Every year, one small film arrives out of nowhere and reminds audiences why cinemas still matter. In 2026, that film is Club Kid. Jordan Firstman’s feature directorial debut, in which he also writes and stars, premiered at Cannes in May to a seven-minute standing ovation, sparked a bidding war that ended with A24 paying a … Read more
Laika’s Wildwood has opened to an estimated $11.6 million at the North American box office, taking third place in a crowded weekend — and while that number will not come close to covering the film’s reported $100 million budget, the stop-motion epic has something money cannot buy: audiences who adore it. The handcrafted fantasy, directed … Read more
Early verdict: 4.5 out of 5. Godzilla Minus Zero is shaping up to be one of the year’s most exciting blockbusters — a sequel that, on the strength of its early critical response, may be even bigger, bolder and more emotional than the Oscar-winning film that came before it. Ahead of its November release, early … Read more
Few 2026 releases looked better on paper than Klara and the Sun: a Taika Waititi-directed adaptation of a Kazuo Ishiguro novel, starring Jenna Ortega as an android and Amy Adams as her co-lead. Then the film premiered at the BFI London Film Festival on October 15, and the verdict came down hard. With the film … Read more