Werewolf (Wilkolak)
Adrian Panek's Wilkołak — or known to Western audiences as Werewolf — is a dark, gruesome and compelling horror
Jumanji: The Next Level
What results is a serviceable and moderately entertaining blockbuster supplemented by hilarious performances and likeable characters that elevate a by-the-numbers adventure plot
Judy and Punch
Judy & Punch is a gruesome, haunting and unsettling narrative that surrounds the fabled tale of the infamous puppeteer show with rivetting —albeit traumatising — results
Marriage Story
It is not often that a film comes along that is so achingly authentic, so emotionally moving, so rich in character that it feels less like a film and more like a snapshot of reality
Parasite (Gisaengchung)
Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite is a brilliant and insightful commentary on class and modern family dynamics; it’s a modern masterpiece
Waves
Trey Edward Shults’s Waves does not know what kind of film it wants to be; in fact, it tries to be two movies in one but definitively fails
The Captain
Lau's film milks every second of the reported thirty-five-minute terrifying incident into a one-hundred-and-fifty-minute adventure film
Dark Waters
Dark Waters stars a doughy Mark Ruffalo as Bilott in a performance so uninspired that one can almost tangibly feel his disinterest in part
The Two Popes
The Two Popes is a beautifully crafted film exploring the changing politics of the Catholic Church while able to refrain from preaching the Christian faith
The Lighthouse
Even with tremendous visuals and performances, the end result of The Lighthouse, unfortunately, still remains a stepdown for Eggers, who provides something here that fails to dig deep or fully comprehend its own definition
Blue Story
Onwubolu details a gritty and captivatingly authentic underworld of real-life hoodlum and the tragedy that goes with it
Let It Snow
One of the most pleasant surprises in NETFLIX’s dishearteningly bad Christmas movie stocking this year is Let It Snow
Motherless Brooklyn
Caught beautifully by the eye of Dick Pope and editor Joe Klotz, who together with Norton have remarkably curated an ideal and long-forgotten film from the 1970s
Brittany Runs a Marathon
Crafts something unique in terms of not preaching to an audience with excessive sentimentality but instead installs hope, acceptance and education of the trials and tribulations of not only struggling with weight but also gender roles within social circles
Charlie's Angels
Elizabeth Bank's 2019 reboot of the Charlie's Angels franchise is a faux positive and visually flat rendition of a conventional action film
Them That Follow
Labelled as a Horror but never overly conscious of that tone, the film grapples with having an identity crisis of sorts
The King
It is not perfect, but its flaws do little to detract from the compelling story at the forefront
Jay and Silent Bob Reboot
Jay & Silent Bob Reboot is Smith revisiting and relishing the 90’s and early-00’s when he was on top of his game and from a character and dialogue perspective, it all works well
Eli
There is so much here that turns the brain to mush just thinking about the decisions and trajectory this feature takes, not only contextually but more so in the films literal creation and development
Queen & Slim
Melina Matsoukas’s Queen & Slim is a stunning feature film debut from the mind of writer Lena Waithe, telling a challenging and controversial love story framed within the backdrop of the United States at the height of its modern racial divide