FILM REVIEW: KNIGHTS OF SWING
Formulaic band-making-good period piece is inoffensive but overlong.
STREAMING REVIEW: UNCONFORMITY
Geologist meets rancher in the desert, and it’s best when not much ensues.
FILM REVIEW: IT CAME UPON A MIDNIGHT CLEAR
A riff on Scream with a Santa killer is ultimately more amateur than inspired.
FILM REVIEW: HAPPY FKN SUNSHINE
Profanity-laden Canadian comedy deftly balances gloom and giggles
FILM REVIEW: AN AMERICAN BALLET STORY
The story of the Harkness Ballet unfortunately sidesteps the more colorful details for dry exposition.
Luke Y. Thompson’s 15 Favorite Films of 2022
From animation to old age, ocelots, and axolotls, these were the highlights of the year.
FILM REVIEW: YOU RESEMBLE ME
The biopic of a real-life alleged terrorist is best when it veers away from strictly factual reenactment
FILM REVIEW: MURDER, ANYONE?
Self-referential comedy about scriptwriting feels like an overlong improv sketch gone wrong.
FILM REVIEW – THE DIVINE PROTECTOR: MASTER SALT BEGINS
The Japanese cult Happy Science tries to start a faith-based franchise all its own
FILM REVIEW: 8:37 REBIRTH
Two Canadians linked by a childhood crime try to lose themselves in their individual obsessions