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NewFest 2025: Sydney Sweeney Packs a Punch in ‘Christy,’ an Otherwise Dull Biopic
By Siddhant Adlakha •Sweeney is forced to shoulder the weight of the movie’s drama all on her own, but she’s more than up to the task. -
Stream and ScreamGuillermo Del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’ Flounders Before Finding Its Footing
By Siddhant Adlakha •The movie’s heart and soul is Jacob Elordi’s curious, wide-eyed conception of the Creature. -
NYFF 2025: Ben Stiller's Archival Documentary ‘Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost’ Never Quite Finds Its Footing
By Siddhant Adlakha •Since nearly every scene feels like a climactic montage, the movie ends up robbed of anything resembling catharsis. -
NYFF 2025: Kathryn Bigelow’s Nuclear Saga ‘A House of Dynamite’ is a Junk Food Thriller In The Body Of A Prestige Drama
By Siddhant Adlakha •A House of Dynamite is also much funnier than the many of the people making it seem to realize. -
NYFF 2025: George Clooney-Led ‘Jay Kelly’ is a Dazzling Elegy for the Hollywood Movie Star
By Siddhant Adlakha •Noah Baumbach’s latest is both wistful and relentlessly entertaining, taking shape not only as a career retrospective of George Clooney, but the very idea of leading men in American... -
TIFF 2025: Matthew McConaughey Sets the Screen Ablaze in Survival Thriller ‘The Lost Bus’
By Siddhant Adlakha •The Lost Bus ends up as one of the most satisfying studio films you'll see this year. -
TIFF 2025: Joel Edgerton Delivers A Masterclass In 'Train Dreams,' A Personal Period Drama That Reckons With America’s Past
By Siddhant Adlakha •Director Clint Bentley’s filmmaking resembles a more pop-forward version of Terrence Malick. -
'Miami Vice' Will Have You Floating On Air If You Simply Give Yourself Over To Its Enrapturing Artifice
By Siddhant Adlakha •As with professional wrestling, buying into the artifice is a far more rewarding experience than resisting it. -
Cannes Film Festival 2025: Scarlett Johansson’s Bizarre ‘Eleanor the Great’ Is ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ For Holocaust Survivors
By Siddhant Adlakha •The movie ends up far too restrained by its crowd-pleasing-comedy machinations to be about the very ideas it introduces. -
Cannes Film Festival 2025: Joachim Trier’s ‘Sentimental Value’ Is A Soul-Stirring Father-Daughter Dramedy That's One Of This Year’s Most Powerful Films
By Siddhant Adlakha • 115 SharesIt’s about fathers and daughters who can’t communicate, and about the very process of pouring yourself into art in a desperate attempt to stay afloat. -
Cannes Film Festival 2025: ‘Alpha,’ Director Julia Ducournau's 'Titane' Follow-Up, Is A Baffling Misfire
By Siddhant Adlakha • 135 SharesWe're bummed to report that this is arguably the worst movie in competition at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. -
Cannes Film Festival 2025: Richard Linklater’s ‘Nouvelle Vague’ Lets You Hang Out With Cinema Legends
By Siddhant Adlakha • 297 SharesNouvelle Vague isn’t so much about singing the praises of Breathless as it is about observing the compelling moment of its creation. -
Cannes Film Festival 2025: Kristen Stewart's ‘The Chronology of Water’ Is A Potent, Unrelenting Directorial Debut
By Siddhant Adlakha • 154 SharesThe Chronology of Water is as much a film about a swimmer’s sexual abuse as it is about trying to make sense of the world through art.