This R-rated thriller’s gratuitous violence and peppering of foul language will make it a hard pass for many viewers.
Mank illustrates that it’s not just the superficial content that can make a film problematic. Often, issues are hardboiled into …
While Uncle Frank is more nuanced at times than you might expect, its messaging can still feel pretty heavy-handed, too.
Happiest Season delivers a holiday-themed lesbian romance that predictably appropriates the genre’s formula and feel-good vibe.
Ava is yet another movie about an assassin with a heart. Maybe it’s not a heart of gold, exactly, but …
Much like heavy metal music, Sound of Metal isn’t trying to give us warm, pleasant feelings.
At its most basic level, this film really is about a wedding at Christmas in New York. But don’t let …
Sure, it may look cute at first glance. But take a peak under the surface, and you find something dark …
Sometimes in our fearful, sorrowful moments, we make hard-nosed, emotional choices that can cause even more loss.
Antebellum is a disordered, dispiriting and sadistic story that assaults your senses more than it pricks your conscience.
Tension-filled questions make His House a remarkable, and truly haunting, ghost story—one that winds up in a strangely affirming place.
It’s almost as if this film’s the creators were trying to prove that Holidate isn’t a romcom by making it …
For adults navigating their own important, sometimes prickly relationships, On the Rocks is filled with teachable moments.
Sasha Baron Cohen’s latest Borat film is more a collection of abhorrent and asinine cringiness than acerbic comedy.
