Dutch director Maurice Trouwborst (‘Dames 4’) blends a somber atmosphere into his climate-conscious sci-fi film ‘Captain Nova.’ The video focuses on a massive man-made tragedy that arises from the anxiety…

If cinema is one of the few art forms that requires you to employ more than one sense to enjoy it, then Richard Linklater’s ‘Apollo 1012: A Space Age Childhood’…

The meta-comedy film ‘The Bubble,’ directed by Judd Apatow, is an explosive blend of humor and pop culture that sheds light on the difficulties of producing and filming a blockbuster…

Judd Apatow’s ‘The Bubble’ is a meta-comedy film. It follows the stars of a successful film franchise as they assemble at a remote hotel in England to film the next…

In the age of superhero movies and streaming platforms, romantic comedies are becoming increasingly rare. They are almost non-existent in theaters, especially in the post-pandemic era, and the only venues…

‘The Contractor’ is an action thriller about Special Forces Sergeant James Harper (Chris Pine), who is honorably but involuntarily released from the military. Because of his stellar track record, he…

A little bromance goes a long way in Guy Ritchie’s 2011 adaptation of the master detective, ‘Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.’ Although based on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic…

After ‘Reprise’ (2006) and ‘Oslo, 31 August,’ ‘The Worst Person in the World’ is the third and likely final instalment in Norwegian filmmaker Joachim Trier’s ‘Oslo Trilogy’ (2011). The films…

‘Drive My Car’ makes the most of its lengthy runtime (2 hours 59 minutes) by telling a thorough, hauntingly beautiful, and nuanced storey. The camera lingers on actors after practically…

With a magician’s precision and a touch of serenity, Yoshihiro Fukagawa directed the love drama ‘Love Like the Falling Petals’ (formerly ‘My Dearest, Like a Cherry Blossom’ or ‘Sakura no…

In the gripping 2020 horror thriller ‘The Rental,’ actor Dave Franco of ‘The Disaster Artist’ fame makes his feature directorial debut. The plot revolves around four members of a family…

As a psychological horror-thriller, Mariama Diallo’s indie masterpiece ‘Master’ does little to resolve the central problem. However, the film’s conclusion leaves a trail of contemplation in the mind of the…

‘The Rental,’ directed by Dave Franco, combines thriller and slasher horror clichés. The finished product is a delight for horror movie enthusiasts, thanks to the honest and dedicated storyline. Charlie,…

‘Jalsa,’ directed by Suresh Triveni, is a Hindi language thriller drama film available on Amazon Prime. It follows Maya, a prominent journalist who hits a small girl by mistake with…

Time travel has always captivated us as a concept. Something about venturing beyond the limits of time captures our interest right away. Because there is no real-world application for it…

In Charlie McDowell’s indie home invasion film ‘Windfall,’ nothing goes as planned. Nobody, a thief, has broken into the holiday home of a teach industry mogul in search of the…

‘Deep Water’ offers a very dark, psychological look at a married couple’s crumbling relationship and the unusual means they both use to cope. Vic (Ben Affleck), a moody and affluent…

‘The Novice,’ a psychological thriller film directed by Lauren Hadaway, follows Alex Dall, an incredibly competitive college student who joins her university’s rowing squad. Dall’s unwavering determination to be the…

Cameron Turner (Mahershala Ali), the protagonist of the Apple TV+ sci-fi romance drama ‘Swan Song,’ passes through the five stages of grieving not sequentially but simultaneously after being diagnosed with…

‘Mother/Android’ is a post-apocalyptic sci-fi drama about a pregnant mother and her boyfriend on their survival adventure. The film recounts a couple’s stressful trip through the A.I. humanoids’ stronghold that…

The 2016 action thriller film ‘London Has Fallen,’ directed by Iranian-Swedish director Babak Najafi, packs an explosive punch if you are prepared to take it. After the 2013 film ‘Olympus…

‘The Wasteland,’ also known as ‘El Páramo’ and ‘The Beast,’ is a horror-drama film directed by David Casademunt. It follows Diego, a shy young kid who lives with his mother…

The world is ending, yet no one seems to care. ‘Don’t Look Up’ is a sarcastic but joyful dystopian satirical comedy about everything wrong with civilisation. Despite the crass comic…

The ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2022′ is a respectable addition to the classic slasher genre. The unwitting victims this time are a group of young, urban entrepreneurs trying to create a…

One of the most influential horror film series of all time is ‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.’ The nine films in the series reinvented the slasher cinema genre, from Tobe Hooper’s…

‘Phantom Thread,’ a 2017 romantic drama, explores what it’s like to fall in love with an artist. Set in 1950s London, the film follows famed and eccentric dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock…

‘The Privilege’ (alternatively named ‘Das Privileg’) is a German supernatural horror film about Finn, a youngster traumatized by the death of his elder sister. Finn and his friends start to…

Even if you have no friends, terrible things can happen, but you have strangers to rely on. The 2019 drama film ‘The Kindness of Strangers,’ directed by Danish writer-director Lone…

‘Looop Lapeta,’ a fast-paced Hindi language thriller from Netflix, is an Indian version of the 1998 German thriller ‘Run Lola Run.’ The plot revolves around Savi (Taapsee Pannu), who is…

The 1998 cop thriller ‘The Negotiator,’ directed by legendary director F. Gary Gray, provides a high-octane drama eschewed out of the hostage-taker situation made famous by ‘Dog Day Afternoon.’ Danny…

Scott Hicks directed the 2012 romantic drama film ‘The Lucky One.’ Based on Nicholas Sparks’ namesake novel, the plot centres around Logan and Beth, who fall in love only to…

Shiru AKA Blank, a soul who reincarnates in the body of a deceased high school student named Makoto Kobayashi, is the focus of Amazon Prime Video’s Japanese film ‘Homestay.’ The…

Apple TV+’s teen drama ‘The Sky is Everywhere,’ directed by Josephine Decker, centres around the life of Lennie Walker, who cope with the tragic death of her sister Bailey Walker….

‘Kimi,’ directed by Steven Soderbergh, is a thriller that weaves together aspects of crime, technology, and psychology via the story of Angela, a tech worker. Angela stumbles into proof of…

In the teen rom-com film ‘Tall Girl 2,’ director Emily Ting delivers a festive makeover to a franchise in the making. While paying casual homage to genre classics, the story…

The French-language comedy ‘Bigbug,’ directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, takes a satirical look at the interaction between humans and technology, highlighting every imperfection in this fast-evolving co-dependent ecosystem. The science-fiction film…

Based on Gyeoul’s webtoon ‘Moral Sense,’ Netflix’s South Korean film ‘Love and Leashes’ centers around the Dominant/submissive relationship of Ji-woo and Ji-hoo, who work in a company’s public relations department….

‘AI Love You,’ directed by David Asavanond and Stephan Zlotescu, is a Netflix sci-fi romantic comedy film. It is set in the future and follows Dob, an artificial intelligence (AI)…

The science-fiction romantic film ‘The In Between,’ directed by Arie Posin of ‘The Chumscrubber,’ is, above all, a therapeutic investigation of the effect of bereavement on the human brain. Tessa…

‘Gehraiyaan,’ directed by Shakun Batra, is a Hindi language romantic drama film available on Amazon Prime. It centers on cousins Alisha and Tia, whose already troubled lives are compounded further…