10. Eighth Grade I put off seeing Eighth Grade for much of the year because, put simply, I’m not a fan of Bo Burnham. His work as a standup, while undeniably smart, mostly struck me as fatiguingly self-referential and apparently...
In his follow-up to the Oscar-winning film A Fantastic Woman, director Sebastián Lelio delivers another powerful performance-based film in his English-language debut. His camera’s adoration for his players allows for incredibly impactful moments, even when some of the storytelling can...
Action comedies in which workaday schlubs wade unwittingly into life-or-death situations are a dime a dozen these days and it’s easy to see why — a fish-out-of-water story with unusually high stakes makes for easy laughs. John Francis Daley and...