Cinema Sentries

Clocking in at just under 90 minutes, Skyfire makes for fun, forgettable viewing.

A deeply submerged melancholia often surfaces in this film that celebrates persistence and the spirit of life.

A conscientiously infuriating and trepidatious documentation of a systemic failure.

Brandon Cronenberg’s sophomore effort is ridden with anxiety, distress, and shock. But you’ll crave for more.

Supergirl: The Complete Fifth Season celebrates the show, the comic book, and the positivity in the pursuit of diversity.

Richard Tanne’s second feature is a contemplative experience that leaves with a bittersweet feeling.

With a plethora of material at disposition, Taghi Amirani’s skillfully made documentary assures the intrigue remains intact.

A drama like Most Wanted, which heavily banks on its characters, needed a much strong emotional connection.

The new Netflix original is another crucial addition to the studio’s growing library of powerful documentary titles.

The final volume in the Superman Sunday Comics series is uneven and unpredictable, but ultimately a good time.

Shannon Murphy’s feature debut is bittersweet meditation of death.

German filmmaker Patrick Vollrath makes a promising debut with a flight-hijacking thriller that strives for realism and mostly succeeds.

Antón Terni’s provocative documentary underscores the beauty of companionship.

The evident creative choices, intentions, and a towering performance from Willem Dafoe fail to succor this pretentious, tasteless film.

Benjamin Ree’s documentary is a memorable, atypical tale of friendship, redemption, and solicitude.

Capturing the essence of Scorsese’s style of filmmaking and passion for the craft, In Search of Kundun is a joy for cinephiles.

Masquerade as propaganda, the Chilean film marries horror with a child’s imagination, and the result is equally appalling and spectacular.

Although the film’s touch-and-go nature refrains us from completely experiencing the wound, the film’s humanistic nature will hold your attention.

A gentle ‘be kind’ note to the world camouflaged as a lovely, intimate portrait of a family.

This year with the festival having been canceled and TCM running a virtual festival on the channel and online, choosing is much easier.

Despite the staggering subject matter, the new documentary lacks the punch.

A love letter to family and friendship that weathers the test of time.

Premiering on Netflix April 1, the limited documentary series is thrilling, suspenseful, entertaining, and profoundly informative.

The Jesse Eisenberg-starrer has a beautiful message behind its intriguing holocaust story.

The fifth collaboration by Peter Berg & Mark Walhberg is on the downside of the duo’s filmography.

Terrific performances invigorate this little film.

Although it feels like it takes sides, Tread is a moderately neutral documentary.

Rashaad Ernesto Green’s second film features a stellar, intimate performance from co-writer Zora Howard, only to be let down by a weak third act.

A mother’s confession letter that is sure to resonate with the entire world.

This Guatemalan drama is a delicate observation of an episode in the life of its titular character.

A brilliant exercise of inducing anxiety.

A barely effective war drama that never finds it foot.

A little film with a huge heart.

The sorrowful story takes center stage despite the masterful cinematic craft at display.

The journey of a juvenile in reformatory who becomes a reformer himself.

A pair of Sentries are teaming up to take on the five-part “Crisis on Infinite Earths” crossover event.  If you would like to start with previous episodes, please read Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. Arrow Gordon S. Miller As the miniseries continues, The Paragons, seven heroes (well, six since Lex Luthor replaced Superman),…

A sweet tale of ignorance where the wisdom lies beneath the silliness.

A potent work that emphatically proves the effectiveness of short-form cinema.

Yibrán Asuad’s film is suffused with simplicity and innocence.

It marries the physical and mental facets of horror.

An ancient Greek tragedy re-imagined in the living conditions and troubles faced by an immigrant family in Montreal.

Alberto Arevalo’s documentary follows Carlos Cruz-Diez, Venezuelan-born artist, who at 94, sets out to achieve something unseen and unheard of in the artist community.

This jarring adventure has an endearing story of two individuals beneath.

A strikingly intimate portrayal of brotherhood that’ll shake you from within.

This documentary is an unapologetic description of the unpleasant aftermath of China’s One-Child Policy.

No amount of high-budget action can make up for what it lacks on paper.

An efficacious and heroic story of a desk-employee dealing with the stain on a country.

This divorce story unfolds with debates on various things like life in New York vs. Los Angeles, parenting, gender roles.

The film raises relevant questions while documenting a preposterous person.