I’ve never read a Harry Potter book in my life, but I had no problem following and fully enjoying the film series over the course of many years. But what I […]

If you haven’t figured it out by now, filmmaker Matt Reeves knows what he’s doing. And probably without meaning to, he’s built an admirable career out of breathing new life […]

Filmmaker Steven Soderbergh continues his streak of being “retired” from making movies by releasing what I believe is his fourth or fifth movie in a row directly to a streaming […]

This animated take on the adventures of Spider-Man is so visually and creatively daring, one can’t help but wish that all superhero movies took an equally ambitious path to the […]

There are times watching Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald that feel like directing rush hour traffic at a four-way stoplight that is green on every side. With dozens of […]

In 2014, Australian-born twin brothers Jonathan and Josh Baker wrote and directed the short film Bag Man, about a 12-year-old, African-American boy who leaves his home in Harlem carrying only […]

Mixing genres can be a tricky thing in the movies, but in the last couple years, some of the finest exercises in horror—The Babadook, A Quiet Place, The Witch, Hereditary—have […]

It’s become clear over the years that writer-director Aaron Katz has been making films (including Land Ho! and Cold Weather, to name two of his most recent) that he has […]