The sequel to surprise hit M3GAN, M3GAN 2.0 dives headfirst into deranged action-comedy mayhem — and is a wildly enjoyable, if uneven ride.
M3gan 2.0 Is Everything You Want — And More
Sketches
Sweet and earnest dives into the bowels of cinema.
The Salt Path Takes a Hike
Despite its beautiful scenery and excellent performances, coastal drama The Salt Path can’t walk its way into a compelling storyline.
American Psycho’s Prophetic Vision of Masculinity and Meme Culture
Once seen as a grotesque satire of greed and masculine performance, American Psycho now reveals how easily critique can slip into aspiration.
Breathless (1983) — Don’t Respect the Original!
With 1983’s Breathless, we see the key bridge between Godard’s playfulness and Taratino’s particularly American postmodernism. Available on Tubi!
It’s a Wonderful Dog!
A great canine acting talent is wasted in The Friend, a tale of Naomi Watts adopting a Great Dane that is heavy on the schmaltz, but lacking in punch.
The Wedding Banquet. Boring Gay Asians.
The Wedding Banquet is a broad remake of Ang Lee’s 1993 work that drains the rich cultural specificity of the subject matter into boring slop.
Sex, Spies and Satellite Tapes
A witty, low-key riff on the intersection between love and espionage, Black Bag is one of the best spy films to come out in recent years.
Death of a Unicorn Flogs a Dead Cast
A24’s broadest comedy yet, Death of a Unicorn feels woefully miscast, providing another eat-the-rich satire that has nothing interesting to say.
Hard Pass: The Quixotic Politics of Cannes Rejections
Cannes is supposed to be a festival that supports auteur cinema. So why does the festival often give its most long-standing guests the cold shoulder?
Drop It
Try as it may, Drop is hampered by its central conceit, with its surprise smartphone messages more of a pain than a genuine source of tension.