★★★★★ | Getting the most of out its confined location, this debut feature humanizes a nightmarish event with stark immediacy and horror.
★★ | Frustratingly slow and overloaded with ideas, Retreat is a fantastically acted thriller that shows much promise from its debut director.
★★★ | Glacially paced, but oddly moving, 100 Sunset is a promising first feature from a talented filmmaker.
★★★★ | Elevated by brilliant performances from McKellen and Coel, The Christophers is a delightful little drama well worth visiting.
Ghost of Yotei is just around the corner. Here are seven samurai films and one TV series to get you primed for the grand adventure.
★★★★ | Han So-hee and Jun Jong-seo impress in this smart and thrilling neo noir from newcomer filmmaker Lee Hwan.
★ | Overlong, poorly paced, and depressingly unfunny, New Years Rev is a dismal product pretending to be punk.
★★ | A fascinating blend of genres and ideas, & Sons features great performances in a film that never comes together satisfyingly.
★★ | Channing Tatum and Kirsten Dunst are charming in an otherwise off-putting celebration of a petty criminal.
★★★★★ | Smartly directed and featuring one of the best leading performances in any film this year, Good Boy is a fiendishly clever revitalization of the haunted house genre.
★★★★ | Led by a revelatory performance by Vince Vaughn, Easy's Waltz is a classy and old-school drama about losers seeking the limelight.
★★★★★ | A masterpiece of gentle melancholy that astutely and with great poignancy observes the enormity of time.
