Carolina Caroline opens on a familiar kind of place, a hotel room that feels lived in before anyone even speaks. Loretta Lynn’s “Honky Tonk Girl” plays, and just like that, the tone is set. This is not going to be polished. This is going to be human.
Read MoreA Jazzy Heist With a Human Pulse: Reviewing Tuner
Tuner opens with jazzy swagger, Herbie Hancock drifting through the background as quirky conversations overlap against sweeping New York Cityscapes. It feels alive right out of the gate, like the film is tuning itself in real time and daring you to keep up. What follows is technically a heist story, but it never feels boxed in by the genre.
Read MoreDriver’s Ed: A Familiar Ride That Still Finds a Few Laughs
There’s something comfortingly familiar about Driver’s Ed, Bobby Farrelly’s throwback teen comedy about a group of high schoolers who steal their driver’s ed car and hit the road in a desperate attempt to win back a girlfriend. It’s built on a premise that feels pulled straight out of the late-90s and early-2000s playbook: dumb kids, impulsive decisions, and a chaotic road trip full of escalating nonsense. If you grew up on Road Trip, EuroTrip, or Sex Drive, you’ll recognize the formula immediately.
Read MoreA Soft Cry and a Hard Case: Reminders of Him Lands on Physical
I’ll admit it. Weeks ago, I heard a half-joking theory that Him, that Marlon Wayans horror flick, and Reminders of Him exist in the same universe. They don’t. Obviously. But the idea stuck in my brain just enough to nudge me toward a movie I probably would have skipped.
Read MoreLove Is a Curse: Disolution
Disolution is the kind of film that creeps up on you, sinks its teeth in early, and refuses to let go. What starts as a dark romance quickly mutates into something far more vicious and morally tangled. At its core, this is a revenge story fueled by love, desperation, and the terrifying idea that fate can be tampered with if you are willing to pay the price.
Read MoreIt Follows You Because You’re Gay: Leviticus Absolutely Wrecked Me
The opening stinger hits immediately, not with a jump scare but with intention. From the first seconds, Leviticus makes it clear this is not a normal horror story. It is patient, confident, and deeply uncomfortable in a way that feels deliberate rather than indulgent.
Read MoreIndie Sleaze Lives: Mile End Kicks Is a Love Letter to Bad Decisions
Mile End Kicks had its US premiere on March 12th at SXSW, and even though the film is unapologetically Canadian and deeply rooted in one specific neighborhood of Montreal, something about it felt extremely Austin, Texas, which made it kind of perfect for the festival. This is a hangout movie about music, ego, longing, and being painfully unsure of who you are. SXSW crowds eat that up.
Read MoreThe Boy With the Floppy Hair: A Love Letter to Almost
Some short films try to tell a story. This one tries to bottle a feeling. The Boy With the Floppy Hair plays less like a traditional narrative and more like a whispered confession set to moving images. It is closer to a music video than a plot-driven short, built on impressionistic fragments of New York City and the ache of something that never quite becomes what you want it to be.
Read MoreClueless Energy, Earnest Heart: The Way Things Used 2 B
The Way Things Used 2 B wears its heart on its low-rise jeans. Written and directed by Kurstin Moser and Ciara Naughton, the short comedy is a clear love letter to early-2000s rom-coms, leaning hard into nostalgia, character-driven humor, and the comforting predictability of the genre. For anyone who grew up dreaming of kissing Jude Law in a rainy British village or riding off into the sunset with Matthew McConaughey, this one knows exactly who it’s playing to.
Read MoreLove, Blood, and Bad Decisions That Look Incredible: Luc Besson’s Dracula
Luc Besson isn’t interested in giving us just another cape-flapping, coffin-hopping Dracula. With Dracula, hitting theaters nationwide on February 6th, 2026, via Vertical, Besson leans hard into gothic romanticism, tragic obsession, and visual excess, crafting a lavish, blood-soaked love story that wears its heart on its sleeve and occasionally trips over it. This version of the legend opens with a 15th-century prince, Vlad, played by Caleb Landry Jones, whose world collapses after the brutal murder of his wife, Elisabeta.
Read MoreLove, Calculated and Complicated: Materialists Proves Romance Is Never Clean
When Materialists arrived, it came with marketing that suggested a slick, modern rom-com. What it delivered was something far more interesting. This was a romantic dramedy with bite, emotional messiness, and a lot on its mind.
Read MoreLove, Flesh, and Fracture: Together Lands at Home in Bloody Fashion
NEON has officially brought one of the year’s most talked-about genre hybrids home. Michael Shanks’ body-horror love story Together is now available across all major platforms, including digital, 4K Ultra HD, Blu-Ray, and DVD. Often described as one of the most fun horror films in recent years, Together turns a quiet night in into something far more disturbing.
Read More