Bianca Piazza

2 weeks ago | movieweb.com | Bianca Piazza

You know a guy's into you when he whisks you away to a charming rental nestled in the verdant oasis of Upstate New York. He kisses you passionately in a picturesque lake, makes you pan-seared scallops and slow-dances with you beneath the glow of twinkly string lights. Romance and sensuality are in the air, and your first trip as a couple is a cottagecore dream come true. Unfortunately, modern dating is also a hellish game where nothing makes sense and miscommunications are rampant.

2 weeks ago | movieweb.com | Bianca Piazza

A mother's love is both protective and tender. Films like Bong Joon Ho's Mother, Lynne Ramsay's We Need to Talk About Kevin and Jennifer Kent's The Babadook explore the complexity of these relationships, dismantling the generalized, one-dimensional view of a mother-child bond with nuance and empathy for the primal urges on display. Like those films. Eric Lin's feature directorial debut Rosemead obliterates maternal stereotypes while telling a gut-wrenching and utterly unthinkable true tale.

2 weeks ago | movieweb.com | Bianca Piazza

Can happiness exist without a sense of egotism? Can contentment be achieved via pure fairness and goodness? In the J-horror nightmare Best Wishes to All, co-writer and director Yûta Shimotsu answers those questions with unnerving certainty: No. Based on his 2022 short of the same name, Shimotsu's feature film debut — winner of the "Scariest Feature" award at the 2025 Overlook Film Festival — boasts a simple premise that unravels to reveal an abstract monstrosity.

2 weeks ago | movieweb.com | Bianca Piazza

The only ounce of comedy in writer-director Christian Swegal's disquieting 2025 Tribeca crime drama Sovereign is Nick Offerman's undying mission (whether conscious or subconscious) to play a man who hates the government. The Emmy-winning actor is renowned for his hilariously stoic performance as Parks and Recreation's Ron Swanson, an all-American libertarian man who loves woodworking, bacon and Lagavulin 16 Single Malt Scotch Whisky.

1 month ago | movieweb.com | Bianca Piazza

Grief is horror. It's raw, painful, soul-stirring, and acutely exhausting. Over the last two decades, the deeply human experience of loss and its aftermath have become popular themes in horror. Films like Jennifer Kent's The Babadook, Lars von Trier's Antichrist, and Ari Aster's Hereditary and Midsommar explore grief and its ugly intricacies with disquieting detail — not to mention blistering visuals — that stay with their audiences well beyond an initial viewing.