Movies & Films

Reviews of both new release and older movies & films.

The Heights Theater in Columbia Heights is one of the oldest and most beautiful theaters in Minnesota. The auditorium hearkens back to the earliest days of cinema, complete with a Wurlitzer theater organ much like the ones that accompanied silent films. It screens a mix of new and classic cinema, including…

Adapting a survival horror game is rarely about translating its lore. It is about capturing its panic. Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil understands this distinction better than almost any franchise attempt before it, stripping away the obligation to a line-by-line reboot to deliver a pure, relentless…

If you told me Adam Wingard pitched Onslaught by slamming a stack of John Carpenter VHS tapes and a Terminator poster onto a producer’s desk, I would believe you. The film hits the ground running with a propulsive synth score and tactile sound design that signal its intentions from the first frame.…

There is an exchange in Jane Schoenbrun’s film I Saw the TV Glow that sits in my heart like a 50-pound weight sometimes. About one-third of the way into the movie, main characters Owen and Maddy sit awkwardly near each other on the outdoor bleachers of their high school. After not being able to answer whether…

I would not be surprised if The Samurai and the Prisoner turned out to be my favorite movie of 2026. It’s a beautiful piece of cinema that works for me on every level. The writing is thought-provoking, the cinematography is inspired, and the plot is suspenseful. It’s the type of film that proves you don’t…