In The Souvenir, life is imitating art, and it's painful, messy, and all-consuming.

Wes Anderson's latest film, The French Dispatch, makes an argument for the continued relevancy of short films.

The film should be a starring vehicle for Jane the Virgin's Gina Rodriguez, Yet the direction by Mark Raso feels incomplete.

Not only is it a missed opportunity, but the misleading marketing for the film enticed audiences with the 'based on a true story' line.

While it's easy to point holes in the film's logic, the actors here make the almost two-hour film engaging and believable.

this is Mortal Kombat, and for infrequent gamers like myself, I was pleasantly surprised at how the sequences are captured.

By the film's end, you might wonder how easily you could be fooled into falling for one of these outlandish hidden camera moments.

Rosamund Pike is deliciously cast as the evil Marla Grayson, who not just gets her comeuppance but fights until the very last moments.

It's a remarkable film about loss and the circular motion of grief. There's a sense that this woman is lost but extremely capable

Supernova is, perhaps, the most romantic film of this past year.

Wild Mountain Thyme had all the elements for a romantic comedy, but the composition, ultimately, is tonally messy.

Minari is a film about a family moving into their next chapter and the fears that come with not just a new home but a new life.

Malcolm & Marie is another example of sam Levinson's pristine visual style capturing illuminating confrontations.

The film is at once a celebration of reclaiming your power and a course correction when becoming disengaged with life.

The film's triumph is taking the single, over twenty-minute, take, expertly captured by Cinematographer Benjamin Loeb.

Sylvie's Love is unapologetically concerned with romance, and creating an old Hollywood style lusciousness for this couple.

King manages to play into the reunion of these men, and the tension from what they all know is their subsequent separation.

What might've been an engaging tale of survival is instead a mix of two storylines, one in space and one on Earth, that seldom connect.

Over the Moon serves as a guide for young kids and adults alike in dealing with grief and learning how to move on.

The direction here is critical, and George C. Wolfe ensures that the dialogue is compelling without detracting from performances.