By John Corrado New releases for the week of January 31st, 2025. Theatrical Releases: I’m Still Here (Limited Release): This surprise Best Picture nominee is based on the life of Eunice Paiva (Fernanda Torres), whose husband was abducted by the government during Brazil’s military dictatorship in the 1970s. Directed by Walter Salles (The Motorcycle Diaries),… Read More New This Week (01/31/2025): I’m Still Here, Dog Man, Companion, & More!

By John Corrado New releases for the week of January 24th, 2025. Theatrical Releases: Flight Risk (Wide Release): Mel Gibson’s latest directorial effort is also his most constrained and straight-forward film yet, following elaborate, historical productions Hacksaw Ridge, Apocalypto, The Passion of the Christ and Braveheart. This is a stripped down thriller that follows a… Read More New This Week (01/24/2025): Flight Risk, Hard Truths, Presence, & More!

By John Corrado New releases for the week of January 17th, 2025. Theatrical Releases: Wolf Man (Wide Release): Director Leigh Whannell, who previously made The Invisible Man, now returns with another Universal Horror reimagining. This one stars Christopher Abbott as the man undergoing the transformation, and Julia Garner as his wife. I admired The Invisible… Read More New This Week (01/17/2025): Wolf Man, The Last Showgirl, & More!

By John Corrado New releases for the week of January 10th, 2025. Theatrical Releases: Nickel Boys (Limited Release): In bringing Colson Whitehead’s novel to the screen, director RaMell Ross takes a radically new approach to adapting a book, presenting the entire film from the perspective of his characters through POV camerawork. It’s a unique technique… Read More New This Week (01/10/2025): Nickel Boys, The Room Next Door, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, & More!

By John Corrado New releases for the week of January 3rd, 2025. Happy New Year, everyone! Theatrical Releases: Vermiglio (Limited Release): Director Maura Delpero’s Vermiglio is Italy’s International Feature submission for the Oscars. The film is set at the end of World War II, but the war is happening entirely offscreen. Instead, this is a… Read More New This Week (01/03/2025): Vermiglio, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, & More!