Blaise is brilliantly uncomfortable
As hysterically uncomfortable as it is funny, Blaise is a brilliantly observed satire about all the ways we needlessly complicate our lives.
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Body Blow is a stylish queer neo-noir
Defiantly resisting the stereotypes hoisted upon queer cinema, Body Blow is a sleazy, visually intoxicating, and breathlessly sexy neo-noir that isn't for the faint of heart. It carries the torch lit by Paul Verhoeven with grace.
You Are The Film is a wild and unpredictable ride
A delightfully inspired microbudget love letter to cinema and the power of the imagination, You Are The Film warms the heart even as it warps your mind.
Enju is a wild and goofy good time
Packed with fantastic action and an immensely charismatic leading performance from Alice Hirose, Enju is a furiously entertaining thrill in the style of John Wick and Die Hard.
Once Upon a Time in the Middle East is an unexpected masterpiece
Once Upon a Time in the Middle East is an elegant, old-fashioned plea for decency, and it made me cry more than once with both sorrow and joy. I think it will do the same for anyone who sees it, and everyone should.
After three hours with Stranger Than Heaven, I think it will be a masterpiece
Stranger Than Heaven is an ambitious, deeply moving, and brilliantly realized crime saga that will raise the bar for the genre.
Control Resonant is ambitious, beautiful, but not a lot of fun
For those willing to tolerate its quirks and accept the rough edges, Control Resonant offers much to admire. It's unlike anything else you'll see this year, perhaps even next year and the many more after that, and that counts for something.
Street Fighter is the best adaptation of the material to date
Street Fighter is an aggressively stupid movie that knows it's an aggressively stupid movie. It's also a lot of fun with occasional fleeting glimpses of emotion, and it's the best Street Fighter adaptation to date.
VisionQuest is a messy conclusion to something
Messy and surprisingly dull with flashes of poignancy, VisionQuest is less than the sum of its parts, mostly because of how unwieldy the MCU has become.
What is Red Rooster, the ambitious RPG epic from the creators of Disco Elysium?
Disco is dead, says Summer Eternal, but Red Rooster will carry its torch.
Castlevania: Belmont's Curse is the best Castlevania since Symphony of the Night
Castlevania: Belmont's Curse is not just one of the best games this year; it's one of the best Castlevania games ever made. It is a challenging, consistently engaging, and superbly designed adventure epic that reminds us why this series defined an entire genre in the first place.
Valor Mortis is a daring spin on the Soulslike formula
Valor Mortis feels like the next frontier for the Soulslike genre. It is a massive undertaking to rewrite the language we use to understand these games, and One More Level succeeds in stamping its mark on it.
