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Liam Lacey Original Cin Oct 24, 2026 B- While there’s no denying the appeal of the cast of this medieval-set comic fable, led by Olivia Colman and Alexander Skarsgärd as her wicker lover, Wicker often feels like an extended sketch with breaks for moments of emotional sincerity. Go to Full Review Wicker (2026) 94% - -

Thom Ernst Original Cin Oct 23, 2026 A- A captivating, sprawling epic, and nearly all of it demands your attention. It's a film that could benefit from a road map. Even then, you're likely to get lost. But getting lost is not necessarily a bad thing. Go to Full Review La Bola Negra (2026) 87% - -

Thom Ernst Original Cin Oct 23, 2026 B+ Mirren doesn't so much imitate Highsmith as inhabit disagreeable qualities associated with her. She's abrasive, suspicious, impatient, and insulting with casual indifference. There's something entertaining about a character who makes no effort to be liked Go to Full Review A Talent for Murder (2026) 78% - -

Karen Gordon Original Cin Oct 22, 2026 C We don't really get an emotional cause and effect that would make sense of the overall story, even just for the human characters. That tone bounces around too much, which makes it hard to know where Waititi wants us to look, or wants us to feel. Go to Full Review Klara and the Sun (2026) 25% - -

Liam Lacey Original Cin Oct 22, 2026 A+ Lee Chang-dong makes films that feel like great literature, revealing the rich, contradictory inner pain and joy of his characters. Jeon Do-yeon’s performance conveys both innocence and a warm intelligence that illuminates this exceptional film. Go to Full Review Possible Love (2026) 100% - -

John Kirk Original Cin Oct 21, 2026 A- The departure from the original character lies in the positioning of the story as horror rather than a four-colour comic one. Whatever you call it, Tom Rhys Harries is a wonderful anti-hero. Go to Full Review Clayface (2026) 75% - -

Liam Lacey Original Cin Oct 21, 2026 B- More silly than satiric, Jim Queen’s tour of Paris’s gay subcultures, has a romantic sweetness that softens its transgressive premise. Go to Full Review Jim Queen (2026) 96% - -

Liam Lacey Original Cin Oct 20, 2026 B An inspiring chronicle of the late singer and actor Harry Belafonte in the last dozen years of his life. Wherever Civil Rights were on the line, Belafonte, known affectionately by his followers as "Mr. B," always showed up. Go to Full Review Following Harry (2024) - - - -

Liam Lacey Original Cin Oct 20, 2026 A One of the year’s best documentaries, a cinematic time capsule of Black cultural and political history and a great party that we’re privileged to attend. Go to Full Review Once Upon a Time in Harlem (2026) 100% - -

Liz Braun Original Cin Oct 16, 2026 A Once the crew is ensconced, what happens next is a nifty exploration of perception, public persona, media and manipulation. The movie starts out as one thing and then morphs into something else. It’s a meta … morphosis. Go to Full Review You Can See Everything (2026) 98% - -

Karen Gordon Original Cin Oct 16, 2026 A Does bias drive characters who've taken children away from their parents? Are Mihal and Lisbet guilty as charged, or victims of misunderstandings and unspoken prejudices? Mungiu keeps things ambiguous, and increasingly claustrophobic and unsettling. Go to Full Review Fjord (2026) 91% - -

Jim Slotek Original Cin Oct 16, 2026 B+ Five years after his death, there are two books coming, and now a Judd Apatow doc that's more a hilarious tribute to his career than a reliable document of his life. As one who knows, it's more fun to watch Norm than to try to separate fact from fiction. Go to Full Review Norm: The Tale of Norm Macdonald (2026) 86% - -

Liam Lacey Original Cin Oct 15, 2026 B+ A first feature from Ryan Van Dyk, Atonement frequently zigs when you expect it to zag, questioning -familiar narratives of American military suffering and absolution.  Go to Full Review Atonement (2026) 92% - -

Liam Lacey Original Cin Oct 14, 2026 B At times, The Sandbox’s montage structure makes it resemble a 90-minute trailer for a wide-ranging television series, with each episode focusing on a different face of the military data monster. Go to Full Review The Sandbox (2026) - - - -

John Kirk Original Cin Oct 14, 2026 B+ Most of us would brag about a romance with Grace Jones or friendships with Stallone and Schwarzenegger. If he'd died, we'd read about the good life and career he'd had. But it often isn’t easy to see the suffering behind success. Go to Full Review Dolph: Unbreakable (2025) - - - -

Alice Shih Original Cin Oct 8, 2026 A- Director Muye Wen’s brilliant film, already an Oscar contender, illustrates the horrors of war with uncommon balance. Go to Full Review Once Upon a Time in the Middle East (2026) 100% - -

Chris Knight Original Cin Oct 8, 2026 A- James McAvoy’s directing debut is a great example of small-stakes drama. It's the based-in-fact story of two young Scottish rappers who in 2003 decided to boost their chance at fame by pretending to be American. Great mix of humour and pathos. Go to Full Review California Schemin' (2025) 91% - -

Liz Braun Original Cin Oct 8, 2026 A In telling one unassuming young hero’s story, director Sean Menard’s documentary captures the best of a place and its people. Go to Full Review Run Terry Run (2026) 100% - -

Kim Hughes Original Cin Oct 8, 2026 B Writer-director Sorkin's film is enjoyable and well-acted but it cannot trump the real-life horrors of Facebook and its reckless conduct. Go to Full Review The Social Reckoning (2026) 54% - -

Jim Slotek Original Cin Oct 7, 2026 B+ Black Zombie is sure-footed with its connections between the Haitian slave trade and popular culture’s zombie mythos. It seems less sure of what to make of the shift in zombie films from slow-footed slaves to fast-moving predators. Go to Full Review Black Zombie (2026) 100% - -