Director's Club

Jim Laczkowski Director's Club Oct 20, 2026 5/5 You Can See Everything stands apart by refusing to provide closure or certitude. It's a film about the characters we create for ourselves, the stories we tell about those characters, and the impossibility of ever truly knowing another person Go to Full Review You Can See Everything (2026) 98% - -

Jim Laczkowski Director's Club Aug 28, 2026 4/5 A delightful experience from beginning to end; made with genuine affection for its source material while uncovering real, honest things to say about the corporate world. Go see Coyote Vs. Acme, it deserves your support now more than ever! Go to Full Review Coyote vs. Acme (2026) 96% - -

Jim Laczkowski Director's Club Aug 17, 2026 5/5 One of the great independent films of the 80s—a work of genuine artistry that takes the breakdown of one’s psyche seriously and finds profound truth in the stories we tell about damaged women and the haunted landscapes of religious America. Go to Full Review Vengeance Is Mine (1984) - - - -

Jim Laczkowski Director's Club Aug 17, 2026 4.5/5 This gets under your skin and takes up residence there, reshaping how we think about hunger, sexual identity, and the strange, seductive power of the movies that we love. It's my favorite film of 2026 so far. Go to Full Review Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026) 94% - -

Jim Laczkowski Director's Club May 28, 2026 4.5/5 The performances are exceptional. The production design deserves all the attention it deserves. And my praise is only scratching the surface in terms of what it all means thematically when it comes to mental health management and treatment. Go to Full Review Backrooms (2026) 86% - -

Jim Laczkowski Director's Club Feb 20, 2026 4/5 One of the year's best love stories is sexy, layered with a queer romance that is refreshing and relatable. Go to Full Review Pillion (2025) 99% - -

Jim Laczkowski Director's Club Feb 20, 2026 3/5 Way too long and not satisfying from beginning to end, but there are reasons to find this audacious and wildly entertaining especially thanks to Rockwell. It's messy but in ways that I found to be engaging especially on an intellectual level. Go to Full Review Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die (2025) 82% - -

Jim Laczkowski Director's Club Feb 20, 2026 3/5 Holland is the reason to see this. Wish it was stronger and more impactful as a whole but there are insights that still make it relevant. It's a compelling, handsome film with a great lead and genuine moments of power. Go to Full Review The Dutchman (2025) 67% - -

Jim Laczkowski Director's Club Jan 28, 2026 3.5/5 Deepfaking Sam Altman works best as a thought experiment about our relationship with technology and why we’re so eager to embrace new forms of connection, even artificial ones. A compelling conversation stimulator to say the least. Go to Full Review Deepfaking Sam Altman (2025) 93% - -

Jim Laczkowski Director's Club Oct 29, 2025 4.5/5 One of the year's best films; a documentary I won't stop thinking about any time soon. A meditation on ethics, true crime’s popularity, and America’s preference for punishment over rehabilitation, for spectacle over understanding and compassion. Riveting Go to Full Review Predators (2025) 97% - -

Jim Laczkowski Director's Club Oct 29, 2025 2.5/5 Unbanked offers an intriguing, if somewhat one-sided and simplified, glimpse into what might be the future of money. It could've been less biased and taken a more unconventional approach but it's a decent entry point into a complicated concept. Go to Full Review Unbanked (2025) - - - -

Jim Laczkowski Director's Club Sep 25, 2025 5/5 Living in this country feels like fighting one battle after another. PTA made a crackerjack of an action comedy at a time of extreme anxiety, huge changes in my life and made it in a way that only he could accomplish. The cast is perfect, so is the film. Go to Full Review One Battle After Another (2025) 94% - -

Jim Laczkowski Director's Club Aug 17, 2025 4.5/5 One of the year's best films is a remarkable music documentary about an artist that meant so much to me, it's hard to express it all here in a review. This film shows that our love of music, of the arts, of people like Jeff Buckley, is truly, never over. Go to Full Review It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley (2025) 99% - -

Jim Laczkowski Director's Club Jul 27, 2025 4/5 One of the year's best. Michael Shanks' debut arrives as one of the year's most unsettling examinations of toxic attachment, wrapped in a nasty packaging of Yuzna-esque effects that will leave everyone both laughing and squirming in equal measure. Go to Full Review Together (2025) 89% - -

Jim Laczkowski Director's Club Jul 27, 2025 3.5/5 Surprisingly fantastic thanks to the cast and Shakman's vision. Haven't enjoyed a comic book movie this much in a while, probably because this one isn't an exposition bot / origin story / connected to a million other shows to where it's enjoyed on its own Go to Full Review The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025) 86% - -

Jim Laczkowski Director's Club Jul 27, 2025 3/5 Runs out of steam but I laughed quite hard & often. Channels the early manic energy of Zucker Abrahams Zucker through a distinctly absurdist cartoonish lens. It's wildly silly and has an underwhelming final act but still recommending for the ambition. Go to Full Review AJ Goes to the Dog Park (2024) 80% - -

Jim Laczkowski Director's Club Jul 27, 2025 3.5/5 Nicola Rose uses Maggie's unique perception as a metaphor for the teenage experience of feeling like an outsider. Even if you don't share the condition, you'll be able to connect to her particular struggle and the trepidation she experiences among peers. Go to Full Review Magnetosphere (2024) 100% - -

Jim Laczkowski Director's Club Jul 19, 2025 3/5 The film wants credit for depicting narcissistic attitudes and the political divide during the pandemic without taking a clear stance, resulting in a work that feels morally unsound. It'll generate discussion but it also becomes muddled and confused. Go to Full Review Eddington (2025) 69% - -

Jim Laczkowski Director's Club Jul 4, 2025 4.5/5 One of the best films of 2025 so far, an experimental time-capsule documentary that truly showcases humanity at its most honest, vulnerable and revealing. A reminder that we are all passengers and our stories matter more than we might realize. Go to Full Review Passengers (2025) 100% - -

Jim Laczkowski Director's Club May 10, 2025 4/5 Brother Verses Brother is ultimately a meditation on family, mortality, and the healing power of organic, artistic expression. The Gold brothers' journey culminates in a moving finale that feels earned despite the film's structural limitations. Go to Full Review Brother Verses Brother (2025) 100% - -