Bad Axe (2022) Movie Reviews

Bad Axe (2022)

A real-time portrait of 2020 unfolds as an Asian-American family in Trump’s rural America fights to keep their restaurant and American dream alive in the face of a pandemic, Neo-Nazis, and generational scars from the Killing Fields.

Please Baby Please (2022) Movie Reviews

Please Baby Please (2022)

Newlyweds Suse and Arthur become the dangerous obsession of a greaser gang that awakens a sleeping quandary into the couple’s sexual identity.

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022) Movie Reviews

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)

The nation of Wakanda is pitted against intervening world powers as they mourn the loss of their king T’Challa.

Spirited (2022) Movie Reviews

Spirited (2022)

A musical version of Charles Dickens’s story of a miserly misanthrope who is taken on a magical journey.

Aftersun (2022) Movie Reviews

Aftersun (2022)

Sophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father twenty years earlier. Memories real and imagined fill the gaps between as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn’t.

Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power (2022) Movie Reviews

Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power (2022)

Investigates the politics of cinematic shot design, and how this meta-level of filmmaking intersects with the twin epidemics of sexual abuse/assault and employment discrimination against women, with over 175 movie clips from 1896 – 2020.

Meet Me in the Bathroom (2022) Movie Reviews

Meet Me in the Bathroom (2022)

An immersive journey through the New York music scene of the early 2000s. A new generation kick-started a musical rebirth for New York City that reverberated around the world.

Armageddon Time (2022) Movie Reviews

Armageddon Time (2022)

A deeply personal coming-of-age story about the strength of family and the generational pursuit of the American Dream.

Missing (2021) Movie Reviews

Missing (2021)

Following the death of his wife, Santoshi has sunk into depression and debt, much to the consternation of his daughter, high school student Kaede. To ease their debt, Santoshi tells Kaede he will track down a serial killer and collect the reward, but Santoshi disappears and Kaede must find out what happened to him. What appears to be a familiar mystery narrative takes unexpected turns into the depths of human emotion.

The Banshees of Inisherin (2022) Movie Reviews

The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)

Two lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them.

Something in the Dirt (2022) Movie Reviews

Something in the Dirt (2022)

When neighbors John and Levi witness supernatural events in their Los Angeles apartment building, they realize documenting the paranormal could inject some fame and fortune into their wasted lives. An ever-deeper, darker rabbit hole, their friendship frays as they uncover the dangers of the phenomena, the city and each other.

Good Night Oppy (2022) Movie Reviews

Good Night Oppy (2022)

The film follows Opportunity, the Mars Exploration Rover affectionately dubbed Oppy by her creators and scientists at NASA. Oppy was originally expected to live for only 90 days but she ultimately explored Mars for nearly 15 years.

Next Exit (2022) Movie Reviews

Next Exit (2022)

When a research scientist makes national news proving she can track people into the afterlife, Rose sees a way out and Teddy sees his chance to finally make it. These two strangers, both harboring dark secrets, race to join the doctor’s contentious study and leave this life behind. While Rose is haunted by a ghostly presence that she can’t outrun, Teddy is forced to confront his past. As these two misfits humorously quarrel their way across the country, they meet people along the way who force them to reckon with what is really driving them.

Soft and Quiet (2022) Movie Reviews

Soft and Quiet (2022)

The thriller, which plays out in real time, follows a single afternoon in the life of an elementary school teacher as she organizes a mixer of like-minded women. When the group heads home, the teacher encounters a woman from her past, leading to a volatile chain of events.

Prey for the Devil (2022) Movie Reviews

Prey for the Devil (2022)

A nun prepares to perform an exorcism and comes face to face with a demonic force with mysterious ties to her past.

Till (2022) Movie Reviews

Till (2022)

In 1955, after Emmett Till is murdered in a brutal lynching, his mother vows to expose the racism behind the attack while working to have those involved brought to justice.

Triangle of Sadness (2022) Movie Reviews

Triangle of Sadness (2022)

A cruise for the super-rich sinks thus leaving survivors, including a fashion model celebrity couple, trapped on an island.

Decision to Leave (2022) Movie Reviews

Decision to Leave (2022)

A detective investigating a man’s death in the mountains meets the dead man’s mysterious wife in the course of his dogged sleuthing.