What perhaps is most surprising about Tony, a coming-of-age story about a summer in the life of future chef, travel writer, and TV host Anthony Bourdain, is how little it leans into his eventual legend. Instead, Tony is a broadly appealing coming-of-age film about a cocky, aimless college student...
The End of Oak Street has an inspired premise: After a mysterious, lightning-filled storm, a 1980s suburban neighborhood finds its few square blocks plopped like a round core sample into the Jurassic Era. The neighborhood’s outer edge opens onto swampy, steamy jungle filled with dinosaurs big and small, who,...
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, on the surface, may be sold as a cheeky tribute to 80s slasher films, but if you’ve ever seen any of director Jane Schoenbrun’s other films (like the acclaimed I Saw the TV Glow), you know to expect the, well, unexpected. I...
Since his last outing (the wildly entertaining Spider-Man: No Way Home), Peter Parker (Tom Holland) is now dealing with the consequences of his poorly thought-out idea from the last film: asking Doctor Strange to make everyone—and I mean everyone—forget about him. We catch up with Peter living alone in...
It was a little bit of a surprise when Christopher Nolan announced that his follow-up to his Oscar-winning Oppenheimer would be an adaptation of the O.G. epic story that has influenced countless tales since its (roughly) 8th-century BC origin. Homer’s The Odyssey told of Odysseus, the King of Ithaca,...
In a twisted way, an exorcism is a version of conversion therapy, driving out the evil that has possessed an individual. Invert that idea, and you have the premise of this thriller, in which well-meaning religious leaders actually invite demonic possession to “cure” teenagers of their queer identities. The...
There’s a lot happening in Disclosure Day, so much so that Steven Spielberg drops the audience straight into what feels like the second act. It’s a bit disorienting. I happened to see a matinee of the film the same weekend a certain president was holding a UFC event on...
It’s a wrap! Here are my final reviews for the 2026 festival. Hopefully you’ll be able to catch most of these films streaming or at a theater near you… Phoenix Jones: The Rise and Fall of a Real Life Superhero (6/8) I remember those days around 2011–12 when a...
The most rewarding films can educate, inform, and even transform your way of thinking. The Life We Leave (8/8) When Washington state became the first state to allow human composting in 2019, many scoffed or cringed at the idea. Me? I thought the idea sounded fantastic, and friends were...
Through radio waves, live music, and mathematical loopholes, the folks profiled in these documentaries refused to think small. RADIOHEART: The Drive and Times of DJ Kevin Cole (7/8) I’ve long been a fan of Seattle KEXP DJ Kevin Cole, whose warm, knowledgeable presence on the radio has made him...
Growing up means seeing the world differently. Sometimes that awakening is painful. Sometimes the unfamiliar becomes exactly what you needed. Amrum (7/8) Twelve-year-old Nanning (Jasper Billerbeck) is a summer resident of the dune-swept northern German island of Amrum, a patch of land so small that an aerial shot of...
One thing that keeps me going back to the movies is that every now and then, I see something so creatively presented that it completely changes my perspective. These films all pushed the boundaries of cinematic storytelling in unique ways. Hen (8/8) This is definitely the pullet-surprise of the...
