More from Leslie Felperin
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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‘Heads or Tails?’ Review: John C. Reilly Plays Buffalo Bill in a Wacky Italy-Set Western With Ambition to Burn
Premiering in the Un Certain Regard strand at Cannes, the latest from directors Matteo Zoppis and Alessio Rigo de Righi also features Nadia Tereszkiewicz and Alessandro Borghi.
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‘A Useful Ghost’ Review: Dead Spirits Inhabit the Appliances of Their Living Loved Ones in a Delightfully Absurd Thai Sex Comedy
Writer-director Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke's comedy-drama premiered in Cannes' Critics' Week strand.
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‘Peak Everything’ Review: Piper Perabo Headlines a Cute Canadian Rom-Com Imbued With Very Timely Anxieties
Premiering in Cannes' Directors' Fortnight sidebar and co-starring Patrick Hivon, Anne Emond's film explores how dread over climate change affects even the happy accident of falling in love.
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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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‘Coexistence, My Ass!’ Review: Israeli Comedian Makes for a Compelling Guide to the Middle East Mess in Engaging Doc
Amber Fares' doc follows Israeli comedian Noam Shuster Eliassi as she grapples with the escalation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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‘The Librarians’ Review: A Powerful Documentary About American Book Bans — and the Heroes Who Battle Them
Kim A. Snyder's film spotlights the librarians on the front line of the culture war waged by right-wingers in certain American states.
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‘Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore’ Review: A Vibrant Documentary Portrait of a Trailblazer
Shoshannah Stern's doc features extensive interviews with Matlin and covers, among many things, the abuse she alleges she suffered at the hands of William Hurt.
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‘Paddington in Peru’ Review: Olivia Colman in a Charming-Enough Threequel That Struggles To Live up to Its Predecessors
Dougal Wilson directs the latest installment in the family-friendly franchise, with Ben Whishaw once again voicing its curious ursine hero.
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‘Blitz’ Review: Saoirse Ronan in Steve McQueen’s Admirably Crafted but Overly Clichéd Tribute to London’s Survival in World War II
The Apple TV+ dramatic feature centers on a young boy and his mother trying to find their way back to one another amid the bombing of the city.
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‘My Eternal Summer’ Review: A Danish Tearjerker Brought to Life in Poignant, Unsentimental Detail
Director Sylvia Le Fanu's feature debut chronicles an ailing mother's final weeks, as seen through the eyes of her 15-year-old teenage daughter over an eventful family vacation.
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‘When Fall Is Coming’ Review: François Ozon Crafts a Darkly Funny French Drama Worth Savoring
A retiree with a complicated past finds her relationship with her disapproving daughter and darling grandson derailed by an accident involving poison mushrooms.
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