The Condor Daughter | Dir. Álvaro Olmos Torrico | In Review Online
“The familiar familial plot is merely a metaphor for understanding the belief system represented by Pachamama: nature, reciprocity, and cosmic connectivity.” (September 16, 2026) Read The Condor Daughter review here.

This is Buzz | Dir. Mark Pellington | In Review Online
“This is Buzz, Pellington’s new documentary covering the rise and fall of the experimental show [Buzz], simultaneously — and perhaps unintentionally — is a totemic text essential to culturally defining Generation X, an epoch inspired by the revolutionary aesthetics of the preceding era but dominated by creators with few material ties to the circumstances that precipitate revolution.” (September 11, 2026) Read the This is Buzz review here.

Don’t Say Good Luck | Dir. Julia Hart | In Review Online
“The inclusion of Waitress may just be set dressing (and it’s even more of a stretch to say Hart is directly invoking the original movie), but Don’t Say Good Luck ultimately operates in the same understated, fragile territory as Shelly’s longing film.” (August 17, 2026) Read the Don’t Say Good Luck review here.

One Night Only | Dir. Will Gluck | In Review Online
“One Night Only wants to prove to you that it is aware of what’s going on in the world, and that inevitably makes its flimsy observations about the ills of modern dating all the more baffling.” (August 6, 2026) Read the One Night Only review here.

Blue Film | Dir. Elliot Tuttle | Chicago Reader
“How does our understanding of BDSM as a controlled means to obtain or relinquish control change when those participating in the exercise are ethically dubious, if not altogether deplorable? How can universal, life-affirming themes such as the desire to be known be applied in the most alienating of circumstances?” (August 6, 2026) Read the Blue Film review here.

WTO/99 | Dir. Ian Bell | Chicago Reader
“In toto, WTO/99 is the closest a contemporary audience can get to experiencing those four days as they occurred (and as they were portrayed) in real time.” (August 5, 2026) Read the WTO/99 review here.

Hadestown: The Musical | Dir. Brett Sullivan | In Review Online
“Though one hesitates to publicly write too fondly of Hamilton, one of the successes of its pro-shot is how the camera effortlessly fits into the show’s choreography. That is not the case in Hadestown: The Musical, and the effect is almost as disorienting as an MCU fight scene.” (July 24, 2026) Read the Hadestown: The Musical review here.

Everybody to Kenmure Street | Dir. Felipe Bustos Sierra | Chicago Reader
“Most remarkable is Bustos Sierra’s choice to begin the film with a six-minute-and-15-second dialogue-free montage that suggests the history of Glasgow is defined by protest. Kenmure Street was not a single, extraordinary action, but a demonstration consistent with every movement since industrialization to fight for the good of the people.” (July 22, 2026) Read the Everybody to Kenmure Street review here.

American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez | Dir. David Alvardo | In Review Online
“If American Pachuco is an interrogation of Mexican-American identity and the ever-present issue of assimilation, the documentary’s gradual shift from the collective to the individual, from agitating against the status quo to achieving mainstream acceptance, is an accurate, if somewhat cynical, retelling of the cultural shifts from the 1940s through the 1980s.” (July 17, 2026) Read the American Pachuco review here.

Nuestra Tierra (Our Land) | Dir. Lucrecia Martel | Chicago Reader
“Martel’s critical examination extends to the filmmaker’s position as a storyteller. There’s a heavy awareness of her and her camera’s presence throughout the events as fellow strangers mining a product from this land.” (July 8, 2026) Read the Nuestra Tierra review here.

Hedda | Dir. Nia DaCosta | Chicago Reader
“DaCosta’s decision to swap the gender of the original play’s Løvborg is by far the most inspired feature of her adaptation. In lesser films, this would be the kind of cosmetic, representational update modern audiences have come to expect…. Making her a woman adds complexity to Hedda’s palpable repression while upping the stakes of what Hedda could lose by pursuing her.” (November 17, 2025) Read the Hedda review here.

After the Hunt | Dir. Luca Guadagnino | Chicago Reader
“Considering the pressure cooker these characters are in, Guadagnino’s direction hardly suggests sweat. A consequence of the frigid direction is that the screenplay has nowhere to hide.” (October 9, 2025) Read the After the Hunt review here.

Suspended Time | Dir. Olivier Assayas | Chicago Reader
“Suspended Time isn’t particularly novel, and it’s a touch too thin to successfully stretch into 105 minutes, but you could do for a worse late August hang than these couples.” (September 2, 2025) Read the Suspended Time review here.

Women Wearing Shoulder Pads (TV Series) | Created by Gonzalo Cordova | Chicago Reader
“The season’s arc deftly weaves together themes like matriarchy, queer identity, and colonial greed across episodes both absurdly funny and deliciously melodramatic.” (August 21, 2025) Read the Women Wearing Shoulder Pads review here.

Los Frikis | Dir. Tyler Nilson, Michael Schwartz | Chicago Reader
“Los Frikis is at its best when it embodies the punk music of Eskoria and the words of Papo la Bala, repeated by Paco: ‘When you don’t have any more doors to open, death is a door.’” (December 23, 2024) Read the Los Frikis review here.

A Different Man | Dir. Aaron Schimberg | Chicago Reader
“A Different Man is an interesting, entertaining film that brings complexity to its character study—if not to complicate regressive attitudes about disability, then to challenge our feelings about the empty pursuit of performing change without looking inward.” (September 26, 2024) Read the A Different Man review here.

Mother, Couch | Dir. Niclas Larsson | Chicago Reader
“Mother, Couch turns over many cushions in search of change, but it’s an ultimately unsatisfactory experience, even by the fruitlessness of closure standards.” (July 9, 2024) Read the Mother, Couch review here.