The Wedding Banquet (2025) Movie Review: A Respectable Remake for the Modern Moment
“The Wedding Banquet” may not be the first—or second, or fifth—Ang Lee film that comes to mind upon mention of…
The Ugly Stepsister (Den stygge stesøsteren, 2025) Movie Review: A Cinderella Story Soaked In Nasty, Subversive Body Horror
The first volume of fairy tales that the Brothers Grimm penned together was completely ill-suited for children. Apart from containing…
Sinners (2025) Movie Review: Culture Immortalized in Rhythm and Blood
Twelve long years have come and gone since Ryan Coogler, immediately hailed as a wondrous talent come to usher in…
Cinema of Risk: How Filmmakers Gamble With Form, Genre, and Audience Expectation
Great cinema doesn’t play it safe. It doesn’t follow the rules. It breaks them, bends them, and sometimes obliterates them…
A Working Man (2025) Movie Ending Explained: What Happens to Jenny in the Final Moments?
“A Working Man” is a 2025 movie from the director David Ayer starring big names like Jason Statham as Levon…
Project UFO (Projekt UFO, 2025) ‘Netflix’ Series Recap & Ending Explained: Is ‘Project UFO’ a Political Allegory Disguised as Sci-Fi?
“Project UFO” (Original title: Projekt UFO, 2025), now streaming on Netflix, uses alien sightings as a sharp metaphor for political…
The Woman in the Yard (2025) Movie Ending Explained: Does Ramona Choose Life in the End?
In The Woman in the Yard, a haunting and emotionally resonant narrative unfolds as Ramona, a widowed, disabled mother, struggles…
Whenever I’m Alone with You (2025) Movie Review: An Uneven Albeit Sexy Romantic Comedy about Cinematic Pretense
The surface sheen of “Whenever I’m Alone with You” (2025), the directorial debut of Vesper Egon and Guillaume Campanacci, is…