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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

It is certainly an understatement to say that the creative landscape has never shifted this fast. Currently, intense competition in the arena of AI generative video has brought us the stunning and jaw dropping Google Veo 3 and Open AI's Sora 2, all within the span of six months. The hype is focused on the uncanny cinematic quality of the output: the perfect lighting, the impossible camera moves, and the hyper-realistic look. This technical wizardry has led to headlines screa

The controversy surrounding the digital creation of Tilly Norwood has ignited a genuine firestorm across Hollywood, laying bare the industry's deepest anxieties about intellectual property, human artistry, and the accelerating capability of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Tilly Norwood is not a fictional character but a real, AI-generated "synthetic performer" created by the production studio Particle6, founded by Eline Van der Velden, in late 2025. This project, which quickly

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER is a dense, delirious, and deeply felt action-thriller disguised as a domestic drama, steeped in the paranoia of post-radical America. Director and writer Paul Thomas Anderson (PTA) returns with his most anarchic film since INHERENT VICE , delivering a chaotic, two-hour-and-forty-two-minute meditation on what happens when the fight for global revolution devolves into a desperate battle for a quiet life. The film centers on Bob Ferguson (Leonardo DiCap

A powerful new film from writer-director James Vanderbilt revisits the consequential period immediately following the cessation of World War II in Europe, when the international community grappled with how to hold the surviving architects of Hitler’s Nazi regime accountable for their committed atrocities. While U.S. Congress advocated for swift executions, chief U.S. prosecutor Robert H. Jackson (Michael Shannon) fought for the establishment of an unprecedented international

The obsession with resolution, bit depth, and sensor size as the defining metrics of professional filmmaking is officially over. A profound, decade-long technological revolution has quietly eroded the distinctions between amateur and professional equipment, shifting the very definition of what constitutes a "cinema camera." Consequently, the quality discussion is now largely a distraction—a relic of a bygone era that no longer holds practical relevance. The future of great vi

Forty-one years after their cult classic mockumentary first satirized the world of hard rock, the most beloved fictional band in cinematic history has made its triumphant return to the screen. Spinal Tap II: The End Continues features the reunion of the indelible trio—Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest), David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean), and Derek Small (Harry Shearer)—as they embark on a final show following a fifteen-year hiatus. Documenting their highly anticipated comebac