The Critic is filled to the brim with sparkling performances, and it’s difficult to overlook the fact that more time with these characters would have suited them and the story a little better.

Sweetheart Deal adamantly makes the case that the stories of humans deserve to be heard, reflected upon, and learned from.

Red Rooms is an intricate script that doesn’t try to tell the audience how they should feel watching it. It’s a highwire act that pays off in spades.

Blink Twice is a psychological thriller that doubles down on its anger, even if the final moments don’t feel completely satisfying after what the women endured.

Skincare is a true LA story about greed, reputation, and the importance of a good moisturizer.

Good One is a series of acerbic character studies that play out over the course of a weekend, each impacting the other to create a fully developed experience for the audience.

Sing Sing is an experience like no other. It’s an unforgettable piece of filmmaking that revels in the resilient, cooperative nature of humanity.

Romulus is the best kind of nightmare; the one you get to watch on a big silver screen to escape the dog days of summer.

As it stands now, Cuckoo isn’t scary enough to stand as pure horror, nor as pure camp. It lives in an in-between world where it cannot shine as brightly as it should.

Libertad is a sun-drenched examination of the way we care, or don’t care, about other people.

Trap is a fun ride whose cards are on the table from the get-go, but that doesn’t make it any less tense or fun. A father-daughter flick mixed with a heist film, Trap keeps you guessing in a vintage Shyamalan way.

Chestnut allows viewers to experience the depths of those turbulent years through the eyes of Annie. It’s a beautifully melancholic look at growing up and all that goes along with it.

Make Me Famous is a breakdown of the art world to get to its core: a celebration of the awe that art can inspire in an individual.

Twisters is a good, old-fashioned blockbuster. It’s the sort of heart-racing, tear-jerking fare that earns itself a place among the greats.

Longlegs is a nightmare, but one that it’s easy to wake up from. 

Dandelion shows the battle to pursue the thing you love and how going home can show how far you’ve come.

Even with the narrative aspects that could have benefitted from tightening up, there’s still something exciting about a film like Kinds of Kindness being heavily promoted and available to casual theatergoers.

The A-Frame is a trippy, multi-dimensional sci-fi flick with its gory heart on its sleeve.