“Everything I learned I learned from the movies.”
― Audrey Hepburn
If the conventional formula for romance is a meet-cute that leads to romance and ends with a kiss, this romantic drama flips the tried-and-true formula on its head.
This heartbreaking drama finds a couple reeling from an insurmountable tragedy.
Indigenous history is almost exclusively examined in the total past tense, as if extinct. But this clear-eyed documentary examines what it means to be an Indigenous person living in the modern world.
With its sweeping cinematography and understated but fierce free-spirit, this subtle and naturalistic drama is a masterpiece of American cinema anchored in a brilliant lead performance and crafted with elegant and humane direction.
Regina King's feature directorial debut imagines what might have been said behind closed doors when Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, Sam Cooke, and Jim Brown got together.
With a head-turning lead performance and a grimly authentic backdrop, this naturalistic drama forces an unflinching spotlight on those the surging stock market left behind.
Imagine the most awkward party you've ever gone to - and this comedy is a thousand times more agonizingly uncomfortable.
The latest live-action Disney remake takes a noticeably more grounded and somber tone with a re-imagining that feels more like a Chinese ballad brought to life than a rehash of an animated movie.
While far from excellent and not quite bogus, the long-awaited sequel sprinkles some fun moments in an unnecessarily muddled journey through time, space and the afterlife.
Much like the titular innovator, this peculiar biopic is all vision and unrealized potential.
This 'Train to Busan’ sequel is a dull and unnecessary misfire that fumbles a lifeless attempt at world building.
Mudslinging, political controversy, dirty politicking, politically biased media - this whirlwind film is a near perfect microcosm of every election cycle.
Anchored by a remarkable lead performance and confident storytelling, this indie gem proves sexual self-exploration can be heartfelt and innocent.
One-part relationship drama and one-part indie horror flick, this enjoyable little flick feels like two, tonally different shorter movies conjoined together.
A story of wrongful conviction, suicide, revenge and the loss of a spouse/parent ... should not be as tedious or unnecessarily convoluted as the lethargic relationship mystery.
This is the pedestrian caliber of biopic that a lazy science teacher or substitute teacher would play for a classroom as a passive lesson on the life of Marie Curie.
This horror family drama really is the perfect encapsulation of the increasing dread of watching a loved one inevitably succumb to an incurable, degenerative disease.
This fourth and apparently final entry in this low-key brilliant series is more of the same hallmark silly banter, delectable food porn and wanderlust-inducing vistas that define the 'Trip' movies. And that’s not a bad thing.
The death of a child is one of the toughest subjects any film can broach, but this Kenyan family drama handles the topic with uncommon grace, genuine sweetness and emotional sincerity.
