Film reviews
I review films from an editor's chair — what the cut is doing, why a scene lands or doesn't, and whether the thing is worth your evening. Every review here has a video version too.
Watch on YouTube →2025 · Contains spoilers
Sinners
Coogler is in total control, and the score is the best part
Coogler's most controlled film yet, with Göransson's best score. No complaints whatsoever — and see it in IMAX.
2024
Smile 2
Smile 2 is the sequel I didn't want and now can't stop thinking about
One of the best horror films of the year. I went in convinced Smile didn't need a sequel and came out desperate for Smile 3.
2024
Joker: Folie à Deux
Not the best film of the year. Maybe the most interesting.
Not the best film of the year, but quite possibly the most interesting — and I went back a second time to be sure.
2024 · Contains spoilers
The Beekeeper
Stupid, gory, and better directed than it needed to be
A gleefully dumb revenge picture that happens to be properly directed. Ayer's best since Fury, weak plot and all.
2024 · Contains spoilers
Night Swim
Good underwater shots, nothing else worth saving
The direction and the underwater camerawork are genuinely good. The writing, the characters and the acting are not.