematic debut at our Substack.
Read the full review of Alan Resnick and Robby Rackleff’s cinematic debut at our Substack.
In our first essay, AmericanKino writer Shay digs into Rolling Stone’s 2025 selections for their annual Best Movies of the Year, and, controversially, why smash-hit film Sinners was excluded from it. Read the full essay below.
We Need to Talk About That List
Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
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December 8, 2025 at 2:03 PM
In our first essay, AmericanKino writer Shay digs into Rolling Stone’s 2025 selections for their annual Best Movies of the Year, and, controversially, why smash-hit film Sinners was excluded from it. Read the full essay below.
Last night, AmericanKino writer Shay accidentally braved what turned out to be the fan exclusive theatrical release of Five Nights at Freddy’s 2. At the link in bio, find out why she gave the film— which is currently rated 13% on Rotten Tomatoes— a big AmericanKino thumbs up.
Cinema for Screenagers: FNAF and the Future of PG-13 Films
I am so brave for writing this review.
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December 5, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Last night, AmericanKino writer Shay accidentally braved what turned out to be the fan exclusive theatrical release of Five Nights at Freddy’s 2. At the link in bio, find out why she gave the film— which is currently rated 13% on Rotten Tomatoes— a big AmericanKino thumbs up.
“The conditions that Bugonia presents that create this online-fueled psychosis— pharmaceutical company greed, social isolation, labor that is disconnected from its product— are conditions that people are experiencing across America.” Read AmericanKino’s full Bugonia review below.
Bugonia: Glass Consciousness
Stepping on these metaphors got my feet bleeding like its Die Hard
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December 3, 2025 at 10:34 PM
“The conditions that Bugonia presents that create this online-fueled psychosis— pharmaceutical company greed, social isolation, labor that is disconnected from its product— are conditions that people are experiencing across America.” Read AmericanKino’s full Bugonia review below.
“I was left exhausted by the grief trap of Hamnet,” editor-in-chief Taze Wilson writes in his latest review of Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet. Read the full review below.
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Hamnet: Who Gets Credit for the Tears?
While Hamnet achieves its goals of emotional devastation, who gets credit for that emotional impact remains unclear: Shakespeare or Zhao?
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November 30, 2025 at 10:41 PM
“I was left exhausted by the grief trap of Hamnet,” editor-in-chief Taze Wilson writes in his latest review of Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet. Read the full review below.
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For editor-in-chief Taze Wilson, Wicked: The Musical is ingrained in his DNA, having grown up in a family of women who belted “Defying Gravity” frequently. It’s unfortunate, then, that “Wicked: For Good” is so bad. Read his full review at the link below 👇
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Contributing writer and editor-in-chief Taze Wilson pens his thumbs-down review of Wicked: For Good.
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November 29, 2025 at 1:35 AM
For editor-in-chief Taze Wilson, Wicked: The Musical is ingrained in his DNA, having grown up in a family of women who belted “Defying Gravity” frequently. It’s unfortunate, then, that “Wicked: For Good” is so bad. Read his full review at the link below 👇
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“No, but seriously. Keep it.” Read Shay’s review of Osgood Perkin’s latest horror film— and why American Kino gives it a thumbs down— at the link below.
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Keeper? I Hardly Know Her!
No, but seriously. Keep it.
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November 28, 2025 at 10:47 PM
“No, but seriously. Keep it.” Read Shay’s review of Osgood Perkin’s latest horror film— and why American Kino gives it a thumbs down— at the link below.
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⭐️⭐️⭐️WELCOME TO AMERICAN KINO: HOME FOR THE CINEMA OF NOW⭐️⭐️⭐️
We’re bringing you incisive reviews, deep-cut industry features, and incendiary essays to keep the urgency of film alive. Join the conversation today at AMERICANKINOMAGAZINE.SUBSTACK.COM
We’re bringing you incisive reviews, deep-cut industry features, and incendiary essays to keep the urgency of film alive. Join the conversation today at AMERICANKINOMAGAZINE.SUBSTACK.COM
November 28, 2025 at 9:02 PM
⭐️⭐️⭐️WELCOME TO AMERICAN KINO: HOME FOR THE CINEMA OF NOW⭐️⭐️⭐️
We’re bringing you incisive reviews, deep-cut industry features, and incendiary essays to keep the urgency of film alive. Join the conversation today at AMERICANKINOMAGAZINE.SUBSTACK.COM
We’re bringing you incisive reviews, deep-cut industry features, and incendiary essays to keep the urgency of film alive. Join the conversation today at AMERICANKINOMAGAZINE.SUBSTACK.COM
See you tomorrow. 👋
November 27, 2025 at 10:43 PM
See you tomorrow. 👋