Oscar-nominated actress Jessica Chastain emanates an instant presence onscreen, utilizing her innate ability to convey strong performances in Zero Dark Thiry and Molly's Game. Her enduring strength always seemed tailor-made for the action genre, making her latest staring endeavor Ava an intriguing proposition. Despite bolstering an acclaimed cast and worthwhile
Winner of this year’s Venice Film Festival, Nomadland is the latest naturalistic wonder from The Rider director Chole Zhao. An upcoming auteur, Zhao has already established a distinct vision onscreen, centering on modest tales of modern American lore (she's also dipping into Marvel tentpoles with her next project The Eternals).
Coming from director/musician Robert Schwartzman (his score for Palo Alto is wildly overlooked), The Argument is an absurdist comedy that observes common relationship spats through a surrealist lens. While the humorous sparring matches render a few promising moments, the end result is a wishy-washy film that doesn't engage with the
Debuting at this year's Sundance Film Fest, The Nest is writer/director Sean Durkin's long-awaited follow-up to 2011's chilling character piece Martha Marcy May Marlene. While that film did not register a sizable impact at the box office, it's cathartic impact still lingers with audiences today, serving as a breakout for
In 1966 Helen Reddy (Tilda Cobham-Hervey) takes the daunting first steps towards her historic career. With what is perhaps a blissful ignorance or otherwise an unduly trusting nature she waltzes into a music executives office believing she is the recipient of the chance to record. Possibly such an offer was
