More from Jon Frosch
Hollywood Reporter Critics Pick the 10 Best Films of 2025 So Far
Faves from the first half of the year include a bracing take on the New York rom-com, an intimate John Lennon doc and a Steven Soderbergh-helmed ghost story.
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Gay Kink, Godard (Via Linklater) and German Girlhood: THR’s Critics Pick the 20 Best Films of Cannes 2025
The new Spike Lee joint, an inventive Brazilian political thriller and a Scandinavian family drama spiked with humor were among other standouts from the world's pre-eminent film festival.
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‘The Little Sister’ Review: Coming-of-Age Drama About a French Muslim’s Lesbian Awakening Is a Low-Key Stunner
In Hafsia Herzi's Cannes competition entry, newcomer Nadia Melliti plays a teenager struggling to reconcile her religious convictions with her burgeoning sexuality.
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The 20 Sexiest TV Shows of All Time, Ranked
Just in time for the 'White Lotus' withdrawal and the post-'Dying for Sex' drought, THR critics rank the hottest television series to ever set the small screen a-sizzle.
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THR Critics Pick the 15 Best Films of Sundance 2025
A sexy gay cruising thriller, an all-too-timely drama about post-wildfire recovery and a shocking doc about U.S. prisons are among our critics’ faves from the fest.
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‘Sorry, Baby’ Review: Eva Victor’s Feature Debut Is a Frank, Funny and Tender Spin on the Female ‘Traumedy’
Victor also wrote and stars — alongside Naomi Ackie and Lucas Hedges — in this Sundance-premiering film about a young New England academic gradually recovering from a sexual assault.
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Hollywood Reporter Critics Pick the Best Films of 2024
A heady rush of romantic addiction, a transcendent reflection on community, a searing refugee drama and an empathetic portrait of fury rank among THR film reviewers' favorites of the year.
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THR Critics Pick the Best Films From the Fall Festivals
An ambitious American immigrant saga, Nicole Kidman’s steamy erotic thriller, an intimate John Lennon doc and a trippy Luca Guadagnino-Daniel Craig collaboration are among our reviewers’ 15 faves out of Venice, Telluride and Toronto.
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‘Hard Truths’ Review: Marianne Jean-Baptiste Delivers a Virtuosic Turn in Mike Leigh’s Searing Study of a Woman at War With the World
The actress reunites with her 'Secrets & Lies' director, playing a woman whose anger issues alienate her from her family.
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TIFF 2024: Read THR’s Reviews of the Movies Screening at the Toronto Film Festival (Updating)
The Hollywood Reporter critics weigh in on this year’s crop of titles, from biopics to documentaries, sweeping epics to intimate character studies, tear-jerking dramas to laugh-out-loud comedies.
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A Trans Drug Kingpin, Masturbating Zombies and Emma Stone: THR’s Critics Pick the 20 Best Films of Cannes 2024
A Danish drama about an unwanted pregnancy, a portrait of two nurses chasing romance in Mumbai and a Corsican mafia thriller are among other standouts from the world's pre-eminent film festival.
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‘Ghost Trail’ Review: A Tense, Terrifically Acted Thriller About Syrian Exiles in France
Premiering in Cannes' Critics' Week sidebar, Jonathan Millet's film stars Adam Bessa as a Syrian refugee tasked with tracking down his former torturer.
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