Carey Mulligan’s Delightfully Bittersweet Comedy Feels Like A Warm Hug

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Carey Mulligan’s Delightfully Bittersweet Comedy Feels Like A Warm Hug

A private show from an iconic artist is probably at the top of an impossible-to-realize bucket list for anyone who has a deep personal connection to a musical act. And what if you could bring back together a band that…

Rose Byrne Is A Mother On The Verge [Sundance]

PARK CITY – You may be dealing with a lot of stress in your life, I mean, who isn’t? But it’s highly unlikely anyone in your vicinity is experiencing the cascade of anxiety Linda (Rose Byrne) endures in Mary Bornstein’s…

‘Folktales’ Review: A Feel-Good Film Full of Good Boys

I was a bit nervous walking into Folktales. With the recent boom of documentaries exposing abusive reform programs for troubled youth, like Hell Camp: Teen Nightmare and Teen Torture Inc., I was primed to expect a film exploring something similarly…

A Perfect Look At A Trailblazing Career [Sundance]

It begins like any other documentary. Interviewees take their seats before oversized lights and camera crews, director Shoshannah Stern setting the stage for the questions soon to be asked of each, main subject Marlee Matlin making herself comfortable on a…

‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’ Review: Jennifer Lopez Is a Blast in a Musical That Struggles Without Her

Considering that Jennifer Lopez has proven for decades that she’s a bonafide triple threat as an actress, singer, and dancer, it’s truly shocking that she has never starred in a musical. Sure, she’s played singers before in movies, but Lopez…

Dylan O’Brien Has The Range In This Funny & Twisty Dramedy [Sundance]

PARK CITY – The first shot we witness in “Twinless,” a world premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, is a static image of a city street in Portland, Oregon. After a tranquil beat, we hear a car crash and…

‘By Design’ Review: Juliette Lewis Turns Into a Chair in Unique Dramedy That Gets Lost in Its Own Ambition

Amanda Kramer's By Design unmistakably fits the filmmaker’s chicly eclectic canon. Past titles like Give Me Pity! and Please Baby Please challenge convention by breaking through the constructs of today's Hollywood expectations. By Design is, as titled, designed to operate…

An Unflinching & Bracingly Real Drama About One Man’s Life Post-Incarceration

Ricky begins with a group of women praying over its title character, full name Ricardo Smith. He has just been released after serving 15 years and prayer may be one of the only ways these women can exert some power…

Shudder’s Wrestling Horror Movie Won’t Satisfy Fans of Either

Dark Match attempts to take two of our biggest cult entertainments — horror movies and professional wrestling — and smash them together into a hybrid amusement that will appeal to fans of either. Unfortunately, the resulting movie isn't strong enough…

I Wish I Was As Invested In Cabbages As Himesh Patel & Sarah Goldberg Are In This Sadly Unfunny Dramedy

There are oddball movies that are genuinely funny, leaning into eccentric premises. Bubble & Squeak attempts to be one of those movies, and, to be sure, it is occasionally funny, but there’s a sense of detachment from the narrative and…

Peyton List’s Mystery Series Is Still a Ghostly Great Time

Just like fashion trends, teen mystery dramas never really go out of style. Take the first season of Paramount+'s School Spirits as an example: a supernatural, YA murder mystery that felt like a worthy successor to the deliciously angsty roadmap…

‘Hal & Harper’ Review: Mark Ruffalo and Lili Reinhart Are Tremendous in Cooper Raiff’s Brilliant Dramedy Series

With just two films, writer, director, and actor Cooper Raiff has found a very specific voice that manages to be honest, relatable, and extremely earnest in equal measure. With his 2020 debut Shithouse, he created an almost Richard Linklater-esque romance…

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