By John Corrado New releases for the week of February 7th, 2025. Theatrical Releases: Universal Language (Limited Release): This sophomore feature from Canadian director Matthew Rankin (The Twentieth Century) was Canada’s selection for Best International Film at the Oscars. It’s a wonderful absurdist dramedy that is set in an alternate universe version of Winnipeg, where… Read More New This Week (02/07/2025): Universal Language, Love Hurts, & More!

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!

By John Corrado New releases for the week of December 25th, 2024. Merry Christmas, everybody! Theatrical Releases: The Brutalist (Limited Release): Director Brady Corbet’s Vistavision epic is now arriving in theatres, after gaining buzz throughout its festival run. I’ve been singing the praises of this one since I saw it at TIFF. Corbet’s three-and-a-half-hour film… Read More New This Week (12/25/2024): The Brutalist, Better Man, Babygirl, Nosferatu, & More!

By John Corrado New releases for the week of December 20th, 2024. Theatrical Releases: Mufasa: The Lion King (Wide Release): This good enough prequel to Disney’s 2019 “live action” remake of their animated classic The Lion King comes to us from director Barry Jenkins (Moonlight, If Beale Street Could Talk). The story centres around Simba and Nala’s daughter Kiara… Read More New This Week (12/20/2024): Mufasa: The Lion King, Sonic the Hedgehog 3, & More!

By John Corrado New releases for the week of December 13th, 2024. Theatrical Releases: The End (Limited Release): This ambitious musical set at the end of the world serves as the narrative debut of documentary filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer (The Act of Killing). It follows a young man (George MacKay) who has spent his life in… Read More New This Week (12/13/2024): The End, Queer, September 5, & More!

By John Corrado New releases for the week of December 6th, 2024. Theatrical Releases: The Girl with the Needle (Limited Release): This period piece has been gaining buzz since premiering at Cannes. Set in Copenhagen after WWI, it follows a poor factory worker (Vic Carmen Sonne) who becomes pregnant and gets entangled with a woman… Read More New This Week (12/06/2024): The Girl with the Needle, That Christmas, & More!

By John Corrado New releases for the week of November 29th, 2024. Theatrical Releases: Moana 2 (Wide Release): Moana (Auliʻi Cravalho) and Maui (Dwayne Johnson) return for another ocean adventure in this sequel to Disney’s 2016 hit. It’s a perfectly adequate and at times fairly enjoyable sequel, but it also lacks much of the first… Read More New This Week (11/29/2024): Moana 2, Maria, Our Little Secret, & More!

By John Corrado New releases for the week of November 22nd, 2024. Theatrical Releases: Gladiator II (Wide Release): Ridley Scott’s perhaps bigger if not necessarily better follow up to his Oscar-winning Roman epic Gladiator is a solidly crafted and entertaining legacy sequel. The story this time around focuses on a now-grown Lucius (Paul Mescal), who… Read More New This Week (11/22/2024): Gladiator II, Wicked, & More!

By John Corrado New releases for the week of November 15th, 2024. Theatrical Releases: Red One (Wide Release): J.K. Simmons stars as a fit Santa Claus who gets kidnapped, and Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans are the two guys tasked with bringing him back, in this big budget Christmas action comedy from director Jake Kasdan… Read More New This Week (11/15/2024): Red One, Memoir of a Snail, & More!

By John Corrado New releases for the week of November 8th, 2024. Theatrical Releases: The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (Wide Release): Directed by Dallas Jenkins (creator of The Chosen), this adaptation of Barbara Robinson’s 1972 children’s book is a wonderful and meaningful family movie about the true meaning of Christmas. The story follows a group… Read More New This Week (11/08/2024): The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, A Real Pain, & More!

By John Corrado New releases for the week of November 1st, 2024. Theatrical Releases: Here (Wide Release): This latest from director Robert Zemeckis serves as a Forrest Gump reunion with stars Tom Hanks and Robin Wright and screenwriter Eric Roth. Adapted from a graphic novel, Here is an ambitious drama that all unfolds in the… Read More New This Week (11/01/2024): Here, Emilia Pérez, & More!

By John Corrado New releases for the week of October 25th, 2024. Theatrical Releases: Anora (Limited Release): This latest from Sean Baker (Tangerine, The Florida Project, Red Rocket) follows Ani (Mikey Madison), a stripper from Brooklyn who falls for Ivan (Mark Eydelshteyn), the son of a Russian billionaire. Baker was awarded the Palme d’Or for… Read More New This Week (10/25/2024): Anora, Conclave, & More!