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Like a particularly impressive aspic, Emerald Fennell’s WUTHERING HEIGHTS is tantalizing to behold but not so easy to swallow. Read @roccotthompson.bsky.social’s review.
'Wuthering Heights' Review: Emerald Fennell's Aspic of Desire
Like a particularly impressive aspic, Emerald Fennell's 'Wuthering Heights' is tantalizing to behold but not so easy to swallow.
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February 9, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Like a particularly impressive aspic, Emerald Fennell’s WUTHERING HEIGHTS is tantalizing to behold but not so easy to swallow. Read @roccotthompson.bsky.social’s review.
J. Cole's 'The Fall-Off' mistakes adulthood for depth and discipline for risk. Read our review.
J. Cole 'The Fall-Off' Review: A Long-Winded Closing Chapter
If visible flop-sweat were all that mattered in art, the album might be as remarkable as it insists it is.
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February 9, 2026 at 7:21 PM
J. Cole's 'The Fall-Off' mistakes adulthood for depth and discipline for risk. Read our review.
Boasting a flawless A/V transfer and a wealth of extras, @arrowvideo.bsky.social's 4K of John Boorman’s Arthurian epic EXCALIBUR is one of 2026’s first great home video releases. Available on February 24. tinyurl.com/2hn3h8zr
February 9, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Boasting a flawless A/V transfer and a wealth of extras, @arrowvideo.bsky.social's 4K of John Boorman’s Arthurian epic EXCALIBUR is one of 2026’s first great home video releases. Available on February 24. tinyurl.com/2hn3h8zr
Read our interview with Akinola Davies Jr. about his semi-autobiographical MY FATHER’S SHADOW, what it means for him to carry his father’s name, working with the film’s child actors, and more. tinyurl.com/3hthnd5x
February 9, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Read our interview with Akinola Davies Jr. about his semi-autobiographical MY FATHER’S SHADOW, what it means for him to carry his father’s name, working with the film’s child actors, and more. tinyurl.com/3hthnd5x
Hope and fear are inextricably bound in Akinola Davies Jr.’s semi-autobiographical film MY FATHER'S SHADOW. Read @positivelytonsils.bsky.social's review.
'My Father’s Shadow' Review: A Family (and a Nation) on the Cusp of Change
Hope and fear are inextricably bound throughout Akinola Davies Jr.'s semi-autobiographical film 'My Father's Shadow.'
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February 9, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Hope and fear are inextricably bound in Akinola Davies Jr.’s semi-autobiographical film MY FATHER'S SHADOW. Read @positivelytonsils.bsky.social's review.
John Cassavetes’s films were born out of emotional truth. One of his greatest, A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE, arrives on Criterion Blu-ray in a stadalone edition this Tuesday. tinyurl.com/27y6jzrf
February 8, 2026 at 4:34 PM
John Cassavetes’s films were born out of emotional truth. One of his greatest, A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE, arrives on Criterion Blu-ray in a stadalone edition this Tuesday. tinyurl.com/27y6jzrf
Read Diego Semerene on three highlights of this year's International Film Festival Rotterdam: Ivo Ferreira’s PROJECTO GLOBAL, Łukasz Ronduda’s TELL ME WHAT YOU FEEL, and Philip Yung’s CYCLONE. #IFFR
International Film Festival Rotterdam 2026
This year's International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) didn't lack for at once poetic and political works of art.
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February 6, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Read Diego Semerene on three highlights of this year's International Film Festival Rotterdam: Ivo Ferreira’s PROJECTO GLOBAL, Łukasz Ronduda’s TELL ME WHAT YOU FEEL, and Philip Yung’s CYCLONE. #IFFR
MEWGENICS is a truly enormous game jam-packed with secrets and synergies, surprising and rewarding even when its pacing frustrates. Read @midfalutin.bsky.social's review.
'Mewgenics' Review: The Cats Aren't Alright
'Mewgenics' is a truly enormous game jam-packed with secrets and synergies, surprising and rewarding even when its pacing frustrates.
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February 6, 2026 at 2:01 PM
MEWGENICS is a truly enormous game jam-packed with secrets and synergies, surprising and rewarding even when its pacing frustrates. Read @midfalutin.bsky.social's review.
Taylor Swift has bypassed YouTube, premiering her star-studded music video for #Opalite exclusively on Apple Music and Spotify Premium.
Taylor Swift Drops "Opalite" Video, Co-Starring Domhnall Gleeson
The star-studded video makes its premiere exclusively on Apple Music and Spotify Premium.
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February 6, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Taylor Swift has bypassed YouTube, premiering her star-studded music video for #Opalite exclusively on Apple Music and Spotify Premium.
It’s easy to imagine the nihilistic avenues that Renny Harlin’s THE STRANGERS: CHAPTER 3 capper could have gone down.
'The Strangers: Chapter 3' Review: Unmasked and Unremarkable
It's hard to imagine fans, if there are any, of this misbegotten trilogy being at all surprised by the film's revelations.
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February 5, 2026 at 11:05 PM
It’s easy to imagine the nihilistic avenues that Renny Harlin’s THE STRANGERS: CHAPTER 3 capper could have gone down.
Read our interview with Harry Melling about the making of PILLION, serving a filmmaker’s vision, working with Alexander Skarsgård, and more. tinyurl.com/5d3v42mh
February 5, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Read our interview with Harry Melling about the making of PILLION, serving a filmmaker’s vision, working with Alexander Skarsgård, and more. tinyurl.com/5d3v42mh
Read our interview with Alexander Skarsgård about PILLION, the aesthetics of the BDSM biker world, and why it was important for him to find cracks in his character’s façade. tinyurl.com/y54sxwnr
February 5, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Read our interview with Alexander Skarsgård about PILLION, the aesthetics of the BDSM biker world, and why it was important for him to find cracks in his character’s façade. tinyurl.com/y54sxwnr
Of all the Coen brothers’ riffs on film noir, THE MAN WHO WASN’T THERE is perhaps the purest tribute to the genre’s classic era. The film arrives on Criterion 4K UHD Blu-ray on February 24. tinyurl.com/4az9efwk
February 4, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Of all the Coen brothers’ riffs on film noir, THE MAN WHO WASN’T THERE is perhaps the purest tribute to the genre’s classic era. The film arrives on Criterion 4K UHD Blu-ray on February 24. tinyurl.com/4az9efwk
Like NIOH 3’s environments, your foes are gnarled and grotesque. Read Mitchell Demorest's review.
'Nioh 3' Review: Demon-Slashing in a Strange Quasi-Open World
Like the game's environments, the foes (most of which are based on Japanese yokai) are gnarled and grotesque.
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February 4, 2026 at 2:09 PM
Like NIOH 3’s environments, your foes are gnarled and grotesque. Read Mitchell Demorest's review.
Chloé Zhao’s Oscar-nominated HAMNET is now available to watch digitally. Enter our giveaway to win a digital code. tinyurl.com/2sd9227v
February 3, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Chloé Zhao’s Oscar-nominated HAMNET is now available to watch digitally. Enter our giveaway to win a digital code. tinyurl.com/2sd9227v
JIMPA’s exploration of non-binary identity ultimately proves superficial. Read Diego Semerene's review.
'Jimpa' Review: Sophie Hyde's Semi-Autobiographical Drama
The film sees non-binary solely as a term. Which is to say, it doesn't see the capaciousness of its meaning.
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February 3, 2026 at 7:12 PM
JIMPA’s exploration of non-binary identity ultimately proves superficial. Read Diego Semerene's review.
Beth de Araújo’s sophomore feature JOSEPHINE is a harrowing chronicle of a premature maturation. Read @marshallshaffer.bsky.social's #Sundance review.
'Josephine' Review: Bearing Witness Is No Child's Play
Beth de Araújo's film demonstrates how small acts of courage can help people persist through the pain they experience.
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February 3, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Beth de Araújo’s sophomore feature JOSEPHINE is a harrowing chronicle of a premature maturation. Read @marshallshaffer.bsky.social's #Sundance review.
"Something really interesting for me is the memory of the body." Read our interview with Óliver Laxe and Sergi López about SIRĀT and what they took away from grappling with the imminence of death. tinyurl.com/3drajw8k
February 3, 2026 at 5:11 PM
"Something really interesting for me is the memory of the body." Read our interview with Óliver Laxe and Sergi López about SIRĀT and what they took away from grappling with the imminence of death. tinyurl.com/3drajw8k
Óliver Laxe’s SIRĀT is a vivid meditation on human possibility in the face of fate and nature’s power. In select theaters this Friday. tinyurl.com/3ksjpmmj
February 3, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Óliver Laxe’s SIRĀT is a vivid meditation on human possibility in the face of fate and nature’s power. In select theaters this Friday. tinyurl.com/3ksjpmmj
On paper, anime master Hosoda Mamoru’s SCARLET sounds positively electrifying. Opening this Friday in IMAX. Read @jakecole.bsky.social's review.
'Scarlet' Review: A Confused, 'Hamlet'-Inspired Anime
The awkward clash between the elements of the frame recalls the primitive limitations of full-motion video games of the 1990s.
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February 3, 2026 at 3:32 PM
On paper, anime master Hosoda Mamoru’s SCARLET sounds positively electrifying. Opening this Friday in IMAX. Read @jakecole.bsky.social's review.
With PLAYTIME, Jacques Tati made one of the most fully inhabitable films ever. The film lands on 4K UHD Blu-ray next Tuesday. tinyurl.com/45r6jm8y
February 2, 2026 at 9:54 PM
With PLAYTIME, Jacques Tati made one of the most fully inhabitable films ever. The film lands on 4K UHD Blu-ray next Tuesday. tinyurl.com/45r6jm8y
Lee Sang-il’s adaptation of KOKUHO takes a novelistic approach to scene and character. Opening in NY/LA this Friday.
'Kokuho' Review: An Intimate Epic About Kabuki Theater
For all the vibrancy of the kabuki sets and costumes, some of the film's most beautiful images arrive off stage.
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February 2, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Lee Sang-il’s adaptation of KOKUHO takes a novelistic approach to scene and character. Opening in NY/LA this Friday.
Not even a typically scenery-chewing Christoph Waltz can enliven Luc Besson's DRACULA. Read @jakecole.bsky.social's review.
'Dracula' Review: Luc Besson's Frustratingly Inert Reimagining
Besson's new adaptation starring Caleb Landry Jones and Christoph Waltz leans heavily into the tragic romance angle of the Bram Stoker novel.
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February 2, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Not even a typically scenery-chewing Christoph Waltz can enliven Luc Besson's DRACULA. Read @jakecole.bsky.social's review.
With 'Singin' to an Empty Chair,' Ratboys do much more than just fill space. Read our review!
Ratboys 'Singin' to an Empty Chair' Review: A Lively Conversation
The album frames intimacy as a risk worth taking regardless of the outcome.
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February 2, 2026 at 4:25 PM
With 'Singin' to an Empty Chair,' Ratboys do much more than just fill space. Read our review!
NUISANCE BEAR, winner of the top documentary prize at this year's #Sundance, is at its most powerful when its message has been condensed down into a single image.
'Nuisance Bear' Review: Who’s the Nuisance Here?
Adapted by Gabriela Osio Vanden and Jack Weisman from their 2021 short documentary, 'Nuisance Bear' is a film about displacement.
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February 1, 2026 at 4:03 PM
NUISANCE BEAR, winner of the top documentary prize at this year's #Sundance, is at its most powerful when its message has been condensed down into a single image.