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ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER - Review
Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest film is the most energetic, politically charged, and grand film he’s made while never sacrificing any of...
Antonio Gonzalez Wagner
Sep 233 min read


HAMNET - Review | TIFF 2025
Chloé Zhao's latest film contains such a commanding and emotionally intense third act where it's impossible not to be swept up by how excellently it displays the value of storytelling helping to confront tragedy. A film that feels like it's all building up to the ending that works like magic, taking its time to naturally develop its central characters certainly contributes to this. It may come across a slow-burn, but it's effective for how emotionally involved viewers feel wh
Antonio Gonzalez Wagner
Sep 133 min read


THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE - Review | TIFF 2025
Mona Fastvold's latest film captures the grand scope of an 18th century immigration epic similar to The Brutalist (2024) while serving as a transcendent musical biopic. Featuring such singular and expressive singing/dance choreography that makes the most of the human body/spacing with Daniel Blumberg's bopping and soothing score accompanying it. The rare musical where it serves a purpose from a grounded perspective along with telling the emotionally commanding journey of Ann
Antonio Gonzalez Wagner
Sep 73 min read


NO OTHER CHOICE - Review | TIFF 2025
Park Chan-wook's latest film might be his most straight-forward and mainstream film to date. However, that doesn't take away from its universal story and ultra-dynamic blocking, making it a masterwork that couldn't have come from anyone else. A darkly hilarious critique on striving in a modern capitalist society, led by the remarkable Lee Byung-hun whose morally ambiguous descent into savagery after being laid off is enthralling to witness. Every potential detail for this con
Antonio Gonzalez Wagner
Sep 63 min read


NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE - Review | TIFF 2025
Matt Johnson’s latest film works marvellously as an expansive addition to the series it’s based off along with engaging those unfamiliar with it. The type of rare comedy nowadays featuring genuinely shocking and outrageous real-life scenarios to which it's puzzling to process how they were able to get away with pulling them off. Even with the film going above and beyond for breaking conventions on delivering non-stop memorable humour, Matt and Jay’s striking chemistry provide
Antonio Gonzalez Wagner
Sep 43 min read


SUPERMAN - Review
James Gunn's latest film provides a more hopeful, laid-back, and vulnerable portrayal of Superman that instantly makes it an easier...
Antonio Gonzalez Wagner
Jul 93 min read


F1 - Review
Joseph Kosinski's latest film may not live up to heart and surprise from his last film Top Gun: Maverick (2022), but in terms of...
Antonio Gonzalez Wagner
Jun 224 min read


SENTIMENTAL VALUE - Review | Cannes Film Festival 2025
Joachim Trier’s latest film may provide strong familiarity to his last film given the familiar faces/aesthetic. However, its powerful...
Antonio Gonzalez Wagner
May 213 min read


SPLITSVILLE - Review | Cannes Film Festival 2025
Michael Angelo Covino’s latest film takes the “friendship damaged by infidelity” concept from his last film and builds a more ambitious...
Antonio Gonzalez Wagner
May 203 min read


DIE, MY LOVE - Review | Cannes Film Festival 2025
Lynne Ramsay's latest film serves as a masterful showcase for Jennifer Lawrence's extreme acting who doesn't hold anything back when...
Antonio Gonzalez Wagner
May 184 min read


BLUE MOON / NOUVELLE VAGUE - Review | Berlinale/Cannes 2025
Richard Linklater's latest film brings back the comfort from contained dialogue driven-dramas reminiscent to Woody Allen films as viewers...
Antonio Gonzalez Wagner
May 186 min read


SINNERS - Review
Ryan Coogler’s latest film may feature supernatural elements, but they’re used to their most creative potential that represent grander...
Antonio Gonzalez Wagner
Apr 214 min read


DREAMS - Review | Berlinale 2025
Michel Franco’s latest film provides an odd but singular perspective to an endlessly told set up following illegal immigrants in America....
Antonio Gonzalez Wagner
Feb 174 min read


MICKEY 17 - Review | Berlinale 2025
Bong Joon-ho’s latest film clearly aims to satirize oppressive control, colonialism, and ignorance for minorities in his most...
Antonio Gonzalez Wagner
Feb 165 min read


THE LIFE OF CHUCK - Review | TIFF 2024
Mike Flanagan’s latest film manages to bring a sense of hope and charm to a story that ultimately leads to many devastating conclusions....
Antonio Gonzalez Wagner
Sep 15, 20244 min read


FAMILIES LIKE OURS - Review | TIFF 2024
Thomas Vinterberg's latest series is an emotionally grueling but mesmerizing epic where the substantial character writing and truly...
Antonio Gonzalez Wagner
Sep 14, 20243 min read


THE BRUTALIST - Review | TIFF 2024
Brady Corbet’s latest film is an awe-inspiring miracle with such an engrossing style/story structure reminiscent of period epics released...
Antonio Gonzalez Wagner
Sep 6, 20246 min read


ANORA - Review | Cannes Film Festival 2024
Sean Baker’s latest film blends the best of his comedic and dramatic storytelling skills as we follow a sex worker’s lucky shot at...
Antonio Gonzalez Wagner
May 21, 20245 min read


THE APPRENTICE - Review | Cannes Film Festival 2024
Ali Abbasi’s latest film is his most fast-paced, grounded, and accessible film yet that shows Trump’s corrupt transformation through his...
Antonio Gonzalez Wagner
May 21, 20245 min read


THE SUBSTANCE - Review | Cannes Film Festival 2024
Coralie Fargeat's latest film has become the film to beat for providing one of the most creative, spellbinding, and gnarly experiences...
Antonio Gonzalez Wagner
May 20, 20244 min read


EMILIA PÉREZ - Review | Cannes Film Festival 2024
Jacques Audiard’s latest film is the defining Spanish musical whose creative, rapturous, and meaningful presentation truly confirms the...
Antonio Gonzalez Wagner
May 19, 20244 min read


MEGALOPOLIS - Review | Cannes Film Festival 2024
Francis Ford Coppola’s latest film is the absolute rare of enormously scaled arthouse epics where nothing about its experimental...
Antonio Gonzalez Wagner
May 16, 20245 min read


ASTEROID CITY - Review | Cannes Film Festival 2023
Wes Anderson’s latest film in a way feels like a commentary on criticisms made towards his work as he creates a meta-story structure...
Antonio Gonzalez Wagner
May 23, 20234 min read


KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON - Review | Cannes Film Festival 2023
Martin Scorsese’s latest film is certainly grand in scale but diminished, raw, and grounded at its core. Less of a detective drama like...
Antonio Gonzalez Wagner
May 20, 20236 min read


THE ZONE OF INTEREST - Review | Cannes Film Festival 2023
Jonathan Glazer's latest film is one of the most unique, bold, and original movies focused on the Holocaust ever made. By refusing to...
Antonio Gonzalez Wagner
May 19, 20233 min read


OSCARS 2023 - Final Nomination Predictions
Well, here it is. After another fantastic year for film in 2022, now come the Oscar nominations to hopefully reflect that. These are my...
Antonio Gonzalez Wagner
Jan 19, 20234 min read


BABYLON - Review
Damien Chazelle’s latest film goes all the way as a deconstruction of the recklessness and everlasting nature of the evolving Hollywood...
Antonio Gonzalez Wagner
Jan 7, 20234 min read


BARDO, FALSE CHRONICLE OF A HANDFUL OF TRUTHS - Review
Alejandro González Iñárritu’s latest film is an immersive experience that blends both dreams and reality for his most surreal and...
Antonio Gonzalez Wagner
Nov 17, 20223 min read


THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN - Review | TIFF 2022
Martin McDonagh’s latest film certainly includes his darkly comedic trademarks for a much more grounded but disturbing look at a break-up...
Antonio Gonzalez Wagner
Sep 16, 20223 min read


ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT - Review | TIFF 2022
Edward Berger’s latest film has currently set the standard so high for any upcoming war film that it’s hard to imagine any of them...
Antonio Gonzalez Wagner
Sep 12, 20223 min read


THE WHALE - Review | TIFF 2022
Darren Aronofsky’s latest film is by far his most raw and secluded film that progresses from being heartbreaking to hopeful. Despite...
Antonio Gonzalez Wagner
Sep 11, 20223 min read


THE FABELMANS - Review | TIFF 2022
Steven Spielberg's latest film while charming ends up feeling bloated and overlong for trying to tell the entirety of how he grew up. As...
Antonio Gonzalez Wagner
Sep 10, 20223 min read


ELVIS - Review
Baz Luhrmann's latest film contains some of the most relentless and overwhelming editing and pacing for a movie maybe ever. In a way, it...
Antonio Gonzalez Wagner
Jul 17, 20223 min read


CLOSE - Review | Cannes Film Festival 2022
Lukas Dhont's latest film is a raw and genuine portrayal of how social pressure can damage an individual and his loved ones. Featuring...
Antonio Gonzalez Wagner
May 26, 20223 min read


BROKER - Review | Cannes Film Festival 2022
Hirokazu Kore-eda's latest film is another gentle and tender drama that feels consistently familiar with the rest of his filmography. As...
Antonio Gonzalez Wagner
May 26, 20223 min read


HOLY SPIDER - Review | Cannes Film Festival 2022
Ali Abbasi's latest film may come across as being easy to identify in what direction its plot will go. But that doesn't take away from...
Antonio Gonzalez Wagner
May 22, 20223 min read


TRIANGLE OF SADNESS - Review | Cannes Film Festival 2022
Ruben Östlund's latest film not only manages to combine hilarious and outrageous scenarios with thoughtful and philosophical social...
Antonio Gonzalez Wagner
May 22, 20223 min read


THREE THOUSAND YEARS OF LONGING - Review | Cannes Film Festival 2022
George Miller's latest film once again shows his versatility as a filmmaker for creating something unlike any of his previous films. An...
Antonio Gonzalez Wagner
May 20, 20223 min read


ARMAGEDDON TIME - Review | Cannes Film Festival 2022
James Gray's latest film is a profound and poignant memory piece that might be his most emotionally moving film to date. A very grounded...
Antonio Gonzalez Wagner
May 19, 20223 min read


ONE FINE MORNING - Review | Cannes Film Festival 2022
Mia Hansen-Løve's latest film features another emotionally gripping performance from Léa Seydoux with such a lavishing and enriching...
Antonio Gonzalez Wagner
May 19, 20223 min read


DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS - Review
Sam Raimi's latest film is not only a step up in quality from the original, but its eccentric camerawork and horror elements easily make...
Antonio Gonzalez Wagner
May 5, 20223 min read
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