The 25 best films of 2024 (so far)At the mid-year mark, we celebrate the best the big screen has had to offer, ranging from tennis triads to a Furiosa…ByJacob Oller, Murtada Elfadl, Cindy White, Brent Simon, Matthew Jackson, Matt Schimkowitz, Luke Y. Thompson, Leigh Monson, and Manuel BetancourtPublishedJune 24, 2024
Ghostlight review: Community-minded drama is a small, bespoke gemThrowback movie serves up a redemptive story about the personal roads of grief we all must travelByBrent SimonPublishedJune 13, 2024
Handling The Undead review: Moody Norwegian zombie tale is sad, and not much elseWould-be elegy offers neither conventional catharsis nor enough mesmeric insight to justify its sombernessByBrent SimonPublishedJune 5, 2024
Humane review: The world is awful, and so is this familyCaitlin Cronenberg's directorial debut mostly hits the right social satire notesByBrent SimonPublishedApril 24, 2024
Humane nature: Director Caitlin Cronenberg and Jay Baruchel talk about finding dark humor in a time of extremesDavid Cronenberg's daughter makes her feature directing debut with some of her closest friendsByBrent SimonPublishedApril 22, 2024
CinemaCon 2024 dispatch: The view from the cheap seats at the annual gathering of movie theater mogulsAlongside advances in popcorn flavoring and concern about box-office revenue, studios share lots of news and…ByBrent SimonPublishedApril 12, 2024
Isabella Rossellini talks La Chimera, Blue Velvet, being a meme, and arguing with Jeff BridgesDespite her famous parentage, the veteran actress and director doesn't take anything in her career for grantedByBrent SimonPublishedApril 8, 2024
Kim's Video review: A nonfiction work of swirling whimsy and rabbit-hole intrigueWhile celebrating a legendary independent video store, a documentary filmmaker hatches a plan to steal a movie—or…ByBrent SimonPublishedApril 5, 2024
The Old Oak review: Ken Loach delivers another sturdy humanistic plea for his final filmPoignancy and hopefulness commingle in this earnest, British-set piece of social realism portraitureByBrent SimonPublishedApril 4, 2024
The best documentaries of 2023From festival favorites to surprisingly deep films about celebrities, we're counting down our favorite nonfiction…ByBrent SimonPublishedDecember 27, 2023
Napoleon review: Ridley Scott delivers a dynamite biopicJoaquin Phoenix rises to the occasion in an absorbing—and surprisingly amusing—psychological portraitByBrent SimonPublishedNovember 21, 2023
The 12 best onscreen Elvis actors, rankedHow does Priscilla star Jacob Elordi stack up against Austin Butler, Kurt Russell, Bruce Campbell and other actors…ByCindy White, Luke Y. Thompson, Brent Simon, Brandon Kirby, Manuel Betancourt, Scott Huver, and AV Club StaffPublishedOctober 31, 2023
The Killer review: David Fincher shoots to thrillToo bad, then, that the ambitious director is off target, even with solid work from Michael Fassbender as the…ByBrent SimonPublishedOctober 25, 2023
Fair Play review: In this riveting thriller, business and pleasure don't mixPhoebe Dynevor and Alden Ehrenreich anchor this study of a toxic relationship set in the world of financeByBrent SimonPublishedSeptember 27, 2023
Theater Camp review: Small stakes lead to big laughsBen Platt and Molly Gordon star in this winning comedy about an adolescent theater company that contains welcome…ByBrent SimonPublishedJuly 13, 2023
Why the destabilizing lunacy of Martin Scorsese's After Hours still resonatesStar Griffin Dunne and producer Amy Robinson reflect on the lasting impact of Scorsese's 1985 comedy ahead of its…ByBrent SimonPublishedJuly 11, 2023
The 24 best films of 2023 (so far)At the mid-year mark, we put the spotlight on movies big (Spider-Man: Across The Spider Verse), small (Rye Lane),…ByRay Greene, Leigh Monson, Brent Simon, Manuel Betancourt, Murtada Elfadl, Andy Klein, Matthew Jackson, Jordan Hoffman, Tomris Laffly, Phil Pirrello, Sam Barsanti, and Brett BuckalewPublishedJune 26, 2023
BlackBerry review: how a tech revolution became a geek tragedyJay Baruchel and Glenn Howerton deliver engaging performances in this entertaining tale about the rise and fall of a…ByBrent SimonPublishedMay 9, 2023
John Wick: Chapter 4 review: Keanu Reeves wins again with a potent blend of compelling grace and raw brutalitySprawling action sequences overpower a bloated story in the latest high-powered John Wick installmentByBrent SimonPublishedMarch 23, 2023
Boston Strangler review: Keira Knightley tracks an infamous killerDespite the talents of Knightley, Carrie Coon, and Chris Cooper, Hulu's true crime film adaptation never cracks the…ByBrent SimonPublishedMarch 16, 2023