Annecy 2026: “Julián,” “We Are Aliens”

An affirming tale of self-acceptance and identity told with vibrancy and tenderness, director Louise Bagnell’s Julián— premiering in competition at the 2026 Annecy Film Festival— finds its title character and beating heart in a young Afro-Latino boy (voiced by Knyght Darius Jack) journeying with his father (Anthony Sardinha) to spend the summer with the grandmother […]

Review: “Toy Story 5”

I was five years old when Pixar’s first feature-length film, Toy Story, was released in theaters at the end of 1995. Now I’m 35, and the fifth installment of what’s become a classic animated series with an unfathomable amount of supplementary media and that kickstarted an entire studio’s popularity is just entering theaters. It’s so […]

Review: “Leviticus”

What do you do when the object of your desire turns against you— or you turn against it? That tension between lust and livelihood is explored quite literally in writer and director Adrian Chiarella’s debut feature Leviticus, which fast proves to be an incredible concept for a queer horror movie that’s ultimately too sparsely realized […]

Review: “Disclosure Day”

Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day— part fast-paced chase movie, part sprawling collage of cosmic ideas that marries empathy-driven storytelling with blockbuster spectacle—opens with a literal gut punch directed at the audience. The camera, assuming the position of a wrestler in the ring, rockets violently backward as he absorbs a blow from his opponent, and continues to […]