Monthly Archives: May 2025

A creepy missing son indie thriller that Paramount/Republic picked up, this one rolls out June 20.

She’s “mad,” quite mad — articulate, but unfiltered, with few acquired life skills and few options and “Taming of the Shrew” furious over that. He’s the village or neighborhood “idiot,” who “got turned down” by every possible bride he asked, … Continue reading →

Brit ventriloquist Nina Conti directed and stars — in the fuzzy monkey suit — this dark rom com about grief and connection. “Presented by Christopher Guest” carries some weight, as this feels twee and so far off the wall as … Continue reading →

You’d think a lot of distributors wouldn’t dare open their film against the last Tom Cruise “Mission: Impossible” outing this weekend. You’d be right. But “The Last Rodeo” is opening as counter programming. And our friends at Magnolia are offering … Continue reading →

“Breathless” didn’t start the cinema and world pop culture’s youth movement. It didn’t launch the French “New Wave” that brought Jean-Luc Godard, Truffaut and others to fame and glory as they upended cinema conventions back in 1959. But Richard Linklater … Continue reading →

Sony is handling this A24 release in some territories, a bloody tale of a disturbed, grieving foster mother (Sally Hawkins) who needs foster kids to help her revive a dead child. Icky? May 30 in North America, released over the … Continue reading →

Yes, this trailer to the June 13 Apple TV+ release pretty much gives away the whole show. It’s an 83 minute long thriller, guys. TOO MUCH PLOT is spoiler alerted in this. Domhnall Gleeson, Fiona Shaw and Kyle MacLachlan join … Continue reading →

This French period piece/fantasy stars and Suzanne Lindon, Julia Piaton, Zinedine Soualem, Cécile de France and Paul Kircher. François Berléand plays Victor Hugo, which tells us where director and co-writer Cédric Klapisch (“The Spanish Apartment,” “Rise,” “Chinese Puzzle,” “Family Resemblences”) … Continue reading →