K. Austin Collins

A Terrifying Tale of a Teenage Girl Groomed Into Being Sex Trafficked

A Terrifying Tale of a Teenage Girl Groomed Into Being Sex Trafficked

Filmmaker Jamie Dack’s debut feature Palm Trees and Power Lines is a realistic, deeply disturbing portrait of a lost teen…

March 4, 2023

‘Cocaine Bear’ Has More Coke and Gore Than a Night With Charlie Sheen

Director Elizabeth Banks’ loosely-based-on-a-true-story tale of a cocaine-huffing bear ripping likable actors to pieces in the woods knows exactly what…

February 27, 2023

‘White Noise’: Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig’s American Nightmare

Filmmaker Noah Baumbach adapts Don DeLillo’s “unfilmable” satire tackling Hitler, Big Pharma and consumerism for Netflix, streaming Dec. 30

December 31, 2022

Why ‘Jackie Brown’ Remains Tarantino’s Coolest Movie

In honor of the film’s 25th anniversary, we look back at the auteur’s twisty Pam Grier-starrer — an ode to…

December 26, 2022

‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ Is James Cameron’s Most Stunning Cinematic Journey Yet

Yes, the self-described “King of the World” has done it again.

December 14, 2022

‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Is a Grief-Stricken Tribute, an Angry Blockbuster — and a Mostly Super MCU Sequel

Be prepared to weep as Ryan Coogler and his cast mourn a character and the actor who played him —…

November 11, 2022

‘Free Chol Soo Lee’: The Anti-True Crime Documentary That Exposes Much More Than a Terrible Miscarriage of Justice

The documentary ostensibly covers a wrongful conviction for murder and a fight for justice, but the film also delves much…

August 23, 2022

‘Spiderhead’: Chris Hemsworth Goes Deranged Pharma Bro in a Soulless Anti-Tech Screed

Based on a George Saunders short story, the sci-fi mystery feels cold, calculated, and just plain boring

June 21, 2022

‘Top Gun: Maverick’: Tom Cruise Feels the Need for Speed. And Hero Cosplay. And Sequels.

The actor returns to his most famous role as a flyboy in winter who doesn’t quite take our breath away

May 13, 2022

‘The Northman’: A Brutal, Bloody, Kinda Bonkers Tale of Viking-on-Viking Crime

Director Robert Eggers revisits an ancient saga of redemption and revenge in his most visually stunning film yet

April 25, 2022