The Rapidian

Joshua Polanski The Rapidian Oct 21, 2026 The problem is ... [there is only one] tool in the toolkit for Fielder and Oppenheim as they are seduced by their own game. And once you see through this formal myopia, you see everything. Go to Full Review You Can See Everything (2026) 96% - -

Joshua Polanski The Rapidian Oct 21, 2026 Musk is less of a biographical exposé of a real-life Icarus flying too close to the sun than it is a (mostly) live-action documentary dramatization of a comic book villain come to life. Go to Full Review Musk (2026) 96% - -

Joshua Polanski The Rapidian Sep 15, 2026 A beautifully preposterous foray into science fiction. Go to Full Review Hope (2026) 80% - -

Joshua Polanski The Rapidian Aug 26, 2026 Colony is the second-best zombie film Yeon Sang-ho has made thus far. And that may not sound like the most urgent praise, but it is also just the second-best zombie film. Go to Full Review Colony (2026) 81% - -

Joshua Polanski The Rapidian Aug 17, 2026 Contemporary cinema’s greatest humanist has turned a Roomba into a stoic boy. Go to Full Review Sheep in the Box (2026) 43% - -

Joshua Polanski The Rapidian Aug 3, 2026 It’s ambitious, stylish, and a must-see debut film. Go to Full Review Fucktoys (2025) 97% - -

Joshua Polanski The Rapidian Jul 23, 2026 A surprisingly brisk 90 minutes, the pickleball comedy embraces the quirky and shows no shame in doing it. Something is empowering about its chutzpah to unabashedly be a little dorky. Go to Full Review The Dink (2026) 76% - -

Joshua Polanski The Rapidian Jul 20, 2026 For a film that makes much of the pillaging and colonizing "sea people," Nolan’s "The Odyssey" shamefully reveals itself as just a belligerent, poetic foot soldier for the coming sea people. Go to Full Review The Odyssey (2026) 94% - -

Joshua Polanski The Rapidian Jun 26, 2026 Leviticus still vigorously illustrates how the outside world teaches gay men to be fearful of who they are and whom they want to love. Go to Full Review Leviticus (2026) 92% - -

Joshua Polanski The Rapidian Jun 26, 2026 [Girls Like Girls] shows the hand of a filmmaker reared on music videos: overly dramatic acting to the point of silliness, an onslaught of close-ups, zippy edits and details that add depth but leave strings untied. Go to Full Review Girls Like Girls (2026) 88% - -

Joshua Polanski The Rapidian Jun 15, 2026 Disclosure Day is a boomer’s hopeful, naive dream in the power of moving image-based media. Go to Full Review Disclosure Day (2026) 79% - -

Joshua Polanski The Rapidian May 26, 2026 I Love Boosters is a special film from a filmmaker we ought to treasure—not just because of his artistic merits but because of the way he leverages his art to fight for a better world. Go to Full Review I Love Boosters (2026) 91% - -

Joshua Polanski The Rapidian Apr 27, 2026 [David] Lowery doesn’t give easy answers, and that’s part of what makes the film special. Go to Full Review Mother Mary (2026) 69% - -

Joshua Polanski The Rapidian Mar 24, 2026 Just like the prayerful title, Project Hail Mary is incredibly optimistic. Go to Full Review Project Hail Mary (2026) 95% - -

Joshua Polanski The Rapidian Jan 29, 2026 The violence of history never becomes a dramatic spectacle; it stays a tragedy. Go to Full Review All That's Left of You (2025) 100% - -

Joshua Polanski The Rapidian Dec 30, 2025 This self-restraint is alien to our present culture of instant gratification, and it’s also a lesson we could always hear again: we don’t always know what is best for ourselves. Go to Full Review Stalker (1979) 100% 92%

Joshua Polanski The Rapidian Oct 29, 2025 His bird attacks invite an array of valid interpretations, and anyone can well garner new theories ready to be applied to the classic. That’s the genius of the film: they all work and none of them work at the same time. Go to Full Review The Birds (1963) 96% 83%

Joshua Polanski The Rapidian Sep 30, 2025 Maybe the personification of the crisis makes it easier to empathize. It also neutralizes the film’s ability to galvanize. Go to Full Review One Battle After Another (2025) 94% - -

Joshua Polanski The Rapidian Aug 28, 2025 Ne Zha 2 is the closest thing to The Lord of the Rings since Return of the King in its sprawling magnitude and immensity. Go to Full Review Ne Zha II (2025) 91% - -