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A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE , the long-awaited feature from Academy Award-winning director Kathryn Bigelow, plunges the audience into a nightmare scenario that is as politically chilling as it is viscerally terrifying. Set almost entirely within the confines of various governmental command centers, the film is an airtight, real-time political thriller. The plot is deceptively simple: a single Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) is detected on trajectory toward the continental U

The enduring and profoundly fruitful cinematic collaboration between director Richard Linklater and actor Ethan Hawke, stretching back three decades to Before Sunrise, continues with this transfixing character study. That iconic trilogy, filmed across 27 years, along with the decade-long, sporadically shot Boyhood, provided both men with an intimate understanding of artistic symbiosis. This shared history lends a poignant emotional resonance to their reunion in Blue Moon, a f

Director Craig Brewer’s captivating film, Song Sung Blue , chronicles the remarkable true story of a working-class couple whose enduring love and shared commitment to their musical dream sustain them through a series of profound personal setbacks. Far from being mere sentimental melodrama, this retelling of the journey of a Neil Diamond tribute act is grounded in authentic emotion and uplifted by an irresistible score. The film’s success hinges on the magnetic chemistry and w

Guillermo del Toro’s FRANKENSTEIN is a lavish, epic-scale return to the source material—Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel—that honors the book’s roots as a philosophical tragedy rather than a simple horror tale. The film opens in a cold, vast 1857 setting near the Arctic, a fitting geographical metaphor for the isolation and despair to come, before flashing back to the opulent, yet emotionally sterile, world of Geneva. Victor Frankenstein (Oscar Isaac), a brilliant, arrogant student

ANEMONE is a relentlessly dark and weighty psychological drama centered on the Stoker family, a lineage fractured by violence, faith, and the long shadow of the past. The film follows Ray Stoker (Daniel Day-Lewis), an embittered, abrasive man who has lived as a hermit for two decades in the remote, mossy wilderness of northeastern England. Ray's self-imposed exile stems from deeply buried trauma related to his service in the British Army during the Northern Irish "Troubles,"

Luca Guadagnino's latest film, After the Hunt , dives headlong into the treacherous, morally ambiguous waters of contemporary academic and social dynamics, specifically the fallout of a sexual misconduct allegation on a prestigious university campus. Bolstered by a star-studded cast including Julia Roberts and Andrew Garfield, the film attempts to dissect issues of power, privilege, generational conflict, and accountability in the #MeToo era. The result is a messy, beautiful,

Benny Safdie’s solo directorial debut, The Smashing Machine , attempts a gritty, anti-biopic approach to the life of legendary mixed martial arts (MMA) pioneer Mark Kerr, but ultimately delivers an experience that is more compelling as an acting showcase than as a cohesive drama. While Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is truly transformative, delivering a career-best, Oscar-buzz-worthy performance, the film itself is often hampered by a lack of narrative drive and a heavy reliance o

ROOFMAN is a film based on the unbelievable but true saga of Jeffrey Manchester, an Army veteran and struggling father who became infamous in North Carolina for his unusual crime spree. This film is the latest from director Derek Cianfrance, who collaborated with Kirt Gunn on the screenplay. Leading a truly powerful ensemble cast is Channing Tatum in the title role, supported by an incredible lineup including Kirsten Dunst, LaKeith Stanfield, Peter Dinklage, and Ben Mendelso