2020s

WHEN I CONSUME YOU: A Respectable but Ultimately Uneffecting Effort
WHEN I CONSUME YOU: A Respectable but Ultimately Uneffecting Effort

The strength lies in the movie’s ability to make the most with a small budget, but it cannot mask the shortcomings of an uncompelling story.

ROGUE AGENT: When Cat Becomes Mouse
ROGUE AGENT: When Cat Becomes Mouse

Rogue Agent isn’t your average spy movie⁠—mostly because the central character is not your average spy.

FALL: Finds Its Fight
FALL: Finds Its Fight

Fall also builds on its characters, taking the idea of trust, love, redemption, and the will to survive to new heights.

LE TEMPS PERDU: In Remembrance Of Marcel Proust
LE TEMPS PERDU: In Remembrance Of Marcel Proust

In exploring how memory and creation are irrevocably entwined, Le Temps Perdu is an ideal tribute to Proust’s masterpiece and the readers who love it.

DC LEAGUE OF SUPER-PETS: A Mild-Mannered Superhero Comedy
DC LEAGUE OF SUPER-PETS: A Mild-Mannered Superhero Comedy

Super-Pets flies high for an animated film aimed at the smaller crowd, making a strong superhero picture for the whole family.

LUX ÆTERNA & VORTEX: The Split Screen Theatrics Of A God
LUX ÆTERNA & VORTEX: The Split Screen Theatrics Of A God

Noé’s split-screen theatrics allows for double the amount of decision-making, double the choreography, and the narrative trickery in Lux Æterna & Vortex.

EMERGENCY DECLARATION: Contagion On A Plane
EMERGENCY DECLARATION: Contagion On A Plane

If you’re looking for an escape from our current reality, then Emergency Declaration is probably not the summer blockbuster for you.

FULL TIME: A Riveting Race For Survival
FULL TIME: A Riveting Race For Survival

Full Time is a panic-fuelled portrait of human resilience that’s crafted with both urgency and grace, examining the self-sacrificial nature of parenting.

WHERE'S ROSE: A Bleak & Transfixing Tale of True Evil
WHERE’S ROSE: A Bleak & Transfixing Tale of True Evil

John Mathis’ Where’s Rose is more concerned about real-life horrors than it is with fantastical ones, and it is all the better for it.

RESURRECTION: Out of the Past
RESURRECTION: Out of the Past

A performance-driven movie packed with quietly devastating moments, Resurrection should not be overlooked among the great horror films of this year.

SKIES OF LEBANON: A Cute and Watchable War-Romance
SKIES OF LEBANON: A Cute and Watchable War-Romance

The worlds of animation and live-action collide in the eclectic tapestries of Chloé Mazlo’s Skies of Lebanon.

NOT OKAY: None of this is Ok
NOT OKAY: None of this is Ok

Like in social media, everything in Not Okay is a hollow passing glance as the movie keeps scrolling and clicking along.

New York Asian Film Festival 2022 Part Two: SHIN ULTRAMAN, THE SALES GIRL, BIG NIGHT!, THE THIEVES
New York Asian Film Festival 2022 Part Two: SHIN ULTRAMAN, THE SALES GIRL, BIG NIGHT!, THE THIEVES

Lee Jutton is back with her last report from this year’s New York Asian Film Festival!

FLUX GOURMET: Performance Fart
FLUX GOURMET: Performance Fart

Flux Gourmet is a movie wholly dependent on making sound editing and cinematography do all the work and they can’t quite get there.

The Day The Music Died: The Story of Don McLean’s American Pie: A Documentary For The Fans

The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean’s American Pie goes into the mythology around the song that runs deep and wide, resonating with so many.