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“Boys Go to Jupiter” Is Animation Standout

August 7, 2025

“My Mother’s Wedding” Is Charming, Bumpy Affair

August 6, 2025

“Architecton” Reflects on Architecture

July 31, 2025

Woods Hole Review: “Folktales”

July 30, 2025

Fantasia Review: “Noise”

July 23, 2025

Fantasia Review: “Sweetness”

July 22, 2025

Interview with “Shari & Lamb Chop” Director Lisa D’Apolito

July 18, 2025

Oak Cliff Review: “The Spirit of Halloweentown”

July 1, 2025

Interview with “Union” Co-Director Stephen Maing

June 23, 2025

Tribeca Review: “A Tree Fell in the Woods”

June 20, 2025

Tribeca Review: “Widow Champion”

June 19, 2025

“Boys Go to Jupiter” Is Animation Standout
By Robin C. Farrell
August 7, 2025
Boys Go to Jupiter (Julian Glander, 2024) 4 out of 5 stars The medium of animation has seen an embarrassment of riches in the past few years, with filmmakers exploring new techniques and styles, opening up vast possibilities for audience experiences. Boys Go to Jupiter is no exception. Written and directed by Julian Glander in his feature-film debut, the film is predominantly a coming-of-age story set in Florida between Christmas and New Year’s, ... >>
“My Mother’s Wedding” Is Charming, Bumpy Affair
By Christopher Llewellyn Reed
August 6, 2025
My Mother’s Wedding (Kristin Scott Thomas, 2023) 3 out of 5 stars Kristin Scott Thomas has been acting for four decades; she debuted on the big screen in Prince’s 1986 Under the Cherry Moon. With My Mother’s Wedding—which premiered at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival as “North Star”—she finally steps behind the camera. Though the result is dramatically uneven in a number of places, the movie nevertheless proves undeniably engaging ... >>
“Architecton” Reflects on Architecture
By Christopher Llewellyn Reed
July 31, 2025
Architecton (Victor Kossakovsky, 2024) 3½ out of 5 stars From documentarian Victor Kossakovsky (Gunda) comes an elliptical film that unites seemingly disparate sequences via a common theme. Described in its press notes as “an extraordinary journey through the material that makes up our habitat: concrete, and its ancestor, stone,” Architecton features Kossakovsky’s usual array of gorgeous images drawing cinematic power from the way ... >>
Woods Hole Review: “Folktales”
By Billy Ray Brewton
July 30, 2025
Folktales (Heidi Ewing/Rachel Grady, 2025) 4 out of 5 stars What I would have given for something like Pasvik Folk High School when I was a kid. Growing up in the rural South, and also being a summer-camp kid, I was pre-disposed to working in and around nature. I’ve been able to build a fire from scratch since I was in junior high. Outdoor camping is something as familiar to me as driving a car, even though I don’t do it nearly as much as I once ... >>
Fantasia Review: “Noise”
By Billy Ray Brewton
July 23, 2025
Noise (Kim Soo-jin, 2024) 3½ out of 5 stars It pains me to say, as a top-tier horror geek, that I was late to the J-horror movement. Sure, I watched the American remakes, but I was well into my late twenties before I dove into the massive catalogue of J-horror films that were released in the late ‘90s onward. And while I don’t have the same affection for that movement as others, there are certain titles that have never left me. Even the weakest ... >>

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