Peter Sobczynski

Peter Sobczynski Auteurist Class (Substack) 4 days ago the kind of movie that you will want to watch again the moment that it ends, partly out of sheer amazement over what you have just seen and partly in order to help absorb some of the things that you might have missed the first time around. Go to Full Review Wildwood (2026) 100% - -

Peter Sobczynski Auteurist Class (Substack) 4 days ago Ultimately, Wicker doesn’t quite “work,” as they say, but even though I don’t think I can fully recommend seeing it, it has enough going for it to make me think that you perhaps ignore what I have said and give it a chance anyway. Go to Full Review Wicker (2026) 94% - -

Peter Sobczynski Auteurist Class (Substack) 4 days ago A Talent for Murder never quite pulls itself together into a completely compelling story but as near-misses go, it is one that nevertheless has a few moments of darkly amusing invention Go to Full Review A Talent for Murder (2026) 78% - -

Peter Sobczynski Auteurist Class (Substack) 4 days ago it gives us a once-great filmmaker, apparently at a loss for any new ideas, reduced to ransacking through his old bag of tricks in a desperate and ultimately bungled attempt to get lightning to strike once again. Go to Full Review Kung Fu Soccer (2026) 0% - -

Peter Sobczynski RogerEbert.com 4 days ago Although ‘Going for Home’ is certainly well-meaning, likable, and crowd-pleasing, it never feels like anything more than a ‘SportsCenter' profile stretched uneasily to 90 minutes. Go to Full Review Going for Home (2026) - - - -

Peter Sobczynski RogerEbert.com 4 days ago The film recounts the events in a way that keeps viewers engaged even if they already know how it turns out, and it even adds a few nice stylistic touches that enhance rather than distract. Go to Full Review - - - -

Peter Sobczynski RogerEbert.com 4 days ago 4/4 But watching Sofia at work, she sees not just a proud parent watching her child create, but a female artist quietly but firmly determined to make her voice heard. Go to Full Review Making Marie Antoinette (2026) 100% - -

Peter Sobczynski Auteurist Class (Substack) 5 days ago the film clearly wants to be the next Joker, but it is so aimless, tedious and ineffective that it almost—“almost,”—makes Joker: Folie a Deux seem borderline tolerable by comparison. Go to Full Review Clayface (2026) 75% - -

Peter Sobczynski Auteurist Class (Substack) Oct 14, 2026 You Can See Everything is a wild, frequently hilarious and often-thoughtful meditation on the very notion of truth presented as a cinematic house of mirrors that always has a new astonishment up its sleeve. Go to Full Review You Can See Everything (2026) 98% - -

Peter Sobczynski Auteurist Class (Substack) Oct 14, 2026 This is ultimately a take that proves to be too safe and staid for its own good and which, in the end, never quite makes the case to justify its existence Go to Full Review Sense and Sensibility (2026) 76% - -

Peter Sobczynski Auteurist Class (Substack) Oct 14, 2026 It could be argued that the film that most accurately captures the madness of the era that we are currently living in is one that was actually made more than a half-century ago. Go to Full Review Ken Russell's The Devils (2026) 98% - -

Peter Sobczynski Auteurist Class (Substack) Oct 14, 2026 Whalefall is a real mess of a movie that yearns to be an inspiring tale of one man’s resilience in the face of isolation and overwhelming odds in the manner of Project Hail Mary but ends up sinking like a stone. Go to Full Review Whalefall (2026) 73% - -

Peter Sobczynski RogerEbert.com Oct 12, 2026 1/4 While the notion of Jackson and Harlin teaming up again may stir some excitement in the hearts of old-school genre fans, even they will struggle to muster enthusiasm. Go to Full Review The Beast (2026) 52% - -

Peter Sobczynski Auteurist Class (Substack) Oct 7, 2026 While Fincher managed to create something for the ages with his film, Sorkin’s is one that will most likely slip from the collective memory as soon as its hard-sell publicity campaign wraps up. Go to Full Review The Social Reckoning (2026) 54% - -

Peter Sobczynski Auteurist Class (Substack) Sep 30, 2026 As films released this year featuring Anne Hathaway as a writer chafing at the constraints of marriage and familial obligations go, this one is slightly less plausible than The End of Oak Street Go to Full Review Verity (2026) 31% - -

Peter Sobczynski Auteurist Class (Substack) Sep 29, 2026 Here is a film that clearly wants to be seen as the Dr. Strangelove for this particular moment in time but fumbles the ball so badly that it doesn’t even qualify as this generation’s Wrong is Right. Go to Full Review Digger (2026) 53% - -

Peter Sobczynski The Spool Sep 27, 2026 Ultimately, Friday the 13th: Jason Takes Manhattan is more wearying than anything else. Go to Full Review Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989) 8% 27%

Peter Sobczynski Auteurist Class (Substack) Sep 25, 2026 It comes mighty close to making Natural Born Killers—another grisly media satire with a wild visual aesthetic—seem borderline subtle by comparison. Go to Full Review Primetime (2026) 86% - -

Peter Sobczynski Auteurist Class (Substack) Sep 23, 2026 It makes for a relatively painless viewing experience, provided you aren’t going into it with particularly elevated expectations. Go to Full Review The Love Hypothesis (2026) 73% - -

Peter Sobczynski Auteurist Class (Substack) Sep 23, 2026 That said, my guess is that even those who do like Heart of the Beast are going to come away from it remembering the dog far more than the film itself. Go to Full Review Heart of the Beast (2026) 85% - -