A consensus of some sort had formed around Aaron Sorkin: that he is a good writer but a bad director. Well, after being afforded more opportunities than most, he has now proven that he can also be a bad writer.
Resident Evil (2026) – Movie Review
You’re in for a great time at the movies! (And for more than a little bit of stress and anguish, but we’ll get to that) If you’ve never played any of the many Resident Evil games -some of which are good- or seen any of the many previous Resident Evil movies -none of which are good- you’re in luck because Zach Cregger’s otherwise great horror comedy has precious little connection to the franchise.
Digger (2026) – Movie Review
Digger’s position in the zeitgeist calls for a level of hyperbole that I am unable to muster: being a massive box office bomb (the most boring way there is to talk about movies) by an auteur, a lot of people have rushed to paint it as an unwatchable disaster, which prompted others to defend Alejandro González Iñárritu as a visionary whose work will be reappraised as genius in the future.
La Bola Negra (2026) – Movie Review
I was transported by how alive La Bola Negra feels, how full it is of passion and vim.
Leviticus (2026) – Movie Review
Leviticus follows The Backrooms and Obsession in a number of ways; for starters, in being the first feature film of a young director (Adrian Chiarella), finding unexpected critical and commercial success on a shoestring budget, or the one that interests me more: making good horror with a compelling allegory that nevertheless operates on only one level, the surface.
Living the Land (2026) – Movie Review
Living the Land is extremely slow and a tad too long, so it’s not for everyone, but I found it to be deeply moving, with a beauty both aesthetic and thematic.
Mother Mary (2026) – Movie Review
This theatrical drama about a tortured pop star and her estranged friend didn’t quite work for me.
Blue Heron (2026) – Movie Review
There is an interesting convergence between films like Aftersun, My Father’s Shadow, and this Blue Heron, where young filmmakers are using movies to interrogate their own childhoods after the loss of a loved one.
The Odyssey (2026) – Movie Review
The Odyssey is the definitive showcase both of everything Christopher Nolan does best and of all his weaknesses as a writer and as a director.
The Furious (2026) – Movie Review
You could choose any single fight in this movie and it would exemplify all the tenets of good action filmmaking: talented stunt performers, insane choreography, long, unbroken takes that let the action speak for itself, characterization through fighting style, exploiting the set piece, raising the stakes… That single fight that you chose would be the highlight of any Hollywood blockbuster, but here there are literally dozens of them.
