In Expedition: Bismarck, James Cameron uses the conventions of television historical documentaries to present a portrait of himself as a storyteller and an amateur scientist.
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James Cameron’s Terminator 2: Judgment Day is the ur-sequel, the cinematic text that shows what is possible not only in sequel cinematic storytelling, but in the blockbuster movie as a whole.
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Romain Gavras’ Athena is an impressive formal achievement, although it never manages to resolve the tensions between its operatic storytelling and its slightly-artificial visual approach.
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James Cameron might’ve been fired from the production of Piranha II: The Spawning, but the shlocky Jaws ripoff remains instrumental in showing the elements that shaped Cameron as a filmmaker.
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James Gray’s Armageddon Time captures the pain and regret of nostalgia as well as its longing and warmth.
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David Bruckner’s Hellraiser reboot is a flattened riff on the tale for a flattened cinematic culture.
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Morbius is a real superhero movie in the way that airplane food is real food.
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Shinya Tsukamoto’s Tetsuo: The Iron Man is a hallucinogenic fever dream made by a mad man.
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Ti West’s Pearl is a terrific showcase for Mia Goth, as well as clever franchise extension to X from earlier this year.
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Zach Cregger’s trendy new horror movie plays with our expectations of horror in funny, weird, truly bizarre ways.
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Werner Herzog’s Theater of Thought is as much a detour into his mind and way of thinking as a documentary about the science of the mind.
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Joanna Hogg’s The Eternal Daughter is a ghost story that plays more as confessional autofiction than horror film.
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Hlynur Pálmason’s Godland is a beguiling, beautiful film about the terrifying power of nature.
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Baltasar Kormákur’s Beast is effective late summer B-movie entertainment with a great Idris Elba at its centre.
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Halina Reijn’s horror comedy/satire is as vapid and repetitive as the social media feeds that inspired it.
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Brad Pitt showcases his star power in this B-grade action comedy.
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Sara Dosa’s documentary on Katia and Maurice Krafft takes advantage of their remarkable footage to craft a tragic love story.
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Joe and Anthony Russo’s Netflix action blockbuster is modestly diverting content, but ultimately pulls it punches.
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Gene Tierney gives her most iconic performance in this terrific Technicolor noir.
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Scott Derrickson’s horror film contemplates tangible evil and how divine grace can overcome it.
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