Reeling Reviews

Laura Clifford Reeling Reviews 2 days ago B Léa Seydoux is thoroughly engrossing in the role...but there is something missing in the center of this film that blunts its impact, Kreutzer's use of a flashback to happier times not filling a void... Go to Full Review Gentle Monster (2026) 69% - -

Robin Clifford Reeling Reviews 6 days ago A "Wildwood" has a runtime of 132 minutes – really long for an animation – but that time flies by as the fantasy adventure unfolds. Go to Full Review Wildwood (2026) 99% - -

Robin Clifford Reeling Reviews 6 days ago B+ It is a study in human nature and, with Wicker Husband, a whole lot more. Go to Full Review Wicker (2026) 94% - -

Robin Clifford Reeling Reviews 6 days ago B John Turturro is the focal point in this character study of a man at the end of his long career as he realizes his failings in that life. Go to Full Review The Only Living Pickpocket in New York (2026) 97% - -

Laura Clifford Reeling Reviews 6 days ago B+ Pawel Pawlikowski completes his European post WWII period trilogy with a fictionalized account of Mann's 1949 trip that explores the fractured political landscape through fractured family dynamics. Go to Full Review Fatherland (2026) 93% - -

Laura Clifford Reeling Reviews 6 days ago A- Combining elements of 'wrong man' movies with those about one last big score, writer/director Noah Segan has gifted John Turturro with the role of a lifetime in a sure-to-become cult classic. Go to Full Review The Only Living Pickpocket in New York (2026) 97% - -

Laura Clifford Reeling Reviews Oct 26, 2026 B+ a black comedy that is identical to his 2008 film "In Bruges" in so many ways it almost feels like a remake. Fortunately, "In Bruges" is the filmmaker's best work and he's chosen a great cast and an even more unique vacation destination to set it in. Go to Full Review Wild Horse Nine (2026) 93% - -

Laura Clifford Reeling Reviews Oct 26, 2026 B+ Hammer finds ways to layer ironies upon ironies, his conclusion something few will see coming...Courtenay is devastating as a man who found love a second time late in life only to have the woman's daughter completely upend his world. Go to Full Review Queen at Sea (2026) 91% - -

Laura Clifford Reeling Reviews Oct 22, 2026 B a gory, Lovecraftian blast crossed with "Mission Impossible's" masks, a true monster movie wisely being released right before Halloween. Go to Full Review Clayface (2026) 77% - -

Laura Clifford Reeling Reviews Oct 21, 2026 A Lee and Oh's subtle, complex writing gives Lee and his troupe a multi-layered adult drama which gives its audience the breadcrumbs to arrive at many truths. Go to Full Review Possible Love (2026) 100% - -

Laura Clifford Reeling Reviews Oct 20, 2026 B+ The film is a social satire cast as fairy tale, featuring a feisty Olivia Colman and courtly Alexander Skarsgård, amazingly still recognizable encased in wicker. It also teems with the type of cheeky humor which suggests an erection via sound effect. Go to Full Review Wicker (2026) 94% - -

Laura Clifford Reeling Reviews Oct 20, 2026 A The vocal cast is first rate, Trembley's Curtis and Awkwafina's rat particularly endearing...Travis Knight has brought an epic fantasy adventure to life, literally frame by frame, and it's a stunner. Go to Full Review Wildwood (2026) 99% - -

Robin Clifford Reeling Reviews Oct 15, 2026 A There is so much controversial material in "The Devils" that I can understand the brouhaha it stirred back in 1971. I think it will raise a few hackles up, even now. Go to Full Review Ken Russell's The Devils (2026) 98% - -

Robin Clifford Reeling Reviews Oct 15, 2026 A Alex Gibney gives us a true monster tale and, after watching "Musk," I became even more afraid of the beast. You should be, too. Go to Full Review Musk (2026) 96% - -

Robin Clifford Reeling Reviews Oct 15, 2026 A- As I watched "Fjord," it seems that the sudden action by the state on what I would consider flimsy evidence of "abuse" is extreme, even by American standards. Go to Full Review Fjord (2026) 92% - -

Laura Clifford Reeling Reviews Oct 14, 2026 C- As it turns out, spending an hour inside a whale actually gets pretty boring despite the exciting scene leading up to Jay's ingestion along with a giant squid...gets completely lost at sea. Go to Full Review Whalefall (2026) 74% - -

Laura Clifford Reeling Reviews Oct 13, 2026 A Billy is far more complicit and manipulative than we've even seen so far, which also makes us reconsider what Liz has said - or does it. Every time we think we've landed on a truth, it is again cast into doubt... Go to Full Review You Can See Everything (2026) 96% - -

Laura Clifford Reeling Reviews Oct 12, 2026 B+ The filmmaker focuses on a character study of an actress who's fighting for a second chance after burning too many bridges and he's wisely cast someone who isn't too well known. But that's about to end for Rosalind Eleazar... Go to Full Review Misty Green (2026) 61% - -

Laura Clifford Reeling Reviews Oct 12, 2026 A Wow. Just wow. Comparing the 109 minute cut to this new 114 minute one is like seeing the film in color for the first time. Go to Full Review Ken Russell's The Devils (2026) 98% - -

Laura Clifford Reeling Reviews Oct 12, 2026 A- ...both the right and the left have been accused of governmental overreach into people's health and private life and this is a particularly potent example that happens to have taken place in a progressive country. Go to Full Review Fjord (2026) 92% - -