Sam & Mattie Make a Zombie Movie (2021)

The power of a talented female director like Patty Jenkins and an overall diverse cast is what makes this film worth watching for me.

Him is visually stunning—all concrete cathedrals and bone-rattling impact shots that look like a nightmare highlight reel. Marlon Wayans is magnetic as this legendary quarterback who's basically selling salvation with a smile that never quite reaches his eyes. But the story keeps running in circles: more tests, more cryptic pep talks, more ritualistic drills. The sports-as-religion metaphor beats you over the head when subtlety would've been more effective. The middle drags, and that finale chooses spectacle over substance. It's undeniably stylish, but left me cold. Also worth noting: despite the Monkeypaw connection, this isn't actually a Jordan Peele film—he didn't write or direct.

Highlighting the many ways in which AFF 2023 illustrated that the queer experience is not a monolithic one.

Ester Shapiro who flees the only home she has ever known to start a new life in Berlin.

Wanda and Vision are suffering under the stress of parenting their twin boys.

I’m disappointed in The Woman in Cabin 10, but that’s at least in part because of my love of Ruth Ware’s novel.