International Movies
Fantasy Life Review: Amanda Peet Returns to Remind Us What We’ve Been Missing
Let's address the most surprising thing about Fantasy Life immediately. Amanda Peet has not starred in a movie for a decade. Not a single leading role...
Rahul Patley8 Mins read
A Magnificent Life Review: Sylvain Chomet’s Gorgeous, Overstuffed Love Letter to Marcel Pagnol
Let's address the hand-drawn elephant in the room immediately. Sylvain Chomet makes movies for people who miss when animation smelled like pencil shavings...
Rahul Patley7 Mins read
John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office Review: Dolphins on Acid, Alien Signals, and the Man Who Wasn’t Afraid to Get Terror-Stricken
Let's address the acid-dipped elephant in the room immediately. At some point during John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office, you will learn...
Rahul Patley8 Mins read
Forbidden Fruits Review: Mall Witches, Menstrual Potions, and a Razor Blade Wrapped in a Jolly Rancher
Let's address the bedazzled cowboy boot in the room immediately. At some point during Forbidden Fruits, you will watch Victoria Pedretti drink a potion...
Rahul Patley8 Mins read
Holy Days Review: Three Nuns, One Kid, and a Road Trip That Nearly Runs Out of Gas
Let's address the obvious question first: what happens when you put three acting legends in a stolen car and send them hurtling across...
Rahul Patley7 Mins read
Kontinental ’25 Review: Radu Jude Shoots an iPhone Moral Crisis in Transylvania
Let's address the dinosaur in the room immediately. The first ten minutes of Radu Jude's Kontinental '25 follow a homeless man shuffling through an amusement...
Rahul Patley6 Mins read
Esta Isla Movie Review 2026: The Puerto Rican Indie That Refuses to Look Away
Some movies arrive with a marketing budget bigger than the GDP of a small nation. Others arrive with something far more dangerous: the...
Rahul Patley6 Mins read
Michael Movie Review: The Good, The Cut, and The $155 Million Elephant in the Room
Let's address the sequin-covered elephant in the room immediately: this movie cost $155 million to make, and you can see every dollar on the screen....
Rahul Patley5 Mins read
