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Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review 4 days ago 2.5/4 The film captures the spirit of Highsmith, to be sure, but it never quite pulls off more than a knowing imitation. Go to Full Review A Talent for Murder (2026) 78% - -

Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review 4 days ago 1/4 There’s little substance to cling to, only shots of silence interrupted by inane dialogue that seems desperate to capture the meaning of life. Go to Full Review Morelife (2026) - - - -

Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review 4 days ago 3/4 King relays her story in a manner that aligns with the format of so many biographical docs that it risks feeling banal, except she’s such a fascinating and engaging presence onscreen that you can’t look away. Go to Full Review Give Me the Ball! (2026) 100% - -

Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review 5 days ago 3.5/4 The Lair of the White Worm is a curious aberration, with writer-director Ken Russell applying his delicious brand of maximalist excess to a hybrid of Gothic and folk horror. Go to Full Review The Lair of the White Worm (1988) 68% 47%

Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review 5 days ago 4/4 Mungiu thoughtfully warns against single-minded political structures of any kind, and he yearns for compassion toward other cultures—and households. Go to Full Review Fjord (2026) 91% - -

Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review 6 days ago 2/4 Klara and the Sun tries way too hard to melt our hearts, and its persistence, somewhat fittingly, comes off as synthetic and hollow. Go to Full Review Klara and the Sun (2026) 25% - -

Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Oct 20, 2026 3.5/4 Wildwood is remarkable from scene to scene, even when it’s exploring thoroughly mapped territory. Go to Full Review Wildwood (2026) 100% - -

Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Oct 20, 2026 2.5/4 Fairy tales often take the form of lessons, yet they seldom leave room for in-depth characters or backstories, which means Wicker tends to draw out cold appreciation rather than impassioned engagement. Go to Full Review Wicker (2026) 94% - -

Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Oct 19, 2026 3.5/4 Turturro’s performance is masterfully understated and a testament to his screen presence. Go to Full Review The Only Living Pickpocket in New York (2026) 97% - -

Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Oct 19, 2026 3/4 It boasts some memorable bloody kills, a stirring performance from Woll, and novel ideas about werewolf mythology that promise this genre mashup will be remembered. Go to Full Review The Cycle (2026) 94% - -

Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Oct 17, 2026 2.5/4 There’s a kind of viewer who will embrace how Anwar can leap from one extreme to the next without needing a strong narrative throughline, who will appreciate how he’s willing to stuff Ghost in the Cell with so much. This time, anyway, that wasn’t me. Go to Full Review Ghost in the Cell (2026) 94% - -

Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Oct 15, 2026 3.5/4 McDonagh has made another disarmingly funny and sneakily profound film, adding to a career of features that earn our investment with laughs and fine acting from talented performers, and then disquiet us with a sobering dose of emotional reality. Go to Full Review Wild Horse Nine (2026) 93% - -

Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Oct 15, 2026 4/4 Thoughtfully blending genre tropes and connecting them to modern sociopolitical concerns, Wheatley’s disturbing classic is among the twenty-first century’s finest works of folk horror. Go to Full Review Kill List (2011) 79% 58%

Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Oct 14, 2026 2/4 The premise and performances in Whalefall have potential, but the screenplay’s manner of solving each problem with convenient flashbacks is so patterned and uninspired that it neutralizes the movie’s dramatic possibilities. Go to Full Review Whalefall (2026) 73% - -

Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Oct 13, 2026 4/4 A riveting, maddeningly evasive film that experiments with the boundaries of documentary, You Can See Everything is one of the year's best Go to Full Review You Can See Everything (2026) 98% - -

Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Oct 12, 2026 3.5/4 The film is essential for everyone to see. Go to Full Review Musk (2026) 96% - -

Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Oct 8, 2026 2/4 Sure, it’s marred by LaBute’s arch discussion of polarized gender dynamics, bizarre decisions from the cast, and an unearned self-seriousness. But it deserves more consideration than mere dismissal. Go to Full Review The Wicker Man (2006) 15% 17%

Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Oct 8, 2026 1.5/4 Save for "Dance, Dance, Dance, Dance," the usual mixed-bag quality of the V/H/S series is at its worst here, reaching the lows of the franchise’s most forgettable entries Go to Full Review V/H/S/MIXTAPE (2026) 48% - -

Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Oct 7, 2026 3/4 It’s a sturdy production, just not the kind of era-defining cinema that David Fincher delivered with the original. Go to Full Review The Social Reckoning (2026) 54% - -

Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review Oct 1, 2026 4/4 Its true subject is less about the enmity between paganism and Christianity specifically than the terrifying certainty of faith itself. That theme has lost none of its power or relevance since the film’s 1973 release. Go to Full Review The Wicker Man (1973) 92% 82%