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Club Kid (2026) EDIT “It’s a confident, exciting directorial debut, stylish in an unobtrusive way and agreeably paced.” – IndieWire May 15, 2026 Full Review Tangles (2026) EDIT “It is hard to recommend a movie about Alzheimer’s, something so sad and frightening to confront. But I would imagine that Tangles will prove cathartic to plenty of viewers who have lived through something similar.” – The Hollywood Reporter May 14, 2026 Full Review Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026) 100% EDIT “It’s heady, strange stuff, perhaps not as emotionally resonant as "TV Glow," but captivating in both its confusion and honesty. ” – The Hollywood Reporter May 13, 2026 Full Review Driver's Ed (2025) 71% C EDIT “There are a few laughs to be found in the film, little moments of wit or weirdness, but the film is otherwise a mirthless drag rescued only by its bright leads. Maybe let them make the movie next time.” – IndieWire May 12, 2026 Full Review Blue Heron (2025) 97% EDIT “The steadily accumulated emotional weight of the film dissipates rather quickly as it reaches its abrupt ending. Still, Blue Heron is an affecting, promising debut feature.” – The Hollywood Reporter Apr 21, 2026 Full Review The Drama (2026) 76% EDIT “A handsomely made, sharply performed letdown. It is yet another example of a far too common occurrence: a kicky logline premise having no real structure behind it. ” – The Hollywood Reporter Mar 31, 2026 Full Review He Bled Neon (2026) EDIT “It’s not worth trying to get one’s bearings in any given scene, because Kirsch will just stage the same fight anyway and reveal nothing of interest about the plot. ” – The Hollywood Reporter Mar 19, 2026 Full Review Idiots (2026) 74% EDIT “By the end of the film, I was quite enjoying spending some time with them, despite wanting so badly to flee the scene at the beginning of the film. I suppose that, once in a while, an acquired taste proves all the more satisfying.” – IndieWire Jan 29, 2026 Full Review The Brittney Griner Story (2026) EDIT “The film is a sturdy, informative recitation of facts -- though one does long for a bit more style, and perhaps for a wider purview. ” – The Hollywood Reporter Jan 28, 2026 Full Review In the Blink of an Eye (2026) 16% EDIT “There is so little texture to these character arcs that the actors are mostly just working in service of a blandly uplifting message. It’s as if they’ve all been commissioned by a well-funded science museum.” – The Hollywood Reporter Jan 27, 2026 Full Review Chasing Summer (2026) 71% EDIT “The movie’s weirdness is so, well, weird that it flies past interesting and lands in utterly baffling. It’s among the most discordant pairings of director and material that I’ve seen in some time. ” – The Hollywood Reporter Jan 27, 2026 Full Review Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass (2026) 74% EDIT “Both goofy and edgy, the film may not land every punchline, but it satisfies in visceral, pleasurable ways that a more sophisticated comedy could not. ” – The Hollywood Reporter Jan 26, 2026 Full Review The Musical (2026) 60% EDIT “This is a show that needed much more tweaking before rehearsals even began. ” – The Hollywood Reporter Jan 26, 2026 Full Review The Gallerist (2026) 54% EDIT “What reads as fun on paper -- Natalie Portman plays a desperate Miami gallery owner trying to pass off a dead body as conceptual art -- is rendered clumsy and inert on screen. ” – The Hollywood Reporter Jan 26, 2026 Full Review Wicker (2026) 91% EDIT “A warming, sometimes poignant pleasure, a film full of lively personality and possessed of a rather humane outlook on our petty foibles. It is not exactly forgiving, though; the movie has a harder, more merciless edge than one might expect. ” – The Hollywood Reporter Jan 26, 2026 Full Review undertone (2025) 74% EDIT “The film becomes so frustratingly derivative that all its other flaws, perhaps once forgivable, are cast into much harsher light. ” – The Hollywood Reporter Jan 25, 2026 Full Review Extra Geography (2026) 100% EDIT “At its best, Extra Geography is a wistful look at the crucibles of young adulthood, at two people forming and re-forming into shapes that may no longer be compatible with one another.” – The Hollywood Reporter Jan 25, 2026 Full Review Leviticus (2026) 97% EDIT “Leviticus has the sturdy nerve and conviction to plainly state that sometimes home and family are irredeemable and worth abandoning. It is not so concerned with changing hearts and minds, but with saving lives. ” – The Hollywood Reporter Jan 25, 2026 Full Review The Moment (2026) 66% EDIT “Those devoted to the Charli cause will no doubt get more out of the film than an out-of-touch oldster like myself ever could. But the film probably should have endeavored to be more broadly accessible.” – The Hollywood Reporter Jan 24, 2026 Full Review Hanging by a Wire (2026) 88% EDIT “Perhaps if the film was more polished, and had some added depth, it might feel more substantial. As is, Hanging by a Wire is a gripping story not told thoroughly enough.... Still, there is enough visceral stuff in the movie to make it an engaging sit.” – The Hollywood Reporter Jan 23, 2026 Full Review Predator: Badlands (2025) 86% EDIT “The film simply wants to be the best version of a zillionth Predator installment that it can be. If it has to complicate -- and, yes, soften -- the branding to do that, so be it. ” – The Hollywood Reporter Nov 4, 2025 Full Review Regretting You (2025) 29% EDIT “With its cloyingly sun-dappled North Carolina backdrops, maudlin score and severely undeveloped emotional and social intelligence, the film often evokes a dreaded entity: the cinematic oeuvre of Nicholas Sparks.” – The Hollywood Reporter Oct 22, 2025 Full Review Shelby Oaks (2023) 55% EDIT “There is a fine line between reverent homage and cheap pastiche; Shelby Oaks largely exists on the latter side. ” – The Hollywood Reporter Oct 21, 2025 Full Review The Twits (2025) 50% EDIT “It’s funny that a film that initially seems destined to be a minor, forgettable toss-off can suddenly distinguish itself, to the point that most of its flaws are either waved away or embraced.” – The Hollywood Reporter Oct 14, 2025 Full Review The Smashing Machine (2025) 71% EDIT “The Smashing Machine is hard to love, because its nebulous form offers so little to grab onto and hold tight. But there is a lot to be appreciated: the film’s sensitivity and modesty, its refusal to grandstand or sensationalize.” – Rolling Stone Oct 2, 2025 Full Review
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