This year’s Documentary Oscar nominees tackled some pretty lofty topics. The war in Syria, tensions between U.S. and Chinese business practices, the…

Film critic Justin Chang wrote in the LA Times, “It’s just the Oscars—but my God, it matters that Parasite won best picture.” Chang is right about pretty…

I only just discovered director Osgood Perkins last week, but I’ve now seen all three of his movies, and I’ve noticed a pattern—on paper, it doesn’t seem…

Each year, in amongst the annual Pixar and Dreamworks entries for the Best Animated Feature award, there’s always one or two nominees that pretty much no…

I didn’t get a chance to talk about the brilliant South Korean film Parasite when it first came out, so I’m excited it’s gotten a theatrical re-release…

My colleague Sam McConnell spoke a little while back about how there haven’t been any good movies based on video games. And while most of this is due to…

Certainly I would never say director Greta Gerwig has improved on Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, but while there have been very good film adaptations…

Sometimes you watch a movie and you feel like you just haven’t seen the same thing everyone else saw. For me, Uncut Gems, from directors Benny and Josh…

Brazilian filmmaker Fernando Meirelles exploded onto the scene with the exceedingly high-energy 2002 drama City of God, and followed that up with the…

Last winter, Netflix raised eyebrows by nearly winning Best Picture at the Oscars with Alfonso Cuaron’s gorgeous film Roma. But rumors at the time…