Bitter Christmas opens a window into Pedro Almodóvar’s mind at his most introspective, with women at its center and a gay ...

Los Javis, the Spanish writing and directing duo of Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi, won a shared Best Director prize at Cannes for La Bola Negra. It’s well deserved—their latest work is a gorgeous, ...

The funny and pointed Wild Horse Nine will likely result in an Oscar nomination for John Malkovich, who won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival. It will also draw American ...

Note: This review was commissioned. The content and methodology remain 100% independent and in line with Mediaversity’s non-commissioned reviews. Technical: 3.5/5 In the 13-minute short film American ...

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Without a new installment since 2019, the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) appears to be pivoting away from the Avengers. Madame Web is stepping up to fill that superhero-sized hole in the studio’s ...

Writers: Screenplay by Christopher Nolan 👨🏼🇬🇧🇺🇸 based on the poem by Homer 👨🏼🇬🇷 Furthermore, The Odyssey continues Nolan’s penchant for celebrity bloat—a habit that had me throwing my hands ...

Four years after his Mortal Kombat (2021) feature debut, director Simon McQuoid returns—and delivers a huge improvement. No longer trying to take itself seriously, Mortal Kombat II injects some tongue ...

As a parent to a 4-year-old myself, I won’t turn my nose up at the rare G-rated theatrical release. (In fact, this isn’t even G-rated—it’s PG. In-theater G movies are dead and buried, alas.) I brought ...

When adapting books as beloved as Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles series, there’s enormous pressure to deliver innovation while staying true to the original material. AMC’s Interview with the Vampire ...

In the historical fiction drama by writer-director Brady Corbet and co-writer Mona Fastvold, The Brutalist follows László Tóth (Adrian Brody), an impoverished Hungarian-Jewish architect and post-WWII ...

Based on the play Switzerland by Joanna Murray-Smith, A Talent for Murder immediately sets the tone with off-kilter, lurching music. Murray-Smith pens the screenplay as well, which centers on Edward ...