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The Last Blossom — Baku Kinoshita [Japan Cuts '26 Review]
3+ hour, 57+ min ago (822+ words) The Last Blossom — Baku Kinoshita [Japan Cuts ’26 Review] In Review Online A life sentence would seem to afford you a good deal of thinking time. But for Akutsu, a former yakuza facing his last days on earth in a cell,…...
The Negative Version of History: Connor Sen Warnick on Characters Disappearing
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (39+ words) In Review Online Check out what's coming soon to theaters and streaming, what's already been released in 2026, and which films we've reviewed. © 2026 In Review Online...
Man of War — William Kaufman [Review]
1+ week, 6+ hour ago (905+ words) In Review Online William Kaufman makes movies like someone who saw the centerpiece bank shootout in Michael Mann’s Heat and internalized every beat of it, determined to bring new heights of tactical realism to the action genre. He’s spent his…...
Strung — Malcolm D. Lee [Review]
2+ week, 2+ day ago (1017+ words) In Review Online The great Malcolm D. Lee’s new Peacock streamer Strung opens with an arresting scene of Laila Calloway (the potentially computer-animated actor and popstar Chloe Bailey), a classical violinist leading an orchestra on stage when she suddenly experiences something…...
Two People Falling In Love: Adam Carter Rehmeier On Carolina Caroline
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (549+ words) Catching up with Rehmeier before the film’s theatrical release, the director spoke to about Carolina Carolina being a “delayed coming-of-age movie,” how the film evolved from William Thomas Dean IV’s original script, the shifting dynamic between his lead pair, and…...
Carolina Caroline — Adam Carter Rehmeier [Review]
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (833+ words) In Review Online At first glance, Adam Carter Rehmeier’s Carolina Caroline is the sort of film online cinephiles love to bemoan “they don’t make anymore,” a grounded crime thriller for adults, free of the confines of IP branding, that stars…...
Miss You, Love You — Jim Rash [Review]
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (756+ words) In Review Online Acquired by HBO and released just in time for Emmy consideration, writer-director Jim Rash’s new film Miss You, Love You is a dialogue-driven two-hander that primarily functions as a performance showcase. In the film, a high-profile journalist…...
The Unknown — Arthur Harari [Cannes '26 Review]
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (868+ words) The Unknown — Arthur Harari [Cannes ’26 Review] In Review Online Already an antisocial recluse with an off-putting visage and a hunchback-like posture, David himself will soon be violated by a mysterious condition that displaces him out of his body wholesale. While…...
The Beloved — Rodrigo Sorogoyen [Cannes '26 Review]
2+ mon, 6+ hour ago (717+ words) The Beloved — Rodrigo Sorogoyen [Cannes ’26 Review] In Review Online Surely critics will be quick to note that The Beloved (El ser querido) strongly recalls last year’s Sentimental Value, as Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s seventh feature film also explores a fraught father-daughter relationship…...
Propeller One-Way Night Coach — John Travolta [Cannes '26 Review]
2+ mon, 1+ day ago (756+ words) Propeller One-Way Night Coach — John Travolta [Cannes ’26 Review] In Review Online As someone whose first airplane experience was a slightly traumatic flight from Amsterdam to Minneapolis not long after 9/11, it was a perplexing experience to soak in the space-age glory…...