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Bullet in the Head Review: John Woo Channels ‘The Deer Hunter’ for One of His Most Depressing Movies
Bullet in the Head is the kind of John Woo movie that almost feels angry at the idea of being a John Woo movie…
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The Killer Review: John Woo’s 1989 Classic Is Arguably His Magnum Opus
Some movies just have it. Some movies just have the juice. It is hard to quantify, but you know it when you see it.…
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Burning Review: A Slow-Burn Temperature Check of Modern Male Rage
Burning is a “what you give to it, it gives to you” kind of film. It dares you to reject the comfort of clear…
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Sirāt Review: Oliver Laxe’s Astonishing Rave Film Is a Real Downer
Oliver Laxe’s Sirāt is the kind of movie that makes you feel a little sick afterward, not because it’s trying to shock you for…
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Bacurau Review: Evil Shows Itself in Many Ways
Bacurau is one of my favorite films of the 2020s so far, and it now feels like the perfect table-setter for Kleber Mendonça Filho…
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The Secret Agent Review: Wagner Moura Leads a Sprawling Brazilian Crime Masterpiece
I walked into The Secret Agent expecting another brooding, self-serious international prestige thriller, the kind of movie that arrives with capital-I Importance and dares…
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The Rip Review: Matt Damon and Ben Affleck’s Netflix Crime Thriller Is Exactly What You Would Expect
It would be easy to dismiss The Rip as a January straight-to-streaming action thriller if it did not come with this kind of star…
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Margin Call Review: J.C. Chandor’s Masterful Single-Night Financial Thriller
Margin Call is the kind of single-night pressure-cooker movie that feels more intense the more you understand what it is actually dramatizing. J.C. Chandor…
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The Running Man Review: A Dystopian Disaster
The Running Man is a lot of movie, and my disappointment in it is not subtle. On paper, Edgar Wright and Glen Powell should…
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We Bury the Dead Review: Daisy Ridley Kicks off 2026 With a Strong Zombie Thriller
Daisy Ridley has quietly turned her post Star Wars years into one of the more interesting genre pivot runs in recent memory. Even when…
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American Sweatshop Review: A So-So Thriller for the Digital Age
American Sweatshop has a sharp premise and only intermittently sharp execution. Uta Briesewitz takes aim at the privatized, corporate side of online moderation and…
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Marty Supreme Review: For Those Who Thought ‘Uncut Gems’ Was Too Tame
Marty Supreme is Josh Safdie working at his widest canvas, a 1950s period piece about a showman who can sell anything until he sells…
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Influencers Review: Kurtis David Harder’s Shudder Sequel Recaptures the Stylish Gore and Twists of the Original
Influencers threads a tricky needle: it pokes at the attention economy with a knowing grin while mostly dodging the smugness that sinks a lot…
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Wake Up Dead Man Review: Rian Johnson’s Third ‘Knives Out’ Movie Is the Franchise’s Best
Wake Up Dead Man is the darkest and most layered entry in Rian Johnson’s series, a knotty whodunit that swaps glass palaces for a…
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No Other Choice Review: Park Chan-Wook’s Black Comedy Starts Really Strong but Slowly Loses Steam Over Time
No Other Choice finds Park Chan-wook in a sharper comedic register than usual, a black comedy that keeps tipping toward farce while tracking a…
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Shoshana Review: Michael Winterbottom’s Politically Dense Thriller Lacks Thrill
Michael Winterbottom’s Shoshana wants to be an edge-of-your-seat thriller and a clear eyed primer on 1930s Tel Aviv. It ends up closer to a…
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Die My Love Review: Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson’s Hot Mess Chemistry Envelops Lynne Ramsay’s Surrealist Film Adaptation
The highs in Die My Love are undeniable, and the lows are confusing. Lynne Ramsay adapts Ariana Harwicz’s novel with a bold, fevered intensity,…
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A History of Violence Review: David Cronenberg Expertly Directs a Diner Owner’s Meticulously Crafted Life Unraveling
Leave it to David Cronenberg to deconstruct the mythical American hero with odd wit and clinical detail. A History of Violence (2005) looks like…
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Halloween Review: John Carpenter’s Iconic Horror Staple Remains Essential
John Carpenter’s Halloween (1978) is one of those films that is so baked into horror DNA that it can be hard to look at…
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Hedda Review: Nia DaCosta’s Turbulent ‘Hedda Gabler’ Adaptation Is (Mostly) a Return to Form
Hedda is a welcome palette cleanser for Nia DaCosta, a small and contained Prime Video adaptation that swaps franchise noise for a clear, actor…
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The Elixir Review: Zombies Tear Apart a Small Indonesian Town in Netflix’s Latest Genre Import
Netflix’s Indonesian zombie thriller The Elixir is built on a sturdy if familiar setup: an estranged family is forced back together as a zombie…