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All About the Money (2026) Guy Lodge Who is Chambers really, behind all this provocation and prevarication? “All About the Money” never quite finds out, but it excavates enough to hint that he might not know either.
Posted Feb 02, 2026  Edit critic review
Iron Lung (2026) Dennis Harvey There’s not a lot of plot here, certainly not enough to sustain a full two hours. And those previously unacquainted with the game are likely to make little sense of the few things that do happen.
Posted Feb 02, 2026  Edit critic review
Bedford Park (2026) Carlos Aguilar Through all these, thankfully, Ahn directs Sukku and Choi into measured performances that not only ring emotionally truthful but complementary.
Posted Feb 02, 2026  Edit critic review
Nuisance Bear  (2026) Peter Debruge For all its richness, “Nuisance Bear” doesn’t necessarily enunciate its themes. Instead, the directors trust audiences to extrapolate from Gibbons’ ruminative voice-over.
Posted Feb 02, 2026  Edit critic review
To Hold a Mountain (2026) Murtada Elfadl It’s the kind of film that entrances its audience without them noticing. Only at the end does the audience fully grasp the magnitude of the story it chronicles and the natural beauty of the images they have been witnessing all along.
Posted Feb 02, 2026  Edit critic review
The Brittney Griner Story (2026) Lisa Kennedy Converging in Griner’s story are issues around gender, pay disparity in professional sports and evidence of progress of but also hostility to the rights of LGBTQ citizens.
Posted Feb 02, 2026  Edit critic review
How to Divorce During the War (2026) Guy Lodge A drily witty, subtly searing comedy from writer-director Andrius Blaževičius, “How to Divorce During the War” is both empathetic and surgical as it examines both partners’ attempts to sublimate selfish angst into social activism.
Posted Feb 02, 2026  Edit critic review
Hold Onto Me (2026) Carlos Aguilar As their bond strengthens under strenuous circumstances, the actors’ performances evolve with the characters.
Posted Feb 02, 2026  Edit critic review
Shame and Money (2026) Guy Lodge Though his latest is a slow burn offering little in the way of hope or levity, Morina doesn’t trade in one-note miserablism either: Intricately observed domestic dynamics keep the drama textured and humane.
Posted Feb 02, 2026  Edit critic review
Take Me Home (2026) Lisa Kennedy A deeply felt examination of the challenges so many face when familial love is swamped by economic reality.
Posted Feb 02, 2026  Edit critic review
If I Go Will They Miss Me (2026) Peter Debruge The project seems to transcend the projects, defying gravity in its poetic depiction of how this resilient, supportive community comes together around Lil Ant, stepping in where his father stumbles to embrace the boy.
Posted Feb 02, 2026  Edit critic review
Everybody To Kenmure Street (2026) Siddhant Adlakha Rousing, essayistic.
Posted Feb 01, 2026  Edit critic review
Paralyzed by Hope: The Maria Bamford Story (2026) Lisa Kennedy While the film leans on other comics to celebrate Bamford’s unique delivery, deft timing and exquisite plying of vulnerability, it’s the time with her family -- her parents and her sister -- that grounds the documentary.
Posted Jan 30, 2026  Edit critic review
Melania (2026) Owen Gleiberman A documentary that never comes to life. It’s a “portrait” of the First Lady of the United States, but it’s so orchestrated and airbrushed and stage-managed that it barely rises to the level of a shameless infomercial.
Posted Jan 30, 2026  Edit critic review
Once Upon a Time in Harlem (2026) Lisa Kennedy For some of us, this film might evoke the wonder of a great-grandchild listening in on grown-up reminiscences. Nodding at the substance. Smiling at the style.
Posted Jan 29, 2026  Edit critic review
Shelter (2026) Dennis Harvey Shelter has energy, good pacing, and solid production values…even if neither style or content achieve the distinguishing personality that might make you remember this generically-titled entertainment a week later.
Posted Jan 29, 2026  Edit critic review
Saccharine (2026) Guy Lodge Real-life horror of one’s own body is the most insidious kind of body horror at play here, though James’ film offers a measure of the gorily fantastical stuff too.
Posted Jan 29, 2026  Edit critic review
The Balloonists (2025) Tomris Laffly John Dower’s adventure-filled crowd-pleaser is both a vintage buddy movie and a celebration of human determination.
Posted Jan 29, 2026  Edit critic review
Merv (2025) Tomris Laffly Even an Adorable Terrier Performer Can’t Enliven Prime Video’s Wooden Rom-Com.
Posted Jan 29, 2026  Edit critic review
The Lake (2026) Tomris Laffly "The Lake" is so much more than a regionally isolated issue documentary. Its lessons should apply to every single environmental fight around the world.
Posted Jan 29, 2026  Edit critic review
Extra Geography (2026) Tomris Laffly Uncompromisingly sharp-tongued and led by sensational newcomers Marni Duggan and Galaxie Clear, "Extra Geography" finds much humor and tenderness in feminine angst and youthful cluelessness.
Posted Jan 29, 2026  Edit critic review
The Friend's House Is Here (2026) Tomris Laffly Shot entirely in secret like recent Jafar Panahi films, and paying homage to Abbas Kiarostami in the title, Hossein Keshavarz and Maryam Ataei's film is both freshly contemporary and rooted in history.
Posted Jan 29, 2026  Edit critic review
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York (2026) Tomris Laffly ‘Pickpocket’ feels like a new, minor-key New York classic.
Posted Jan 29, 2026  Edit critic review
Hot Water (2026) Murtada Elfadl Hot Water is carried through by Alfonso Herrera Salcedo’s command of the light and atmosphere. His camera shows not just the enormity and beauty of the American terrain, but the confused feelings Layla and Daniel are trying to hide.
Posted Jan 28, 2026  Edit critic review
Give Me the Ball! (2026) Owen Gleiberman Garbus and Wolff take us through her life in a way that’s both propulsive and reflective, mirroring King’s energy on the court. The drama never lets up.
Posted Jan 28, 2026  Edit critic review
Run Amok (2026) Owen Gleiberman Alyssa Marvin, who has the rare actor’s gift of wearing her feelings on the outside even when the character she’s playing is holding them on the inside, makes that a convincing journey.
Posted Jan 27, 2026  Edit critic review
The Weight (2026) Peter Debruge In the past, Hawke often played characters who were shy, scruffy and slightly unsure of themselves, but here he’s the film’s proactive problem solver -- a classical hero more than capable of carrying the film.
Posted Jan 27, 2026  Edit critic review
Leviticus (2026) Carlos Aguilar With “Leviticus,” Chiarella wields horror in defense of queer love, avoiding easy sentimentalism, while also not surrendering to hopelessness, all while still satisfying the audience’s cravings for effective, bone-chilling uneasiness.
Posted Jan 27, 2026  Edit critic review
Soul Patrol (2026) Lisa Kennedy The credits begin their roll with Jimmy Ruffin’s aching ballad “What Becomes of the Brokenhearted?” playing. Like Emanuel and his comrades, Harper and his film go a meaningful way in asking and offering an answer to that plaint.
Posted Jan 27, 2026  Edit critic review
Chasing Summer (2026) Peter Debruge A familiar “you can’t go home again” story (till now, Reese Witherspoon had a corner on the market) that miraculously doesn’t feel like we’ve heard it before, even if the moral is perfectly clear from the get-go.
Posted Jan 27, 2026  Edit critic review
American Doctor (2026) Murtada Elfadl It is a necessary watch because it dares its audience not to look away, forcing the question not only of whose story is told, but whose deaths matter and make headlines.
Posted Jan 27, 2026  Edit critic review
In the Blink of an Eye (2026) Siddhant Adlakha While presented as a trio of interconnected stories, "In the Blink of an Eye" plays more like three disparate TV series smushed into a single feature.
Posted Jan 27, 2026  Edit critic review
The Wrecking Crew (2026) Richard Kuipers The crux of the movie is how well Bautista and Momoa fire off each other once Jonny returns to his roots in Hawai’i... The action stars may not be great actors in the classical sense but they are more than competent and acquit themselves well.
Posted Jan 26, 2026  Edit critic review
Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass (2026) Owen Gleiberman A flagrant concoction that wants to do nothing more than make you laugh, and at that it succeeds. Yet in its way, there’s a bit of a vision to it.
Posted Jan 26, 2026  Edit critic review
Rock Springs (2026) Guy Lodge Miao has a brisk, tingling command of atmosphere, and if she occasionally seems still in search of a style all her own, this promising debut has a human touch and point of view that are rather more distinctive within the genre.
Posted Jan 26, 2026  Edit critic review
Send Help (2026) Peter Debruge What’s so much fun about “Send Help,” beyond its twisted B-movie premise and refreshing disinterest in anything more highfalutin than handing Linda a chance to turn the tables, is how unpredictable it manages to be.
Posted Jan 26, 2026  Edit critic review
Wicker (2026) Peter Debruge One could say the filmmakers have been strategically reverent toward the source material, but slyly disrespectful in all other respects.
Posted Jan 26, 2026  Edit critic review
Union County (2026) Peter Debruge The make-or-break ingredient turns out to be British actor Will Poulter, whose immersive commitment dovetails beautifully with Meeks’ unvarnished sensibility.
Posted Jan 26, 2026  Edit critic review
Frank & Louis (2026) Guy Lodge For stars Rob Morgan and Kingsley Ben-Adir, meanwhile, it’s a pleasingly patient and generous showcase: Both give performances of exquisite composure, with roiling anguish beneath the stillness.
Posted Jan 26, 2026  Edit critic review
The Invite (2026) Owen Gleiberman [Lives up to expectations] in a way that’s so original, so brimming with surprise, so fresh and up-to-the-minute in its perceptions of how relationships work (or don’t), that you watch it in a state of rapt immersion and delight.
Posted Jan 25, 2026  Edit critic review
zi (2026) Guy Lodge If the film weren’t so arresting to look at, it could often be absorbed with eyes closed: If its larger message is elusive, “Zi” advocates for taking the world in at your own sensory pace.
Posted Jan 25, 2026  Edit critic review
The Gallerist (2026) Peter Debruge Facile but fun... The movie is full of art-world in-jokes, but breezes right past its many plot holes, which are more conspicuous than the slashes in Lucio Fontana’s “Spatial Concept” canvases.
Posted Jan 25, 2026  Edit critic review
The Shitheads (2026) Carlos Aguilar Sure, the case can be made for this contrast between scatological humor and serious insight working as a mirror for how quickly a person’s reality can shift from joy to sorrow, but the overall effect is puzzling.
Posted Jan 25, 2026  Edit critic review
The Musical (2026) Guy Lodge A Tony-winning stage actor who has long been a trusty indie ensemble player, Brill seizes his most substantial film role to date with sneering relish.
Posted Jan 25, 2026  Edit critic review
Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty! (2026) Siddhant Adlakha While trying to confront grief with a sense of mischief, the movie’s impish tonal approach takes the sting out of death a little too often, rendering its catharsis null. It’s hard not to respect a big swing, but Wladyka ultimately misses.
Posted Jan 25, 2026  Edit critic review
undertone (2025) Siddhant Adlakha Although it eventually leans into traditional genre hallmarks, its introductory musings are novel, taking the form of a one-woman performance showcase that makes ingenious use of visual and auditory negative space.
Posted Jan 25, 2026  Edit critic review
One in a Million (2026) Guy Lodge One in a Million is one of those close-quarters character-study docs filmed with such intimate fluidity that you almost forget the complexities of inserting a camera in this fraught domestic space.
Posted Jan 25, 2026  Edit critic review
Buddy (2026) Owen Gleiberman Casper Kelly is a talent to watch. In Buddy, he’s essentially reviving an old joke and doing multiple variations on it. But he has a gleefully rich understanding of the inner insanity that can drive pop culture.
Posted Jan 25, 2026  Edit critic review
Josephine (2026) Peter Debruge The standout of this year’s Sundance Film Festival competition, in terms of both audacity of subject and maturity of execution.
Posted Jan 24, 2026  Edit critic review
I Want Your Sex (2026) Peter Debruge Once you get past the shock, the plot falls apart. But that hardly matters, since Araki’s achieved his main goal: getting a repressed generation to loosen up about sex by pushing the boundaries between profound and profane.
Posted Jan 24, 2026  Edit critic review
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