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Is God Is (2026) 98% 3.75/5 EDIT “Aleshea Harris has a lot on her mind, and sees this tale of a vengeance as a means to explore the struggle young Black women must face in America.” – Spectrum Culture May 15, 2026 Full Review Affection (2025) 82% 2/5 EDIT “Affection has no style or craft. It is so bland, so bereft of specificity, that bored viewers have no choice but to figure out the twist before the filmmakers are ready to reveal it. ” – Spectrum Culture May 12, 2026 Full Review Two Pianos (2025) 77% 3/5 EDIT “Desplechin never makes it easy – not for his characters, not for his audience and certainly not for himself. A lot of other recent character dramas seem inert in comparison.” – Spectrum Culture May 8, 2026 Full Review Blue Heron (2025) 97% EDIT “Most dramas look for a tidy resolution. Blue Heron understands that goal is impossible, and has the hard-earned wisdom to show the pursuit is its own limited reward.” – Washington City Paper May 8, 2026 Full Review Hokum (2026) 89% EDIT “Between its ineffective scares and its contemptible protagonist, Hokum’s destiny is probably in the dustbin of moderately risky, modestly budgeted horror that doesn’t capture the popular imagination. Weapons this is not. ” – Washington City Paper May 1, 2026 Full Review The School Duel (2024) 80% 2.5/5 EDIT “The best dystopias make the audience wince, an off-kilter nightmare vision of where things are going. In that sense, The School Duel is a modest success: it accomplishes what it sets out to do. But it chooses the easiest targets, not the most meaningful.” – Spectrum Culture Apr 30, 2026 Full Review Wasteman (2025) 100% 3.5/5 EDIT “The new British prison thriller Wasteman quickly establishes something vital about how convicts fight for whatever advantage and dignity they can.” – Spectrum Culture Apr 20, 2026 Full Review The Christophers (2025) 95% EDIT “Many of Soderbergh’s recent works like Black Bag and Presence are thoughtful genre exercises. He continues that in The Christophers, but also gives it something deeper, which makes it his richest, most satisfying film in decades.” – Washington City Paper Apr 16, 2026 Full Review Hamlet (2025) 72% 3.5/5 EDIT “The clumsy quality of the last moments, and how they ultimately conclude with a lonely image of a dead Hamlet, succeeds where so many Hamlets often fail. You sense the desperate tragedy of it all.” – Spectrum Culture Apr 13, 2026 Full Review undertone (2025) 74% 4/5 EDIT “What makes all this so effective is the overwhelming patience. With limited resources, it has no choice but to heighten the audience’s collective anticipatory anxiety.” – Spectrum Culture Apr 2, 2026 Full Review Project Hail Mary (2026) 94% 3.5/5 EDIT “All the tropes, whether they are mysterious planets or a dangerous spacewalk, are in service of something far simpler. At its core, Project Hail Mary is a buddy comedy.” – Spectrum Culture Apr 2, 2026 Full Review Alpha (2025) 58% EDIT “It introduces idea after idea without much care about how they might combine into something greater than its parts. The result is a muddling of styles, themes, and a sense that someone needed to help curb her worst impulses.” – Washington City Paper Apr 2, 2026 Full Review The Drama (2026) 76% EDIT “It reminds us that, underneath the trappings of an otherwise strong relationship, whether it’s Charlie and Emma or our own, there is always a possibility of Bergman-esque existential drama bubbling to the surface. ” – Washington City Paper Apr 2, 2026 Full Review Dolly (2025) 62% 3/5 EDIT “Too many horror movies nowadays attempt to recreate classics without really considering the context that made them special in the first place. Dolly is not shy about its influences, but at least it has the wherewithal and imagination to expand on them.” – Spectrum Culture Mar 10, 2026 Full Review Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man (2026) 90% 3/5 EDIT “It is a steampunk-adjacent kind of jukebox musical, with satisfying moments that alternate between ridiculous and sublime.” – Spectrum Culture Mar 10, 2026 Full Review THE BRIDE! (2026) 57% 2/5 EDIT “A bizarre assemblage of tics and feminine fury, Buckley gives the worst performance of her impressive career, although it is not her fault. Not entirely, anyway.” – Spectrum Culture Mar 6, 2026 Full Review The Napa Boys (2025) 50% 3/5 EDIT “It has many satirical targets, and the method of attack often seems random – sometimes with the subtlety of a sledgehammer, sometimes with the precision of a surgeon’s scalpel. ” – Spectrum Culture Mar 3, 2026 Full Review Christy (2025) 100% EDIT “It internalizes the "it takes a village" approach that blends community support with state-provided assistance. Boys like Christy need both to succeed, a hard truth that is both a challenge and opportunity.” – Washington City Paper Feb 26, 2026 Full Review Aontas (2025) EDIT “A backward screenplay comes with risks; Aontas sidesteps them with a sharp attention to detail. Some images or details might seem inconsequential, but their importance are made clear as it hurdles toward the "beginning." ” – Washington City Paper Feb 26, 2026 Full Review Horseshoe (2025) EDIT “Horseshoe is ultimately a stinging illustration of how the death of a parent—even when you’re well past middle age—is another kind of coming-of-age. ” – Washington City Paper Feb 26, 2026 Full Review Gerry Adams: A Ballymurphy Man (2025) EDIT “It’s up to the viewer to determine how much of Adams’ commentary they accept, but on a subtextual level, it’s fascinating to watch a politician grapple with his commitment to the truth while indulging in utterly human delusions of grandeur. ” – Washington City Paper Feb 26, 2026 Full Review Girls & Boys (2025) EDIT “Secrets and revelations heighten the drama, while the actors keep the story grounded. Hannon is a striking performer, whose mix of vulnerability and defiance showcase her star material.” – Washington City Paper Feb 26, 2026 Full Review Saipan (2025) 93% EDIT “Maybe you won’t need to re-litigate the incident like an Irish soccer supporter, but then again, digging into someone else’s real-life drama is a delicious pleasure that never gets old.” – Washington City Paper Feb 26, 2026 Full Review How to Make a Killing (2026) 44% 2/5 EDIT “Watching a criminal get away with theft and murder can be funny, as long it arrives with the requisite charm. Powell and Ford never find that, and we are left with wooden performance surrounded by incomplete subplots. Where did it all go wrong?” – Spectrum Culture Feb 20, 2026 Full Review Mimics (2025) 1/5 EDIT “The biggest testament to this film’s overwhelming ineptitude is how the unintentional anti-climax barely registers as a problem because much of what preceded it is already that much worse.” – Spectrum Culture Feb 17, 2026 Full Review
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