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Perpendicular Lives Intersect in ‘Possible Love’

October 20, 2026October 26, 2026 Kaveh Jalinous 0 Comments arthouse cinema, capitalism, Cho Yeo-jeong, cinematic storytelling, class inequality, documentary ethics, documentary filmmaking, economic exploitation, factory workers, Family Drama, film review, grief, international cinema, Jeon Do-yeon, Korean cinema, Korean drama, Lee Chang-dong, love stories, marriage, movie reviews, Netflix, Possible Love, privilege, Psychological Drama, relationships, social realism, South Korean films, Sul Kyung-gu, unemployment, voyeurism, wealth inequality, working class, Zo In-sung

Lee Chang-dong brings two unlikely couples together in this NYFF success that is heading straight to theater screens and Netflix

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Check Out Boeing in ‘Freefall’

September 23, 2026September 28, 2026 Robert Dean 0 Comments 737 MAX, 737 MAX 9, Airbus, aircraft manufacturing, Alaska Airlines, aviation, aviation safety, Boeing, capitalism, commercial aviation, corporate accountability, corporate culture, documentary, documentary films, engineering, film review, Freefall: A Reckoning for Boeing, John Barnett, movie review, Netflix, Netflix documentary, plane crashes, quality control, Rory Kennedy, safety, whistleblowers

New documentary show crashes don’t come from just one lil’ engineering failure

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Throw a Champagne Supernova on the Wonderwall

September 19, 2026September 22, 2026 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Britpop, Cardiff, concert documentary, Don't Look Back in Anger, Dylan Southern, film review, Liam Gallagher, Live '25 Tour, Manchester, Music Documentary, Noel Gallagher, Oasis, Oasis reunion, Oasis reunion tour, rock documentary, rock music, Steven Knight, Will Lovelace, Wonderwall

The Gallagher Brothers ‘Don’t Look Back In Anger’

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‘Brailled It’ Shows the Unusual Possibilities of Blind Filmmaking

September 14, 2026September 14, 2026 William Schwartz 0 Comments accessibility, blind students, blindness, Braille, Braille Challenge, Brailled It, Brendan Schulze, Christopher Morgan, coming of age, David Grabias, disability, documentary, documentary film, education, film review, independent film, Isaiah Gauthier, Salome Cummins, teen documentary

New doc captures the awkwardness of being a blind teenager at the 2024 Braille Challenge

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‘The Pervert’s Guide to Utopias’ Preaches Radical Pessimism at the End of the World

September 9, 2026September 14, 2026 Austin Tannenbaum 1 Comment Apocalypse Now, Blade Runner, cinema, climate change, cultural criticism, documentary, dystopia, ecology, film review, Greta Thunberg, ideology, Lars Von Trier, Melancholia, philosophy, political philosophy, psychoanalysis, Slavoj Žižek, Sophie Fiennes, Sullivan's Travels, The Pervert's Guide to Utopias, The Prestige, utopia, V for Vendetta, Venice 2026, Venice Film Festival

In Venice, Sophie Fiennes’ third collaboration with Zizek sees the 77-year-old at his most political — and earnest

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A Spinoza professor undergoes an existential crisis in ‘The Basics of Philosophy’

September 8, 2026September 11, 2026 Austin Tannenbaum 0 Comments art house cinema, Baruch Spinoza, Bill Pullman, Calvinism, Daniel Zovatto, drama, Ethics, existentialism, film review, First Reformed, Indie Film, Jack Huston, John Calvin, Karl Glusman, moral philosophy, movie review, Paul Schrader, Paul Schrader films, philosophy, predestination, Psychological Drama, religion, Sofia Boutella, Spinoza, The Basics of Philosophy, Venice Film Festival, Venice Film Festival 2026

At the Venice Film Festival, Paul Schrader Wrestles with Free Will and Determinism

‘The Whisper Man’ Deserves this Review

September 4, 2026September 4, 2026 Dr. Carlos Flores 14 Comments Adam Scott, Alex North, book adaptation, child abduction, crime thriller, film review, James Ashcroft, Michael Keaton, Michelle Monaghan, movie review, mystery thriller, Netflix, Netflix movies, psychological thriller, Robert De Niro, Rory Kennedy, Serial Killer, streaming movies, The Silence of the Lambs, The Whisper Man, Thrillers, True Detective

Despite Michael Keaton, Robert de Niro and Michelle Monaghan, this film is already spoiled

Don’t Wait for ‘Busboys’

September 3, 2026August 30, 2026 Robert Dean 2 Comments 2026 films, Bobby Lee, bro comedy, buddy comedy, Bus Boys, Charlotte McKinney, Chris Elliott, comedy films, Cowboy song, David Spade, film review, Hollywood comedies, Hulu, independent film, indie comedy, Jay Pharoah, Jonah Feingold, Kid Rock, movie review, offensive comedy, podcasts, Stand Up Comedy, Step Brothers, Superbad, Theo Von, Tim Dillon, Trevor Wallace

David Spade and Theo Von team up for a dumb buddy comedy

‘Chronovisor’ Presents an Intellectually Grounded Indiana Jones-Type Adventure

September 2, 2026September 2, 2026 Kenji Fujishima 0 Comments academic research, Anne Laure Sellier, behavioral science, Chronovisor, Columbia University, Cosmic Salon, experimental film, Father François Brune, Film at Lincoln Center, film review, independent film, Jack Auen, Kevin Walker, Pellegrino Ernetti, Peter Krassa, Rotterdam Film Festival, science and religion, time travel, Vatican

Jack Auen and Kevin Walker’s debut feature fashions a mesmerizing conspiracy thriller from academic research

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Ridley Scott Is Back, Flying By the Light of ‘The Dog Stars’

August 28, 2026August 31, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments 20th Century Studios, Allison Janney, Benedict Wong, dystopian film, film review, Guy Pearce, Jacob Elordi, Josh Brolin, Margaret Qualley, Mark L. Smith, Peter Heller, post-apocalyptic, Ridley Scott, Sai Bennett, science fiction, survival thriller, The Dog Stars, virus pandemic

Prepper madness meets introspection as Jacob Elordi and Josh Brolin chum up the post-apocalypse

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Maybe You Can Go Home Again, Samba Traore

August 27, 2026August 30, 2026 William Schwartz 0 Comments 4K restoration, Abdoulaye Komboudri, African cinema, art house cinema, Bakary Sangaré, Berlin International Film Festival, Burkina Faso, Crime Drama, Film at Lincoln Center, film restoration, film review, foreign language film, Idrissa Ouédraogo, Irène Tassembedo, Mariam Kaba, Moumouni Campaoré, Samba Traore, Silver Bear, world cinema

Rerelease of Silver Bear winner is an optimistic blast from art house cinema past

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‘The Invite’ Prompt Was — Bergman, But Make It Funny!

July 11, 2026July 14, 2026 Laura Pruden 3 Comments Adam Newport-Berra, Cesc Gay, Comedy, Edward Norton, ensemble cast, film review, independent film, Ingmar Bergman, Jade Healy, marriage, middle age, Olivia Wilde, Oscar Wilde, Penelope Cruz, play adaptation, Rashida Jones, relationship comedy, romantic comedy, Seth Rogen, sex comedy, Spanish cinema, The Invite, The People Upstairs, Will McCormack

Olivia Wilde directs and acts in a comedy about love and marriage in middle-age

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Traumatized Young Woman?

July 10, 2026July 14, 2026 Neal Pollack 1 Comment Book and Film Globe, comic book movies, CW Supergirl, DC Comics, DC Studios, DC Universe, Fantasy, film review, Gal Gadot, graphic novels, Guardians Of The Galaxy, Helen Slater, James Gunn, Justice League Unlimited, Kara Zor-El, Krypton, Melissa Benoist, Milly Alcock, Patty Jenkins, science fiction, Supergirl, Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, superhero movies, Superman, women superheroes, Wonder Woman

‘Supergirl’ disappoints in all the key ways

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Minions and Monsters With Movies and Mayhem

July 4, 2026July 9, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Allison Janney, animated film, animation, Bobby Moynihan, Book and Film Globe, Brian Lynch, Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, Christoph Waltz, Comedy, Cthulhu, Despicable Me, family film, film review, George Lucas, H.P. Lovecraft, Harold Lloyd, Hollywood, Illumination, Jeff Bridges, Jesse Eisenberg, Minions, Minions and Monsters, Modern Times, movies, Phil LaMarr, Pierre Coffin, Safety Last, silent films, Steamboat Bill Jr, The Blob, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Trey Parker, Universal Pictures, Zoey Deutch

Is this the nail in the Pierre Coffin series?

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‘Power Ballads’ Shows How Jams Can Get Sticky

June 4, 2026June 8, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments 2026 movies, authorship, character driven films, comedy drama, contemporary cinema, creative ambition, creativity and art, Dublin, emotional honesty, feel good movies, film review, Havana Rose Liu, independent film, Irish cinema, Jack Reynor, John Carney, Marcella Plunkett, movie review, music and relationships, music comedy, music industry, music movies, musical drama, musicians, Nick Jonas, original songs, Paul Rudd, power ballad, rock music, singer songwriters, wedding bands

Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas star in John Carney’s latest music-themed comedy-drama

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