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Recent ReleaseReview: "A Complete Unknown" Honors Its Title
Chalamet shines, but James Mangold's disjointed biopic leaves Bob Dylan in the dust.

Recent Release"The Brutalist" Review: A Sobering Dissection of The American Dream
Brady Corbet's epic is an intriguing story of hope and suffering.

Recent Release"A Real Pain" Review: Minimalist Filmmaking At Its (Almost) Finest
Kieran Culkin shines in this beautiful story about love, pain, and forgiveness.

Golden Age"High Noon" Review: McCarthy-Era Commentary Is More Relevant Than Ever
In light of recent events, Fred Zinnemann's iconic western is worth revisiting.

Recent Release"Emilia Pérez" Review: Good Lord, Make Hollywood Stop
For once, the Internet isn't overreacting: this movie is bad as advertised.

Retrospective "Braveheart" 30th Anniversary Retrospective: Nothing More Than A Lesser "Gladiator"
Sure, it precedes Ridley Scott's epic, but "Braveheart" resists the revenge to devastating effect.