A Salute to the Movies That Got Overlooked During Oscar Season
No matter how dragged-out Oscar season can seem, I’m a fan of this time of year—mostly because the focus is on the quality of films, not how much they make…
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The PlayStation 5 Pro: A System Built for Hardcore Gamers
It’s taken longer than expected to get my thoughts on the PlayStation 5 Pro to the site for a number of reasons. The holiday season and the onslaught of Sundance…
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“Yellowjackets” Finally Gets Its Bite Back With Season Three
After nearly two years, Showtime’s hit series “Yellowjackets” is finally back for its third season. Though Season 1 was critically acclaimed, the second suffered from an unraveling narrative that oftentimes…
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Netflix’s “Cobra Kai” Lands One Final Nostalgic Punch In Its Last Episodes
“Balance is key,” says Mr. Miyagi in the original “Karate Kid,” and it’s an ethos that Netflix (and formerly YouTube Red)’s long-running cult continuation “Cobra Kai” has long struggled to…
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“Avowed” Brings Personal Characters To An Exciting World
In 2018, Obsidian Entertainment was acquired by Microsoft and “Avowed” is its first big AAA game under the Xbox Game Studios banner. The studio is best known for creating sprawling…
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Life, the Movie: Why Documentary Filmmaking Should Return to, You Know, Documenting Stuff
I was watching a documentary the other night—I’m not going to say which one here, because it was good and intelligent overall, and the filmmakers might be reading this—and got…
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Sundance 2025: Sunfish (and Other Stories on Green Lake), Plainclothes
The true discovery of this year’s Sundance so far for this viewer has been Sierra Falconer’s lovely and delicate “Sunfish (and Other Stories on Green Lake),” a series of connected…
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Sundance 2025: Brides, Where the Wind Comes From, Two Women
This year’s World Cinema Dramatic Competition features three films all about characters on spiritual, physical, and sexual journeys toward new versions of themselves. Nadia Fall’s “Brides” follows two girls as…
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Sundance 2025: 2000 Meters from Andriivka, Cutting Through Rocks, Khartoum
Three films in the World Cinema Documentary Competition tell stories from countries in the midst of conflict. Mstyslav Chernov’s “2000 Meters From Andriivka” follows the Ukrainian counteroffensive as it seeks…
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Sundance 2025: Rebuilding, Together, Peter Hujar’s Day
Some dispatches out of Sundance are built around themes, premiere dates, or even locations. Sometimes it’s just three good movies. This is one of those. An undeniable standout of this…
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