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1 week ago | 
post-gazette.com | Manohla Dargis
That John Lennon contained multitudes and mysteries was clear to anyone who listened to him when he was in the Beatles and after he discovered himself anew with Yoko Ono, who united with him mind, body and soul. ‘ONE TO ONE’Starring: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Rating: R for war imagery and police violence. They first met in 1966, kept in touch and finally shared a long night that ended with their making love at dawn. "It was very beautiful," Lennon later said.
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2 weeks ago | 
flipboard.com | Manohla Dargis
1 day agoPlus, we cover the arrival of Trump’s tariffs. This week, the Supreme Court cleared the way for Trump to deport planeloads of Venezuelan migrants. Trump called the ruling a victory, but it came with a catch: The administration’s rationale can still be challenged, and it must ensure that would-be …
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2 weeks ago | 
flipboard.com | Manohla Dargis
20 hours ago'Warfare' Wants You to Experience What Combat Feels Like FirsthandThey say nothing forms stronger bonds than the shared experience of combat, and that the feeling of deep fraternity forged under fire is as close, if …1 day agoWarfare (2025) - Movie ReviewWarfare, 2025. Written and Directed by Ray Mendoza and Alex Garland.
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2 weeks ago | 
nytimes.com | Manohla Dargis
In Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza's film about an American platoon in Iraq, there is no admirably staged bloodshed or witty repartee. That's the point. WarfareNYT Critic's Pick Directed by Alex Garland , Ray Mendoza Action, Drama, WarR1h 35mFind TicketsWhen you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. The highest praise I can offer "Warfare," a tough, relentless movie about life and death in battle, is that it isn't thrilling.
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2 weeks ago | 
nytimes.com | Manohla Dargis
Kevin Macdonald's immersive documentary follows the couple from their heady first days in New York to their galvanizing concert at Madison Square Garden in 1972. One to One: John & YokoNYT Critic's Pick Directed by Kevin Macdonald , Sam Rice-Edwards Documentary, BiographyR1h 40mFind TicketsWhen you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our site, we earn an affiliate commission.
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3 weeks ago | 
nytimes.com | Manohla Dargis
Ryan J. Sloan's brooding thriller is a murky tale about an isolated woman, with many shades of Schrader, Nolan and Cronenberg. GazerDirected by Ryan J. Sloan Mystery, ThrillerR1h 54mFind TicketsWhen you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. Frankie, the roaming, cogitating mystery woman at the center of the cryptic drama "Gazer," has eyes as big as hubcaps and a strange charisma.
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4 weeks ago | 
nytimes.com | Manohla Dargis
Louise Courvoisier's debut feature follows a teenager in the French Alps who, when thrust into caring for his sister, forges a path in cheese making. Holy CowDirected by Louise Courvoisier Comedy, DramaNot Rated1h 32mFind TicketsWhen you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. The low-key charms of the coming-of-age story "Holy Cow" emerge gradually but steadily.
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4 weeks ago | 
nytimes.com | Manohla Dargis
Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega play a father and daughter who run down a mystical beast and end up running amok with a monstrous brood. Death of a UnicornDirected by Alex Scharfman Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, ThrillerR1h 47mFind TicketsWhen you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. There's no real spoiling "Death of a Unicorn," an unabashedly nonsensical movie that doesn't take anything too seriously, itself included.
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4 weeks ago | 
myheraldreview.com | Manohla Dargis
Disney’s new “Snow White” is perfectly adequate, though the scene when our heroine stands alongside Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez chanting “no justice, no peace” did admittedly give me pause. Yes, this live-action redo of its 1937 feature-length animated film has been called out as woke, but by the end, the overall damage from Snow White’s liberation struggle proves minimal. She still smiles and sings, whistles and works, rejects evil and rescues seven potential incels.
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1 month ago | 
myheraldreview.com | Manohla Dargis
The world is at once scarily familiar and thoroughly, enjoyably loony tunes in “Mickey 17,” the latest Bong Joon Ho freakout. Bong is the South Korean filmmaker best known for “Parasite,” a ferocious 2019 comedy about class relations that spares no one, including viewers whose laughs eventually turn into gasps of visceral horror. Few filmmakers can shift moods and tones as smoothly as Bong, or have such a commensurately supple way with genre.
