Matt Neglia

Although its supporting characters never receive the same attention, Peedom’s film draws immense power from Phuntsok’s humane performance, its reverence for Chomolungma, and its focus on the often-neglected voices that add crucial context to the story’s enormity.

The Uprising contains many elements that should make for a stirring historical epic: a righteous struggle against inequality, immediate political parallels, an intriguing supporting cast, and another stellar performance from Andrew Garfield. Greengrass remains highly effective whenever the rebellion erupts into disorder, capturing the intensity and brutality of ordinary people fighting against a system designed to crush them. Yet his restless visual approach becomes exhausting during the quieter scenes, while the screenplay rushes past the character development and moral complexity needed to give the film its full emotional punch.

There is perhaps no filmmaker working today who was better suited to tackle the enormous challenge of adapting “The Odyssey” than Christopher Nolan.

Disclosure Day is a film made by a human being who has been asking the same question his entire life and who, finally and beautifully, seems at peace with the answer. Are you ready for the answer?

Like the band itself, Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial VS That’s the Weight of the World) seeks to honor the past while looking toward the future.

Atonement is a powerful human drama about the often elusive nature of forgiveness.

Minotaur is another unmistakably political, bleak, and methodical work from one of our best storytellers.

Mungiu trusts the audience to arrive at their own conclusions as he casts the film out into dark, uncertain waters, with us unsure where exactly it is headed next, yet continuing forward all the same, much like people and society themselves, regardless of whether we are ready for it or not.

A non-stop spectacle unlike any other. I hoped it would be awesome, and somehow, against all odds, I’m ready for more.

It’s a heartwarming film about queer nightlife, fatherhood, self-worth, and growing up long after society says you should have already done so. More than anything, it understands that redemption isn’t about becoming perfect. Sometimes it’s simply about finally permitting yourself to change, one step at a time.