Category: Reviews
Another Precious Pearl In Richard Linklater’s Chronicles Of The Human Condition [Berlin]
Another Precious Pearl In Richard Linklater’s Chronicles Of The Human Condition [Berlin]

The best line in “Casablanca”? If you had asked Broadway lyricist Lorenz Hart that question on the evening of March 31, 1943, he would have recited back to you the following confession: “Nobody’s loved me that much.” This phrase makes…

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Parthenope Review | Flickreel
Parthenope Review | Flickreel

If Parthenope is remembered for one thing, it’ll be introducing audiences to Celeste Dalla Porta. While not her first time on screen, many will cite this as Dalla Porta’s breakthrough moment. Her character invites comparison to Sophia Loren. One can…

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A Visually Striking Eco-Fable Set In Remote Landscapes Untouched by Urbanization [Berlin]
A Visually Striking Eco-Fable Set In Remote Landscapes Untouched by Urbanization [Berlin]

The detached, desensitized partygoers in Fellini’s “La Dolce Vita” experience wonderment at the sounds of birds and nature at an upscale Roman party. Cinegoers today often respond similarly when, instead of the flat, green-screened visuals produced by The Volume technology,…

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Daisy Ridley Does What She Can With An Old-Fashioned Action Formula
Daisy Ridley Does What She Can With An Old-Fashioned Action Formula

A team of villains seize control of a high-rise centrally located within the confines of a major city in “Cleaner.” They’ve captured the wealthy group of dignitaries gathered onsite for an extravagant gala, possess their requisite list of demands, and…

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Seth Rollins Books His Ticket to Elimination Chamber and Everything Else You Missed on ‘WWE Raw’ on Netflix
Seth Rollins Books His Ticket to Elimination Chamber and Everything Else You Missed on ‘WWE Raw’ on Netflix

It was another action-packed night of drama on WWE Raw as we move one week closer to Elimination Chamber 2025 in Toronto, with three huge matches for the show being finalized, feuds being teased for the weeks ahead, and a…

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Cancel Her All You Want, But I’m Afraid I Love Bridget Jones, Just As She Is
Cancel Her All You Want, But I’m Afraid I Love Bridget Jones, Just As She Is

Like most people who watch her, I love Bridget Jones. I fear, at times, that I am her. And the fact that I am a heavy-set man slumping towards middle age who has as much desire to be a professional…

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Adam Levine Finally Finds His Mojo
Adam Levine Finally Finds His Mojo

Editor's Note: The following contains spoilers for The Voice Season 27 Episode 3.We're back, back, back again! Round three of The Voice Season 27 Blind Auditions have arrived. The quartet of coaches continue to try to make us believe that…

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An Arthouse Adult Fairy Tale with Marion Cotillard That Moves Glacially [Berlin]
An Arthouse Adult Fairy Tale with Marion Cotillard That Moves Glacially [Berlin]

When even a close-up studying the masterfully minute gesticulations of Marion Cotillard cannot awaken a film from its sleepwalking state, there’s a problem. Lucile Hadžihalilović’s “The Ice Tower” rambles about a dreamlike environment seeking life and lacking a pulse for two hours.…

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A Delicate Look at the War in Ukraine Through the Eyes of Its Artists
A Delicate Look at the War in Ukraine Through the Eyes of Its Artists

The contradictions spelled out in Porcelain War’s title are mirrored in the film’s early scenes. Bucolic images of the Ukrainian countryside smash cuts to news footage of the Russian invasion that began back in 2022, the sunlit fields replaced with…

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Daisy Ridley Packs a Punch in Martin Campbell’s Disjointed Climate Change Actioner
Daisy Ridley Packs a Punch in Martin Campbell’s Disjointed Climate Change Actioner

Martin Campbell has been on an unusual directorial journey since directing what is largely agreed to be the best of the modern James Bond films, Casino Royale. In the nearly 20 years since then, the New Zealand-born director has stuck…

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Okay, It’s A Die Hard Clone, But So What?
Okay, It’s A Die Hard Clone, But So What?

Critics these days are often accused – usually by angry commenters who liked something that was reviewed harshly and who feel they must assert, to themselves and the world, that their opinion is right – of thinking too hard about…

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Steven Knight’s ‘Peaky Blinders’ Follow-Up Doesn’t Pack Enough of a Punch
Steven Knight’s ‘Peaky Blinders’ Follow-Up Doesn’t Pack Enough of a Punch

I'm nothing if not the prime audience for a good Victorian-era period piece. Maybe it was my weird childhood obsession with Jack the Ripper, or the fact that I grew up at the exact right time to experience Guy Ritchie’s…

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