At some point, the party has to end. Club Kid asks what happens when you’re the last person to realize it. Writer-director Jordan Firstman stars as Peter, a New York club promoter who has somehow made it well into adulthood without actually growing up. Drugs, partying...
After a decade away from directing, Na Hong-jin returns with Hope, an ambitious blend of horror, mystery, science fiction and action that constantly keeps you guessing. It isn't perfect, and its mythology can be difficult to follow at times, but I had a great time...
Jane Schoenbrun continues to establish themselves as one of horror's most original filmmakers with Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma. While the title evokes the classic camp slashers of the 1980s, this isn't simply another masked-killer movie. Instead, it's a...
Gregg Araki's I Want Your Sex is exactly the kind of movie that its title promises: bold, provocative, and never afraid to make audiences uncomfortable. But beneath the explicit content is a film that's less interested in shocking viewers than it is in asking how sex,...
Netflix’s The Hawk opens with a mix of comedy, sports, and family drama, delivering a strong introduction that feels just as interested in its characters as it does in the game of golf. Headlined by Will Ferrell, the series features a talented supporting cast that...
After a strong premiere, Episode 2 had the challenge of proving that the series wasn’t simply relying on a good first impression. Fortunately, it succeeds by expanding on the elements that made the opening episode so enjoyable while beginning to establish a clear...
There have been plenty of The Little Mermaid adaptations over the years, but Goodbye, Lara takes a surprisingly different approach. While the first episode begins with familiar elements—a curious young mermaid fascinated by the human world and a chance encounter with...
After watching the first episode of The Exiled Heavy Knight Knows How to Game the System, I can already see why this series has generated some buzz among fantasy anime fans. While the premise may sound familiar at first glance, the execution does a great job of making...
Curry Barker’s Obsession is the kind of horror film that becomes more compelling after the credits have rolled. On the surface, it works as an effective supernatural thriller built around a deceptively simple premise: a lonely young man uses a cursed wish to make the...