Director Christopher Nolan has spent much of his career crafting movies that demand the biggest screen possible, but "The Odyssey" may be the clearest realization yet of that ambition. Shot entirely with IMAX film cameras, the filmmaker's adaptation of Homer's legendary epic isn't simply a movie you watch...it's an experience. Nearly every frame is built for towering screens, every action sequence rattles the theater, and Ludwig Goransson's thunderous score ensures the experi

Director Olivia Wilde has found the perfect project for her third outing behind the camera. After the whip-smart coming-of-age charm of "Booksmart" and the ambitious but divisive "Don't Worry Darling," her newest attempt, called "The Invite," strips everything down to the essentials in the best way possible. "The Invite" features four actors, one apartment, and a screenplay that weaponizes every uncomfortable silence, sideways glance, and brutally honest confession. The res

"I'll embarrass myself, Dottie. I'll say something I regret." Most biopics flatten people. They take a life that was messy, contradictory, occasionally ugly, and sand it down until it fits neatly into a two-hour arc you can applaud on the way out. "I Swear" doesn't quite escape that gravitational pull, but it pushes against it in ways that matter, not by reinventing the form, but by paying closer attention to the person at the center of it. That person is John Davidson (R

The first image in "Project Hail Mary" shows a man waking up alone on a spaceship, with no memory of who he is or how he got there. It's not played like a horror scenario, though it easily could be. Instead, Ryan Gosling's Dr. Ryland Grace reacts with baffled curiosity. Based on the novel by Andy Weir, "Project Hail Mary" lands comfortably in the same storytelling universe as "The Martian." If you enjoyed watching a scientist reason his way through impossible problems in that

You know when it's obvious that a movie might be the best thing you've seen at a film festival like South by Southwest? It's not always an obvious indicator, given the cheers emanating from the Paramount Theatre in Austin (so many headliners who have premiered at the festival draw rip-roaring applause that it becomes nauseating after a while). No, in fact, it's the understanding that even a 98-minute flick can garner laughter, tears, and a sing-along of sorts from the very sa

I will say this upfront as I have never read Emily Bronte's novel "Wuthering Heights." Judging from director Emerald Fennell's 2026 film adaptation, I can safely bet that most of the plot has been severely changed to fit Fennell's appreciation for sex and violence onscreen. This version is most definitely not your average period drama, as modern music, smoldering hot actors, and a frostbitten fever dream of montages encapsulate a premise so indistinguishable from the source m

"Pillion" arrives in theaters this weekend with word-of-mouth that practically precedes it: leather, power games, and one of the two male leads whose animal magnetism could probably light a small city. On that level, the film delivers exactly what it promises. It is sexually charged, confident in its approach, and anchored by performances that understand how attraction and authority can coexist in the same glance. Yet for all its pleasures and strong acting, director Harry

“That doesn’t even enter my consciousness.” From the opening moments of director Josh Safdie's "Marty Supreme," with a jittery, sweat-soaked intensity and an anachronistic 1980s synth-pop score, the film announces itself as another entry in the Safdie canon. Featuring dynamic performances from its eventual leads, it falls into the "Uncut Gems" comparison of a propulsive man who mistakes unearned confidence for destiny. Like "Uncut Gems," the film is built around a protagoni

"I kneel at the altar of the rational." In 2019, I was living in Austin, TX, celebrating the start of the holiday season by visiting my favorite movie theater chain, Alamo Drafthouse. A staple of the Austin area, Alamo has since become synonymous with cinephiles and decent food among loyal patrons. This particular visit, I pre-ordered a full Thanksgiving meal to watch Rian Johnson's newest whodunit, "Knives Out," complete with turkey, mashed potatoes, and a wine delivered to