Category: Movie Reviews

“Oh, Hi!” is full of laugh-out-loud moments, but it thrives in the ways it embodies quiet, shattering devastation.

The primary struggle of Chernov’s documentary is that it leans into the impersonal in an attempt at devastation.

The sociopolitical underpinnings of “Ick” feel relatively shallow and borderline sadistic, leaving viewers with a hollow “Blob” riff with too little to hold onto regarding character, setting, or even horror.

A family-size helping of Irish treacle.

This is a solid, intelligent, occasionally inspired comic book movie that delivers most of what a popular audience demands from the genre plus a little bit more.

A powerful movie that examines the political and social structures that surround and control people with disabilities.

“The Banished” deflates spectacularly once it becomes more about its doomed characters’ inevitable fate.

If not for the self-confusion, overwritten script, and flimsy direction that constantly moves the threshold of success further away, “Saint Clare” could crown itself the to-be cult classic for which it aims.

Elegiac in tone, melancholic in style, and documentarian in spirit, Simpson thoughtfully captures the micro preoccupations of the film’s characters.

“Unicorns” is about the gift of a connection that healthily destabilizes your perceptions about yourself and the world.