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“God’s Creatures” is a quietly gripping Irish coastal drama kept afloat by a powerful, understated performance by Emily Watson, who lets us into the unseen agony of a mother’s questions unasked. Co-directors Saela Davis and Anna Rose Holmer bathe their … Continue reading →

I think my favorite moment in the anti-cell-phone Estonian horror comedy “Kratt” comes when a priest is confronted by a demonically possessed grandmother, and his only prayer is whipping out his phone. What priest wouldn’t keep an instant crucifix app … Continue reading →

Action film fans will forgive a lot if we get enough from “the cool parts” of a thriller. Luc Besson built an entire career out of that. “Subway” (1985) launched the future director of “The Professional,” “The Fifth Element,” “Nikita,” … Continue reading →

But not insipid J-pop ballads. Apparently. This looks campy enough to be fun. Oct. 21.

“Red River Road” is a dramatically-flat paranoid thriller about an isolated family unsure about the reality of the pandemic that put them there. Sources of paranoia? Start with an enforced lack of information, a “box” that brings them food, a … Continue reading →

Lee Jung-jae parlays his “Squid Game” notoriety into a star vehicle and a directing gig. Spy thrillers are a face on the Korean Peninsula. Looks good, if a tad talky and convoluted. Smart espionage tales are often tricky to edit … Continue reading →

Looks and sounds credulous. It’s from James Fox, so if you’re looking for Occam’s Razor, don’t hold your breath.

Mournful, ethereal and chilling. Hey, you could do a lot worse than set the tone with this under your opening credits.

If “satire,” as playwright George S. Kaufman famously opined, “is what closes Saturday night,” where does “surrealism” sit on your average film consumer’s palate? Writer-director J. Rick Castaneda’s oddball career of web series (“Coma, Period,” which helped launch Rob Delaney) … Continue reading →

Walter Hill has been one of the modern cinema’s true masters of the Western film. He directed “The Long Riders,” “Geronimo,” and “Wild Bill,” and he directed the pilot of the TV series “Wild Bill” helped inspire, “Deadwood,” as well … Continue reading →