Hot Frosty

One evening, when small-town widow Kathy Barrett (Lacey Chabert) puts a red scarf on a muscular sculpted snowman, he magically comes alive. That title (and a few shots of a…

Gladiator II

After a Roman attack on North Africa, led by general Marcus Acacius (Pedro Pascal), Hanno (Paul Mescal) is captured and brought to Rome where he becomes a gladiator… just like…

Heretic

When two Mormon missionaries (Sophie Thatcher, Chloe East) knock on the door of a house belonging to a friendly Englishman (Hugh Grant), they have no idea what they’re in for.…

Thelma

When 93-year-old Thelma Post (June Squibb) falls victim to a scam, she employs the help of an old friend (Richard Roundtree) with a scooter and tries to track down the…

The Swedish Torpedo

Coming on the heels of other, better films portraying stubborn women who caused headlines by swimming across great distances (Nyad, Young Woman and the Sea), this one creates a fictitious…

Anora: Chasing Vanya

Mark Eydelshteyn and Mikey Madison. Photo: Neon The day after watching this film as part of the opening of this year’s Stockholm Film Festival, I was telling a co-worker about…

Club Zero

A teacher (Mia Wasikowska) arrives at an elite boarding school where she teaches the teenagers to be mindful of their diet, secretly encouraging them to stop eating altogether. Jessica Hausner…

Garbo: Leave Me Alone

A documentary that tries to capture the essence and mystery of one of the great screen icons. Tracing Greta Garbo’s beginnings in Sweden working as a salesgirl, then traveling to…

Occupied City

This documentary had the potential to become something great. Steve McQueen adapted his Dutch wife Bianca Stigter’s book that chronicled the war years in Amsterdam, creating a comprehensive guide to…

The Boys in the Band

In 1968, a group of gay men gather at Michael’s (Jim Parsons) apartment for a birthday party, but a surprise guest is also on his way. Some critics found this…