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Review: Michael (2026)

Antoine Fuqua’s Michael Jackson biopic is a cinematic fantasy, for better and for worse.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromMay 12, 2026Michael, Michael Jackson, Antoine Fuqua, John Logan, Jaafar Jackson, Nia Long, Juliano Valdi, KeiLyn Durrel Jones, Laura Harrier, Jessica Sula, Mike Myers, Miles Teller, Colman DomingoComment

Hot Docs 2026: INDIVISUM: Legacies Adrift

This personal documentary digs into the problem of legal problem of indivision on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Festival CircuitAren BergstromMay 8, 2026INDIVISUM: Legacies Adrift, Hot Docs, Hot Docs 2026, Katie Cafe-FebrissyComment

Hot Docs 2026: The Seoul Guardians

The Seoul Guardians is a gripping account of the failed coup in South Korea in December 2024.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Festival CircuitAren BergstromMay 8, 2026Hot Docs 2026, Hot Docs, The Seoul Guardians, Cho Chul Young, Kim Shin Wan, Kim Jong WooComment

Hot Docs 2026: Ghost in the Machine

This video essay seeks to paint a damning portrait of AI, but is undone by its haphazard presentation.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Festival CircuitAren BergstromMay 6, 2026Hot Docs, Hot Docs 2026, Ghost in the Machine, Valerie VeatchComment

Hot Docs 2026: The Tower That Built a City

This frenetic documentary charting the construction and impact of the CN Tower is fun Canadian boosterism.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Festival CircuitAren BergstromMay 1, 2026Hot Docs 2026, Hot Docs, The Tower That Built a City, Mark MyersComment

Review: The 6th Day (2000)

The 6th Day is accidentally prescient in some matters, but is mostly an ungainly action thriller from the turn of the millennium.

Aren's Reviews, Flash Back, ReviewsAren BergstromApril 22, 2026The 6th Day, Roger Spottiswoode, Cormac Wibberley, Marianne Wibberley, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Rapaport, Tony Goldwyn, Michael Rooker, Sarah Wynter, Robert DuvallComment

Review: High Pressure (1932)

Mervyn LeRoy’s pre-Code comedy starring William Powell acts as a 1930s precursor to The Wolf of Wall Street.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, Flash BackAren BergstromApril 10, 2026High Pressure, Mervyn LeRoy, Joseph Jackson, Hot Money, Aben Kandel, William Powell, Evelyn Brent, George Sidney, John Wray, Evalyn Knapp, Guy Kibbee, Frank McHugh, Harry BeresfordComment

Review: The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (2026)

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is entertaining, pleasant, and completely devoid of any dramatic tension or narrative substance.

Review: The Fall Guy (2024)

David Leitch’s action comedy starring Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt is fun until it’s not.

Aren's Reviews, Flash Back, ReviewsAren BergstromMarch 13, 2026The Fall Guy, David Leitch, Drew Pearce, Glen A. Larson, Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Hannah Waddingham, Teresa Palmer, Stephanie Hsu, Winston DukeComment

Review: A House of Dynamite (2025)

Kathryn Bigelow’s latest is riveting for 40 minutes, but deeply unsatisfying as an examination of nuclear war.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: At HomeAren BergstromMarch 5, 2026A House of Dynamite, Kathryn Bigelow, Noah Oppenheim, Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Gabriel Basso, Jared Harris, Tracy Letts, Anthony Ramos, Moses Ingram, Jonah Hauer-King, Greta Lee, Jason ClarkeComment

Review: Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie (2025)

This mockumentary starring Matt Johnson and Jay McCarrol is a complex metafiction farce and a loving portrait of friendship and Toronto.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromFebruary 24, 2026Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie, Matt Johnson, Jay McCarrol, Nirvanna the Band the Show, Nirvana the Band the ShowComment

Review: The Rip (2026)

Joe Carnahan’s cop thriller starring Matt Damon and Ben Affleck is an enjoyable whodunnit.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: At HomeAren BergstromFebruary 12, 2026The Rip, Joe Carnahan, Michael McGrale, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Steven Yeun, Teyana Taylor, Sasha Calle, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Scott Adkins, Kyle ChandlerComment

Review: Secret Mall Apartment (2024)

This amiable documentary about an underground art project is a subtly profound meditation on the value of art.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: At HomeAren BergstromFebruary 4, 2026Secret Mall Apartment, Jeremy Workman, documentaryComment

Review: Jay Kelly (2025)

Noah Baumbach has lost his satiric edge in this fluffy character piece starring George Clooney.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: At HomeAren BergstromJanuary 27, 2026Jay Kelly, Noah Baumbach, Emily Mortimer, George Clooney, Adam Sandler, Laura Dern, Billy Crudup, Riley Keough, Grace Edwards, Stacy Keach, Jim Broadbent, Patrick WilsonComment

Review: 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026)

Nia DaCosta’s sequel to 28 Years Later pits two competing theologies of death against each other.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromJanuary 19, 2026Nia DaCosta, Alex Garland, Ralph Fiennes, Jack O'Connell, Alfie Williams, Erin Kellyman, Chi Lewis-Parry, 28 Years Later, 28 Years Later: The Bone TempleComment

Review: Marty Supreme (2025)

Josh Safdie’s exhilarating new feature starring Timothée Chalamet is an American triumph.

Review: Bugonia (2025)

Yorgos Lanthimos’s Bugonia succeeds largely due to its central performances.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: At HomeAren BergstromDecember 31, 2025Bugonia, Yorgos Lanthimos, Will Tracy, Save the Green Planet!, Jang Joon-hwan, Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Aidan Delbis, Stavros Halkias, Alicia SilverstoneComment

Review: It Was Just an Accident (2025)

Jafar Panahi’s brilliant thriller is a personal, seething indictment of the Iranian regime.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromDecember 29, 2025It Was Just an Accident, Jafar Panahi, Vahid Mobasseri, Mariam Afshari, Ebrahim Azizi, Hadis Pakbaten, Majid Panahi, Mohamad Ali Elyasmehr, Delnaz Najafi, Afssaneh Najmabadi, Georges HashemzadehComment

Christmas: The Holly and the Ivy (1952)

George More O’Farrell’s The Holly and the Ivy is a perceptive Christmas drama that deserves a place in the Christmas rotation.

Aren's Reviews, Christmas, Overlooked and Under-Appreciated, ReviewsAren BergstromDecember 24, 2025George More O'Ferrall, Wynyard Browne, Anatole de Grunwald, Ralph Richardson, Celia Johnson, Margaret Leighton, Denholm Elliott, John Gregson, Hugh Williams, Margaret Halstan, Maureen Delany, The Holly and the IvyComment

Review: Wicked: For Good (2025)

Like its predecessor, Wicked: For Good is half a movie stretched to feature length.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromDecember 23, 2025John M. Chu, Winnie Holzman, Dana Fox, Stephen Schwartz, Gregory Maguire, Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Bowen Yang, Michelle Yeoh, Jeff GoldblumComment