reviews

'The Room Next Door' Is Cathartic but Clumsy

Directed by Pedro Almodóvar

PUBLISHED Jan 8, 2025

How much would you be willing to show up for an old estranged friend? In 'The Room Next Door,' Ingrid (Julianne Moore) and Martha...

Ethel Cain Steps Further from the Light on 'Perverts'

PUBLISHED Jan 7, 2025

There was a moment when Hayden Anhedönia was poised to break big. 'Preacher's Daughter,' her sprawling 2022 debut full-length...

'Squid Game' Loses Its Own Deathmatch in Season 2

Created by Hwang Dong-hyuk

PUBLISHED Jan 6, 2025

Season 1 of Hwang Dong-hyuk's anti-capitalist thriller 'Squid Game' sits atop the Netflix throne. The cultural phenomenon debuted in 2021...

'Music from the Merch Desk (2016 - 2023)' Has Perfect Playlist Fodder for All Types of Aphex Twin Fan

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PUBLISHED Jan 6, 2025

I tend to prefer fairly nice-sounding electronic music over punishing beats, so even though Aphex Twin's recent two-and-a-half-hour...

'Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird' Humanizes Two of the Era's Greatest Rock Outsiders

PUBLISHED Jan 6, 2025

Relationships are hard. Friends, family, lovers, acquaintances — none of it comes without effort on both sides. "People think that love is...

'Wallace & Gromit' Inventively Tackles the Digital Age in 'Vengeance Most Fowl'

Directed by Nick Park and Merlin Crossingham

PUBLISHED Jan 3, 2025

After three shorts, a full feature and the greatest novelty mug to ever exist, 'Wallace & Gromit' returns to screens, and it's going post...

"Windows" Could Be girlpuppy's "Silver Springs"

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PUBLISHED Jan 2, 2025

"Glass houses cliché," I type into the Google search bar, amazingly unable to remember the exact verbiage of a phrase that has always...

'Vermiglio' Paints a Pensive Family Portrait with Secrets and Snow

Directed by Maura Delpero

PUBLISHED Jan 2, 2025

'Vermiglio' might take place in a remote village in the snowy mountaintops of the Italian Alps during World War II, where isolation and...