Moment: Sorry, Charli
I don’t know enough about the music of Charlotte Aitchison a.k.a. Charli xcx to call myself a fan, though I’ve tended to admire the...
Secret Agent: Moura Than Usual
The Secret Agent missed out on a Best Picture Oscar nomination last week, though it still has a chance to win the Best International...
Send Help: Girlboss
I didn’t know that I needed the feral, unhinged, blood-soaked version of Rachel McAdams in my life, but I did. That’s the one who...
Online Film Critics Select OBAA as Best Picture
Two weeks ago, I said I would have the Online Film Critics Society's picks for 2025's best achievements in filmmaking. Now, here they are....
Testament of Ann Lee: Shake It!
The Testament of Ann Lee is the greatest Christian musical film ever made, even if the competition isn’t exactly God’s plenty: Godspell, Sister Act,...
28 Years Later: Red Devil
It takes a mighty special filmmaker to reboot the Candyman series and then turn around and do a Black gay update of Henrik Ibsen....
No Other Choice: Making Paper
Ask most people to name a film by Park Chan-wook, and they’ll say Oldboy. That movie came out more than 20 years ago, a...
Online Film Critics Announce Nominations
This is my first year voting for the Online Film Critics Society Awards, and yesterday they announced their nominations for 2025's movies. Unlike other...
The Best Documentaries of 2025
My list of the year’s best documentaries looks different from other critics’ lists, mainly because I put a premium on things like entertainment value...
The Best Filmmaking Debuts of 2025
A lot of famous actors made their directing debuts in 2025, but none of their efforts were good enough to make it onto this...
