Leave it to Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert – the writer/director duo behind Swiss Army Man, which showed us Paul Dano using Daniel Radcliffe’s corpse as a fart-powered motorboat, because why not – to find a fresh spin on the concept that occupies critical darling territory.
DARK DEITY, a FIRE EMBLEM-esque tactics game, is out now on Switch and PC. How does this indie game hold up to its inspirations?
KING RICHARD lets Will Smith play the role of Richard Williams, father to Venus and Serena. But is it focused on the wrong guy?
Ti West’s latest horror opus, the porn meets backwoods slasher, X, has a terrific premise but a detrimental lack of focus.
Freshman year of college is a once-in-a-lifetime set of memorable and unique experiences. But that set of experiences varies widely from one person to the next. Will you win the roommate lottery, or will your shared occupancy of your tiny room be a living hell? Will you thrive in a bigger, deeper pond, or will you flounder?
Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn, a bizarro Romanian dramedy, is an insightful and fascinating look at our modern moment.
ROSE PLAYS JULIE is a subtle and sophisticated rape-revenge drama that I can’t get out of my head, no matter how hard I try.
The Batman, Matt Reeves’ new take on the Caped Crusader, is without doubt the best big screen iteration of the character.
KIMI may be a pastiche of better films — The Conversation, Blow Out, Rear Window — but it’s still an excellent thriller in its own right.
With ELDEN RING dropping at the end of the month, we wanted to look back at FromSoft’s influential Soulsborne franchise — and rank them from worst to best.
poncle’s new auto-battler appears incredibly simple on its face, but is one of the most pleasantly addictive surprises I’ve found in ages.
THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH is a remarkable adaptation of one of Shakespeare’s most beloved plays that feels at times like a half-remembered nightmare.
INSCRYPTION is the best game I played in 2021. What sets this twisty roguelike deckbuilder apart from so many others?
2021 produced a lot of great video essays around pop culture. These are the ten best ones we saw all year.
The Holiday Industrial Complex at Netflix remains unexpectedly strong with the charming, quirky SINGLE ALL THE WAY.
