Anora is a comedy-drama by celebrated indie filmmaker Sean Baker and the winner of the 2024 Palme d’Or. Anora “Ani” Mikheeva (Mikey Madison) is a stripper and escort working in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. One night she’s hired by the son of a Russian oligarch, Ivan “Vanya” Zakharov (Mark Eydelshteyn) because she’s able to speak Russian. […]
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The Apprentice Review
Donald Trump is one of the most divisive public figures in the world with his early real estate career and his relationship with the controversial lawyer Roy Cohn serving as the subject of the biopic The Apprentice. The year is 1973, Donald Trump (Sebastian Stan) is the son of real estate developer Fred Trump (Martin […]
Megalopolis Review
Megalopolis was a film that was 40 years in the making, a passion project that saw Francis Ford Coppola return to filmmaking for the first time in 13 years. New Rome is a city on the edge. Mayor Franklyn Cicero (Giancarlo Esposito) is unpopular and in conflict with Cesar Catilina (Adam Driver), an architect and […]
I Saw the TV Glow Review
I Saw the TV Glow is a surreal coming-of-age drama, that serves as the second film by Jane Schoenbrun and the second part of their Screen Trilogy. Owen (Ian Foreman/Justice Smith) is a lonely and awkward seventh grader who meets Maddy (Brigette Lundy-Paine), a ninth-grade girl who enjoys the young adult show The Pink Opaque. […]
It Ends With Us Review
It Ends with Us is a romantic drama based on the bestselling novel by Colleen Hoover. This film looks at the turbulent nature of romance. Lily Bloom (Blake Lively) is a woman who plans to fulfil her dream and open a flower shop in Boston. She also gets to meet Ryle Kincaid (Justin Baldoni), a […]
The Bikeriders Review
Based on a book by photographer Danny Lyon, The Bikeriders is an exploration of biker culture in the ‘60s and ‘70s and shows the rise and fall of The Vandals. Danny Lyon (Mike Faist) is a photojournalist who interviews members of The Vandals biker gang from 1965 to 1973. His main interviewee is Kathy (Jodie Comer), the wife of […]
Challengers Review
Challengers is a sports romance film that sees Zendaya in the middle of a decades-long love triangle. In 2019 two former friends play each other in the final of a tennis tournament in New Rochelle. On one side of the net is Art Donaldson (Mike Faist), a former champion looking to regain his form before the […]
The Great Escaper Review
The Great Escaper is a drama based on the true story of Bernard Jordan, a war veteran who made his own way to the 70th Anniversary D-Day ceremony in France. Bernard Jordan (Michael Caine) is a 90-year-old man who lives in a nursing home with his wife, Rene (Glenda Jackson). Bernard missed out on going to […]
Small, Slow But Steady Review
Small, Slow But Steady is a film loosely based on the memoirs of Keiko Ogasawara, a Japanese woman who became a professional boxer despite being deaf. Keiko Ogawa (Yukino Kishii) has been a professional boxer for a year and she’s a member of one of the oldest boxing gyms in Tokyo. However, the gym is […]
How to Blow Up a Pipeline Review
The world is currently in eco-conscious times and more people are voicing and protesting about these issues. How to Blow Up a Pipeline explores the idea of people taking extreme action to save the environment. A group of disenfranchised young people brought together by Xochiti (Ariela Barer), a college student and activist. They arrive in West Texas […]