Young CriticAmerican Fiction
The publishing satire is a comedic and dramatic triumph The Black experience has often been enclosed in a space of exploitation and trauma that seems to delight white audiences. Be it slave stories, crime, or other ways
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Young CriticRebel Moon: Part 1 - Child of Fire
Zack Snyder's space epic is a barrage of exposition and slow-motion Zack Snyder’s jump from Warner Bros. to Netflix seems to have allowed him to deliver on the ambitious stories he’d been restrained from telling. We firs
Young CriticWonka
The "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" prequel is sweet if hollow Original films are increasingly rare in the studio system, as confidence in new stories wanes in favor of existing IP. As such we are getting a barrage o
Young CriticMaestro
Bradley Cooper's sophmore directing effort is a crowning achievement Despite being an action star, romantic lead, and celebrated performer, Bradley Cooper is quickly transitioning into becoming one of the most unique dir
Young CriticSilent Night
John Woo's return to American cinema is a worryingly shortsighted action flick John Woo has taken a 20 year break from Hollywood, having brought his cinematic action style to 1990s America from Hong Kong. This revolution
Young CriticPoor Things
Emma Stone delivers a career high in Yorgos Lanthimos' latest Yorgos Lanthimos is a director that has quickly instituted a style of absurdism in his films; donning a mocking and goofy attitude in his narrative, yet havin
Young CriticEileen
William Oldroyd's psychological thriller is misguided in its third act The psychological thriller is a difficult genre to inhabit. One must build a slow tension and foreboding using only emotion and intention instead of
Young CriticDream Scenario
Nicolas Cage's latest delivers an intriguing and refreshingly original film Nicolas Cage has recently used his star power to shine the light on daring up and coming filmmakers, bringing truly original ideas to the screen
Young CriticMay December
Todd Haynes' latest brings a complicated exploration of guilt and exploitation Romantic age gaps have been exploited in film until very recently. Woody Allen was famous for placing himself or surrogate older characters a
Young CriticSaltburn
Emerald Fennell's sophomore film is boldly captivating With Emerald Fennel bursting onto the directing scene with Promising Young Woman (2020), it was inevitable for an immense anticipation for her sophomore follow-up to
Young CriticNext Goal Wins
Taika Waititi's predictable sports film is weighed down by too many jokes Taika Waititi has deftly flitted between multiple mediums in a short amount of time, he’s quietly become a TV mogul, heralding three shows at the
Young CriticNapoleon
Ridley Scott's take on the historical character is technically astounding if narratively shallow Apple Studios seem to be one of the few still shelling out big money for the type of cinematic epics that have gone the way
Young CriticThe Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
The Hunger Games prequel is constrained by its format The Hunger Games films were a massive success for Lionsgate released concurrently with the Twilight and Divergent franchises. However, as the former ended and the la
Young CriticThe Holdovers
Alexander Payne's latest is a heartwarming and irresistible new holiday classic Nostalgia is easy to create in movies; you put up some musical queues and reference popular culture of the time and you instantly have viewe
Young CriticThe Marvels
The latest from Marvel is its most generic yet The Marvel Cinematic Universe is sorely lost. The pioneering “shared universe” idea that found individual films build upon a larger interconnected story (a structure stolen
Young CriticPriscilla
Sofia Coppola's latest brings a more complex take on the famous relationship Despite growing older, Sofia Coppola has retained the ability to capture the perspective of adolescent girls. From her breakout in The Virgin S
Young CriticThe Killer
David Fincher's latest revels in the procedural precision of an assassin David Fincher is one of the few storytellers who is able to make you root for unabashed villains, from Frank Underwood in House of Cards (2013-2018
Young CriticKillers of the Flower Moon
Martin Scorsese delivers a great take on the American tragedy Many films have tried to capture the “essence of America” and arguably a few have been able to, from The Godfather (1972), to The Will Be Blood (2007), or Do
Young CriticThe Exorcist: Believer
David Gordon Green brings his bland horror take to the Exorcist franchise next The Exorcist (1973) was the first horror film to break through as a blockbuster and critical success, becoming the highest grossing movie of
Young CriticTaylor Swift: The Eras Tour
Swift's concert film delivers one of the cinematic experiences of the year Taylor Swift has become not only a cultural phenomenon, but true force of nature, taking the world by storm with her recent billion-dollar grossi
Young CriticStrange Way of Life
Almodovar's second English-language short is a bold foray into a new genre The natural path for many cinematic artists is shorts to TV to film, albeit the path has somewhat changed in the last decade to shorts to film to
Young CriticThe Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Wes Anderson's first in a series of Roald Dahl shorts is him at his best Despite a seeming set style and tone in his filmmaking, Wes Anderson has proved adept at flitting between film forms. He’s been incredibly successf
Young CriticDumb Money
Craig Gillespie's adaptation of the GameStop craze is hilariously comprehensive The GameStop stock craze of 2021 was a frenzy that was ripe for satire and comedy, yet few thought there would be a cinematic biopsy so soon
Young CriticA Haunting in Venice
Branagh's third iteration of Hercule Poirot continues to yield solid results Kenneth Branagh is quietly one of the most versatile and prolific directors of the last few decades. Starting in Shakespeare and moving into su