Tom Cruise Gives a Fitting Conclusion to One of the Greatest Action Franchises Ever Made

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Tom Cruise Gives a Fitting Conclusion to One of the Greatest Action Franchises Ever Made

Early on in Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning, a character says of Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt that “You never followed orders, but you never let us down.” That’s absolutely true of Hunt, and of what Cruise has done with…

The Body Keeps The Score In Mascha Schilinski’s Hotly Anticipated Competition Contender [Cannes]

CANNES – As experiential as it is cerebral, by turns contemplative and full of bluster, juxtaposing ethereal beauty with brutal violence — Mascha Schilinski’s “Sound of Falling” refuses to be pinned down. This mercurial quality sometimes feels like a sign…

Laurent Cantet’s Final Film Is A Subtly Complex Exploration Of Queer Desire That Captivated Me

Teenage rebellion takes many forms but rarely does it involve wanting to actually work. Instead of getting into trouble with his friends or lazing about his parents’ glass-walled villa, 16-year-old Enzo (Eloy Pohu) spends his days mixing concrete and laying…

Benito Skinner’s Must-See Coming-of-Age Comedy Series Is So Much More Than Its Charli XCX Cameo

Benito Skinner — known online by his stage name “Benny Drama” — came into my life when I needed him most. Amidst the COVID pandemic, the world, and therefore, the cultural conversation, had never felt so fragmented. TikTok wasn’t the…

This Cannes Opener Is One of the Most Grim Films About the Female Experience I’ve Ever Seen

The competition for Cannes’ Palme d’Or commences with Mascha Schilinski’s Sound of Falling, the first of 22 films that will screen in contention for the festival’s top prize. The only solely German production (six others are co-productions with other nations),…

Isabelle Fuhrman Anchors a Slick Survival Thriller

Unit 234 is a taut, small-scale action thriller that finds its strength in atmosphere, pace, and Isabelle Fuhrman’s committed central performance. Best known for romantic fare like Hitch and Sweet Home Alabama, director Andy Tennant makes a surprising pivot into…

I Respected This Blisteringly Dark Comedy For Uncompromisingly Being Itself More Than I Loved It

Sister Midnight is one of the more peculiar titles entering the 2025 movie marketplace, and it certainly deserves to be on more viewers' radars. The Hindi-language movie is the feature-length directorial debut of London-based Indian artist Karan Kandhari, who also…

A Young Man Struggles To Find Himself In Laurent Cantet’s Final Film [Cannes]

CANNES – Celebrated filmmaker Laurent Cantet passed away from cancer a little over a year ago. He’d won the Palme d’Or in 2008 for “The Class,” and his final directorial effort was intended to be “Enzo,” a portrait of a…

Cassian’s Story Reaches the Beginning of the End

Editor's note: The below recap contains spoilers for Andor Season 2 Episode 12.Approximately six years and six months after Andor was first announced, the series has officially reached its end. The final episode, penned by Tom Bissell and directed by…

Tom Cruise Gives a Fitting Conclusion to One of the Greatest Action Franchises Ever Made

The Body Keeps The Score In Mascha Schilinski’s Hotly Anticipated Competition Contender [Cannes]

Laurent Cantet’s Final Film Is A Subtly Complex Exploration Of Queer Desire That Captivated Me

Benito Skinner’s Must-See Coming-of-Age Comedy Series Is So Much More Than Its Charli XCX Cameo

This Cannes Opener Is One of the Most Grim Films About the Female Experience I’ve Ever Seen

Isabelle Fuhrman Anchors a Slick Survival Thriller

I Respected This Blisteringly Dark Comedy For Uncompromisingly Being Itself More Than I Loved It

A Young Man Struggles To Find Himself In Laurent Cantet’s Final Film [Cannes]

Cassian’s Story Reaches the Beginning of the End

Cassian Orchestrates a Dangerous Rescue Mission With a Little Help From His Friends

I Feel Like This Show Is Never Going To Stop Stringing Me Along

The Final Arc Begins on a Devastating Note