The Voice of Hind Rajab (Kaouther Ben Hania, 2025): 4/5
I braced myself to see this film and thought I would cry: a film that features genuine recordings of the desperate cries of a six-year-old girl about to be murdered by Israel. Instead of crying, though, I wanted to puke. What a world we live in. What horrors we are forced, like the medics of the Palestine Red Crescent, to witness. Luckily, we also witness courage and decency and morality, in people like director Kaouther Ben Hania.
Jay Kelly (Noah Baumbach, 2025): 2/5
As America and the entertainment industry implodes… what better time to sympathize with a handsome, healthy, and universally beloved movie star with hundreds of millions of dollars who is also sad due to minor personal problems that he caused!
Blue Moon (Richard Linklater, 2025): 3/5
If ever we find ourselves in a world where our best filmmakers aren’t making films about bitter old queens staving off irrelevance with bitchy quips, I hope I’m not around anymore.
Amazing work by Ethan Hawke; he plays the bravado and the desperation equally well and shows us how interconnected they are. Slow clap for Andrew Scott.
Train Dreams (Clint Bentley, 2025): 3/5
Never quite transcends its stylistic affectations, but it spins a moving story, full of tender moments and strong performances. 20TH CENTURY WOMEN for the Jesse James set.
Shelby Oaks (Chris Stuckmann, 2024): 2/5
Was not ready for that MySpace jump scare.
