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The Exorcist: Believer Tries to Match the Horror of the Original — But Even Ellen Burstyn Isn’t Enough

Believer is ultimately more quaint and hopeful than blood-curdling and scream-inducing

By Craig D. Lindsey

Oct 5, 2023

The Exorcist: Believer Directed by David Gordon Green. Written by Peter Sattler and David Gordon Green, based on characters created by William Peter Blatty...

Instead of one possessed child, The Exorcist: Believer gives us two

Chloe Domont’s Film Fair Play Depicts a Hedge Fund Girlboss and Her Disaffected Fiancé With Uneven Results

The film opens in theaters September 29 and streams on Netflix October 6

By Kayla McCulloch
Sep 28, 2023
More Than 50 Filmmakers To Attend Upcoming Chagrin Documentary Film Festival

Festival kicks off with a special reception on Tuesday, Oct. 3

By Jeff Niesel
Sep 25, 2023
The Newly Restored Talking Heads Concert Doc Stop Making Sense Is as Exuberant and Wonderful as Ever

Critic Pauline Kael once called it “a continuous rock experience that keeps building, becoming ever more intense and euphoric.”

By Craig D. Lindsey
Sep 21, 2023
Review: In A Haunting in Venice, Kenneth Branagh Takes a Liberal Hand With Agatha Christie's Work

Poirot must both ferret out the killer and grapple with increasing self-doubt about his rationalist worldview

By Cliff Froehlich
Sep 14, 2023
Review: The 'Big Fat Greek Wedding' Cast Reunites for a Third-Rate Adventure

One common theme permeates these nostalgic sequels to reverent reboots: They only offer mere morsels of what made the originals so worthwhile.

By Kayla McCulloch
Sep 10, 2023
Zany and Fearless, Bottoms Takes on High School From a Raunchy Lesbian Point of View

Not Just Another Teen Movie

By Craig D. Lindsey
Aug 31, 2023
In Between Two Worlds, a French Journalist Goes Undercover to Explore the Lives of the French Working-Class

But the story is all about her

By Andrew Wyatt
Aug 24, 2023
National Cinema Day Returns for Second Year With $4 Tickets, Snack Deals

The event is back on Sunday, Aug. 27.

By Brandon Rodriguez
Aug 22, 2023
Gran Turismo Tells the Thrilling (True!) Story of a Video Gamer Who Became a Race Car Sensation

Right on track

By Craig D. Lindsey
Aug 18, 2023
Landscape With Invisible Hand Envisions Alien Invasion as a Corporate Takeover

An ambitious, unpredictable, funny and flawed film worth seeing

By Cliff Froehlich
Aug 15, 2023
Despite its Cliched Protagonist, Shortcomings Is a Film Worth Seeing

Meet another late 20s manchild asshole, but don't let that deter you

By Kayla McCulloch
Aug 3, 2023
Talk to Me and Haunted Mansion Aim to Scare, But Don't Always Succeed

They're both scary movies about Black people who see dead people

By Craig D. Lindsey
Jul 28, 2023
'Barbie' is Existential Brilliance — and Also a Lot of Fun

Come on Barbie, let's go party (talk about consumerism and conservative gender roles)

By Eileen G’Sell
Jul 21, 2023
'Oppenheimer' Does Something All Too Rare in Hollywood: It Trusts Its Audience

The film neither heroicizes nor sanctifies the man

By Cliff Froehlich
Jul 21, 2023
With a First-Rate Tom Cruise Battling an AI Villain, the New Mission: Impossible Continues the Series’ Legacy of Excellence

An action film that takes itself seriously, but still knows all the cloak-and-dagger fantasy is a bit silly

By Andrew Wyatt
Jul 7, 2023
In Joy Ride, a Trio of Asian American Women Brings a Fresh Perspective to Raunchy Comedy, With Mixed Results

Come along for some broadly accessible raunchiness

By Kayla McCulloch
Jul 7, 2023
Review: Harrison Ford is Somehow Still Fighting Nazis in 'Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny'

For a movie that's about leaving the past alone, it sure wants to revisit the glory days

By Craig D. Lindsey
Jun 30, 2023
In 'Past Lives,' Writer-Director Celine Song Explores the Pull of Lost Loves and Lives Unlived

What does a deep connection look like after a quarter-century apart?

By Andrew Wyatt
Jun 22, 2023
In 'Asteroid City,' Wes Anderson Stages an Alien Invasion as Only Wes Anderson Can

Think Rushmore meets Roswell

By Cliff Froehlich
Jun 20, 2023
'The Flash' Works Hard to Make Us Forget Ezra Miller’s Bad Behavior

The DC Extended Universe movie is a busy, smart-ass blur

By Craig D. Lindsey
Jun 13, 2023