Peacock (2025) Movie Review: Tragicomedy about a Rent-A-Friend Employee Analyzes the Depths of Human Experience
Bernhard Wenger’s feature film debut, “Peacock” (Original Title: “Pfau – Bin ich echt?,” 2025), takes a satirical approach to follow…
Bugonia (2025) Movie Review: An Acidic Enraged Look at Dehumanization with Ruthless Black Comedy
“Bugonia” (2025) may be a remake of the South Korean science fiction comedy “Save The Green Planet!,” but the righteous…
Christy (2025) Movie Review: An Overlong By-The-Numbers Boxing Biopic Elevated by a Great Performance
Boxing is a sport that has been depicted onscreen more than any ever, as there is a formula to making…
Kill Me Again (2025) Movie Ending Explained: Is Charlie Trapped in His Own Mind or Someone Else’s Experiment?
“Kill Me Again” (2025), directed by Keith Jardine, is a rare kind of time-loop thriller—one that turns the genre inside…
Good Fortune (2025) Movie Review: Three Great Lead Performances Anchor A Good-Natured Comedy About Common Decency
Despite its perceptive observations about the crushing nature of the gig economy, “Good Fortune” (2025) is straightforwardly earnest in its…
Hong Kong in Transit: Love, Loss, and Belonging in ‘Chungking Express’
Individual motivations course through the narrative, occasionally intersecting in fleeting moments of connection before drifting apart again. This deliberate absence…
Tuner (2025) ‘BFI London Film Festival’ Movie Review: A Welcome Surprise as This Year’s Mystery Movie
Though the 2025 BFI London Film Festival marks the 69th in the festival’s history, it was 40 years ago that…
Dehumanization, Fear, and Power: Unpacking Xenophobia in Scorsese’s ‘Gangs of New York’
Adolf Hitler, prior to his official association with the political movement that would later be termed ‘Nazism,’ wrote a controversial…