The Pamphleteer Streaming Guide May 2022
From recent Oscar nominees to neglected 70s classics, this month’s offerings go beyond the algorithms.
Review: Uncharted
An underwhelming videogame adaptation seems stitched together from better movies.
Review: The Batman
Impressive casting and a gritty story close to its comics source inject new life into the long-in-the truth franchise.
Review: Cyrano
An update of the French classic almost falters thanks to the fallout from its overzealous PC appeasement.
Film Review: The Worst Person in the World
Norway’s Oscar-nominated anti-romcom is also the movie about millennials we knew we needed.
Lightyears From Reality
Disney’s biggest nemesis is not Ron DeSantis, but its own artistic compromise.
An Oscars Guide for the Ambivalent
The Academy Awards don't warrant our full attention, so we gave out our own awards
Review: Jackass Forever
Johnny Knoxville and Co. remind a COVID-obsessed America that growing older doesn’t have to mean embracing the status quo.
Millennials Didn’t Ruin Cinema, They Just Made It About Themselves
Why Generation Me Isn’t Showing up Onscreen
Review: West Side Story
Steven Spielberg’s remake of the Hollywood classic makes a case for the big-screen experience and the enduring relevance of America’s most famous filmmaker.
Review: Don’t Look Up
A multimillionaire Bernie Bro and his famous friends make a global warming allegory
Nostalgia at the Brink
The French Dispatch, Last Night in Soho, House of Gucci, Licorice Pizza, and Ghostbusters: Afterlife take direct aim at our obsession with the past.
The Best Movies of 2021
Studio backlogs and streaming competition fuel an impressive year for film that highlights the importance of the theatrical release.
Review: Benedetta
Paul Verhoeven's latest finds him as provocative as ever
Review: Lamb
Boutique multimedia juggernaut A24 has flirted with mainstream success since its inception nine years ago thanks to Oscar-darlings like Moon