Pillion is a unique LGBTQIA+ movie for a few reasons. To begin, it’s thankfully free of bigots. The protagonist is gay, but he isn’t judged or treated with animosity. His parents (played by Lesley Sharp and Douglas Hodge) are especially…
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When it comes to art, how far would you go to create something without precedent? In the wake of Alex Honnold’s Taipei 101 climb, the combination of scaling massive manmade structures with guerrilla photography takes center stage in “Drift,” a…
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When Fantasy Life begins, it seems to have a strong sense of what it is – a critical trait for any movie. Matthew Shear, who writes, directs, and stars as Sam, opens the film with his character suffering a series…
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If you've been online enough in the past few months, you have probably encountered a meme featuring Jon Hamm dancing in a neon-lit nightclub. For a period of time, it was inescapable on apps like TikTok, Bluesky, Twitter, and Instagram.…
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Editor's Note: The following contains spoilers for Season 2, Episode 17 of High Potential.This week's episode of High Potential marks the penultimate episode of its second season, and it brings the show closer than ever to finally revealing what led…
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Few modern science fiction films manage to balance spectacle, intellect, and emotional resonance with the kind of confidence that Project Hail Mary displays so effortlessly. Directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, and adapted by Drew Goddard from Andy Weir’s…
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In Michael Neel’s H.P. Lovecraft’s Celephaïs, a man spends his life haunted by a dream so vivid and beautiful that the waking world can never measure up. That longing drives him deeper into the memory of a lost kingdom, where…
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Set in 1870s Oxford, “Young Sherlock” imagines Sherlock Holmes before Baker Street legend calcified around him — a 19-year-old hothead, raw, undisciplined, and already in trouble, pulled into his first major case when a murder and a larger international conspiracy…
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Does Glen Powell meet the criteria of a movie star? The debate rages on, although if there’s one trait any true movie star should possess, it’s the ability to elevate a film from so-so to good enough. Powell does precisely…
Read moreEditor's Note: The following contains spoilers for Tracker Season 3, Episode 14.Sometimes, Tracker can surprise you, and this week's episode is one such hour full of interesting twists and turns as Colter Shaw (Justin Hartley) fights to save a young…
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While the festival circuit is often the springboard for films to become blockbusters or arthouse hits, there are plenty that make splashy debuts at Sundance and SXSW, but subsequently take time to finally get wide releases. From the Dakota Johnson-led…
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There’s a moment early in Project Hail Mary where you realize this isn’t the movie you thought you signed up for. You come in expecting a high-concept sci-fi survival story. What you get instead is something much warmer, much simpler,…
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