2021

A BANQUET: Clear Away This Table
A BANQUET: Strong Performances Can’t Save This Meal

With strong performances and technically sound decisions, A Banquet is let down by the immense wealth of perspectives it attempts to harness.

Sundance Film Festival 2022: FRESH And THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD
Sundance Film Festival 2022: FRESH And THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD

In our latest report from Sundance Film Festival 2022, Wilson Kwong reviews Fresh and Worst Person in the World – both films demanding attention.

FUTURA: Brave New World
FUTURA: Brave New World

And while nothing expressed here is groundbreaking, Futura is nonetheless a perfect, thoughtful time capsule of the age we’re currently in.

SUNDOWN: Tim Roth Takes A Trip
SUNDOWN: Tim Roth Takes A Trip

Featuring an understated performance from Tim Roth, Sundown forces audiences to reevaluate all of our assumptions about him and his unconventional choices.

YELLOWJACKETS Season 1: A Juicy Cut
YELLOWJACKETS Season 1: A Juicy Cut

Yellowjackets is your new favorite show, or it will be once you sit down and watch it.

THE PINK CLOUD: An Arresting & Unfeigned Pandemic Drama
THE PINK CLOUD: An Arresting & Unfeigned Pandemic Drama

Made pre-COVID, Iuli Gerbase’s The Pink Cloud is about two people forced into lockdown together when a toxic pink cloud envelopes the world.

A.RTIFICIAL I.MMORTALITY: A Postmodern Prometheus
A.RTIFICIAL I.MMORTALITY: A Postmodern Prometheus

With a deep dive into the varied world of AI, A.rtificial I.mmortality isn’t a bad film, but it’s one that suffers from a lack of focus and depth.

The 10 Best Film Scores Of 2021
Staff Inquiry: Top Tens of 2021

To celebrate the end of a great cinematic year, our writers have compiled their top ten lists of the films of 2021.

A HERO: The Moral Compass of Asghar Farhadi
A HERO: The Moral Compass of Asghar Farhadi

With A Hero, filmmaker Asghar Farhadi returns once again to the themes of societal strife that have run through his previous films.

THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS: Looking Back & Taking Back What's Theirs
THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS: Looking Back & Taking Back What’s Theirs

The Matrix Resurrections is a curious and fascinating sequel, one which is completely aware of its own existence but also confused about why it exists.

NIGHTMARE ALLEY: An Average Thriller From a Masterful Storyteller
NIGHTMARE ALLEY: An Average Thriller From a Masterful Storyteller

Nightmare Alley is a tense thriller that will be sure to please audiences if they can get past the film’s length, but it still had potential to be more.

SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME - A Very Merry and Meaningful Multiverse Adventure
SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME – A Very Merry and Meaningful Multiverse Adventure

Bursting with much of the iconic lore and characters as well as being the most meaningful of Peter Parker stories, Spider-Man: No Way Home delivers.

Licorice Pizza: Paul Thomas Anderson's Joyous 70s Teen Romp
Licorice Pizza: Paul Thomas Anderson’s Joyous 70s Teen Romp

While the movie itself is not without its bumps , there is always a new adventure, a new gag, a new moment of blissful sweetness just around the corner.

NEW YEAR: Redefining New Year, New You
NEW YEAR: Redefining New Year, New You

New Year is an exemplary artistic showcase of the power of dialogue and performance, wrapped in a tightly constructed celluloid of truth.

THE KING'S MAN: More Class Than Crass While Still Kicking Ass
THE KING’S MAN: More Class Than Crass While Still Kicking Ass

Combined with Vaughn’s ability, there’s a genuine surprise to this entry that may make this the best of the series.