Chaos: The Manson Murders (2025)
58%
“Leaving the last words for Manson himself, Manson has commendably wrapped the many tendrils of O’Neill’s sprawling theories into one condensed, palatable package.” –
The Film Stage
Mar 7, 2025
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Black Bag (2025)
97%
“Not since his Ocean’s days has the director had as much amusement at pulling the rug out from underneath his audience. ” –
The Film Stage
Mar 6, 2025
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The Rule of Jenny Pen (2024)
71%
“While the result is a half-entertaining showcase for Lithgow, a satisfying point to this interminable deprivation never manages to emerge.” –
The Film Stage
Mar 5, 2025
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Yalla Parkour (2024)
80%
“A bittersweet portrait of yearning for a better life while still carrying the guilt that even if personal freedom is found, it can’t be guaranteed for those closest to you.” –
The Film Stage
Feb 19, 2025
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LUZ (2025)
36%
C+
“ Coupled with Mimi Xu’s pulsing electronic score, there’s an impressive mise-en-scène conjured throughout the parallel adventures that attempts to make up for a script that seems stuck in first gear.” –
The Film Stage
Feb 4, 2025
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BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions (2025)
100%
A-
“In many ways, Joseph’s mesmerizing debut feels like a living, breathing dispatch from a time beyond ours, ushering in new possibilities for the form.” –
The Film Stage
Feb 3, 2025
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Sorry, Baby (2025)
95%
A-
“A directorial debut of unfiltered frankness in both its tragedy and comedy, Sorry, Baby is a singular feat of storytelling. ” –
The Film Stage
Jan 31, 2025
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Zodiac Killer Project (2025)
85%
B+
“A sui generis, often humorous stream-of-consciousness journey highlighting the ever-mounting mass of repeated cliches of various true-crime documentaries and series. ” –
The Film Stage
Jan 28, 2025
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The Perfect Neighbor (2025)
100%
A-
“Gandbhir lets the footage speak for itself, creating a documentary far more upsetting and impactful than any number of talking heads could provide.” –
The Film Stage
Jan 27, 2025
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Two Women (2025)
94%
B+
“Two Women is a playful, raucous, and wholly heartfelt sex comedy, a film not afraid to explore the dark corners of life when it comes to depression, infidelity, and the dullness that can set in during new motherhood. ” –
The Film Stage
Jan 26, 2025
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OBEX (2025)
100%
B
“Even though our main character spends every waking moment in front of a screen, this is no damning screed but an earnest, even poignant look at how entertainment can provide a sense of comfort for the most lonely souls.” –
The Film Stage
Jan 26, 2025
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The Ugly Stepsister (2025)
98%
B
“While Blichfeldt might revel in the gruesomeness to a touch too much, this is a well-crafted debut––commendable in the unexpected, gnarled ways it finds sympathy with the downcast and dismissed.” –
The Film Stage
Jan 24, 2025
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Nosferatu (2024)
84%
B+
“The director’s fourth feature is his most assured and accomplished, an impeccably crafted, knowingly humorous, and perhaps too-rigid odyssey into the depths of true evil where one can feel Eggers’ obsessions flow through every nocturnal frame. ” –
The Film Stage
Dec 2, 2024
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Rebel Ridge (2024)
96%
B+
“After the more moody, overwrought Hold the Dark, Rebel Ridge finds Saulnier firmly back in more streamlined Blue Ruin and Green Room territory, crafting a laser-precise story in which the audience is refreshingly one step behind our protagonist.” –
The Film Stage
Sep 4, 2024
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Just the Two of Us (2023)
75%
C+
“Donzelli and Audrey Diwan’s black-and-white, overworked script is missing the kind of nuance each lead exudes in their physicality as they navigate a suffocating relationship where the smallest action or word can unleash a monster.” –
The Film Stage
Jun 12, 2024
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Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger (2024)
99%
B+
“One of the major takeaways is the devastating realization that Scorsese doesn’t have the resources or time to collaborate on similar documentaries for his numerous other cinematic idols.” –
The Film Stage
Jun 12, 2024
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Eephus (2024)
100%
B+
“With a gentle yet rigorous vision, Eephus coalesces into a reflective study of nostalgia: both for a game that has evolved and for a certain kind of American social life that is dwindling as fast as the sun fades.” –
The Film Stage
May 19, 2024
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I Didn't See You There (2022)
97%
“In many ways, I Didn’t See You There feels like his definitive statement and I look forward to seeing what other stories Davenport is hoping to tell.” –
The Film Stage
Feb 23, 2024
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Drive-Away Dolls (2024)
63%
B
“The kind of movie made to stumble upon surfing cable at 2 am in a half-awake, half-intoxicated stupor, Ethan Coen’s Drive-Away Dolls aims for a lower artistic bar than anything the director has previously approached, which accounts for much of its charm.” –
The Film Stage
Feb 21, 2024
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Tendaberry (2024)
91%
B
“A soulful coming-of-age story with far more on its mind than the here and now, Haley Elizabeth Anderson’s Tendaberry is an ambitious directorial debut mixing various storytelling forms to achieve its poetic patchwork of ideas. ” –
The Film Stage
Jan 30, 2024
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Skywalkers: A Love Story (2024)
74%
C+
“It ends up doing more to glorify and celebrate their life-threatening, thrill-seeking actions than interrogate the complexity of why they have devoted their existence to an insane diversion that has seen many of their friends fall to their deaths.” –
The Film Stage
Jan 29, 2024
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Exhibiting Forgiveness (2024)
95%
B-
“Led by André Holland in an impressively anguished performance, the ensemble elevates a script that has its heart in the right place but feels lacking in layers of complexity that we see from the art on display.” –
The Film Stage
Jan 24, 2024
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Good One (2024)
98%
B+
“Through an accumulation of minute details and uneasy glances, the drama becomes a portrait of increasingly crossed boundaries leading to an ultimate breaking point.” –
The Film Stage
Jan 24, 2024
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Realm of Satan (2024)
70%
B
“With an inquisitiveness based on ceremony and process rather than talking heads or investigative filmmaking, Realm of Satan requires no verbal declarations to convince what attracts one to follow this way of life. The images do all the talking.” –
The Film Stage
Jan 24, 2024
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Sasquatch Sunset (2024)
72%
B-
“Sasquatch Sunset is a filmmaking oddity that doesn’t fully pay off. Rest assured, though: unless the Zellners make a sequel, there will never be another film like it. That originality is worth celebrating.” –
The Film Stage
Jan 24, 2024
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