Riddle of Fire First impressions of Riddle of Fire This retro adventure—which sends kids questing for an egg that'll help them bake a pie and save a sleeping beauty—will puzzle many moviegoers and win the hearts of a special few. I'm one of the few.
Hellboy What do you do when you're a Hellboy fan and you're assigned to write about it for readers of Christianity Today?
Problemista First impressions of Problemista Julio Torres's leap from television's Los Espookys to the big screen has some remarkable highlights... and some complicated challenges.
Cabrini First impressions of Cabrini Angel Studios' new film celebrates a woman who helped America practice what it preaches about welcoming immigrants and serving the poor. And this time, the studio gets it mostly right.
Kristen Stewart First impressions of Love Lies Bleeding This wild, weird, violent, genre-dodging thriller from Rose Glass suggests we're seeing a B-movie auteur on the rise.
Zelda Williams First impressions of Lisa Frankenstein This Halloween-y rom-com is an '80s cosplay party that should scratch itches for Tim Burton fans and those who thrilled to the audacity of Heathers.
Give Me Some Light Recovery Report: My first surgery and Asteroid City! I'm on drugs! Writing about Wes Anderson!
Kelly Reichardt First impressions of the film Showing Up Kelly Reichardt's latest plays on a wavelength that will make true artists — artists for whom art-making is life, and who find the world a hostile environment — "feel seen."
Film Reviews Second star to the right and straight on 'til... mourning? First impressions of the straight-to-Disney-Plus "Peter Pan and Wendy"
Film Reviews An open letter to Kelly Fremon Craig about her outstanding new all-ages crowd-pleaser First Impressions of "Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret."
Rye Lane First impressions of Rye Lane This meet-cute rom-com from newcomer Raine Allen Miller just might be the meet-cutest.
Daniel Goldhaber First impressions of How to Blow Up a Pipeline Is this spring's most suspenseful thriller too relevant to ignore? Or is it too preachy to succeed?
Film Reviews Not a "yes man" for Enys Men — not yet, anyway More a celebration of an aesthetic than a coherent narrative, Enys Men is absorbing but is it less than the sum of its surreal and meticulously crafted parts?
Davy Chou First impressions of Return to Seoul I saw this ten days ago, but the demands of Winter Quarter grading and Spring Quarter planning kept me too busy to write until now.
Colm Bairéad First impressions of The Quiet Girl Colm Bairéad's enchanting and patiently observant film about a child caught between two families and two ways of living is a rare treasure.
Adam Driver 65 million... reasons to avoid this movie Let's look on the bright side: Anything Adam Driver does going forward will probably be better than this.
