2025 has been a complete buffet of great cinema. In fact, while writing this list, I found myself constantly shifting choices every five minutes. Looking back, this year has been a big...

When looking back on 2024 in film, three adjectives come to mind to describe the year: surprising, daring, and challenging. Every film on my list can be described with one of those...

Director: Anand TuckerWriters: Patrick Marber, Anthony QuinnStars: Lesley Manville, Mark Strong, Gemma Arterton Synopsis: A powerful London theater critic becomes entangled in a web of deceit and murder. The Critic is a misguided melodrama...

Directors: Steven Kanter, Henry LoevnerWriters: Steven Kanter, Henry LoevnerStars: Claudia Restrepo, Ben Coleman, Derrick Joseph DeBlasis Synopsis: An emotionally adrift young woman forges an unexpected friendship with a wilderness guide when she and...

Director: Pablo BergerWriters: Pablo Berger, Sara VaronStars: Ivan LaBanda, Albert Trifol Segarra, Rafa Calvo Synopsis: The adventures and misfortunes of Dog and Robot in New York City during the 1980s. Robot Dreams is...

Director: Quentin LeeStars: Jazzmun, Jason Stuart, Kit DeZolt Synopsis: Nine diverse LGBTQ+ comics each perform a short set connected by a hostess with the mostest in an orgiastic one-night stand starring fresh comics...