This is essentially THE sci-fi movie of the silent era, and one of the most important within the genre's history. Few, if any, silent movies hold up quite as well as METROPOLIS, with its central themes about class inequality still ringing regrettably true, and its story remaining compelling, even with its cast of fairly straightforward characters. It's also incredible from a technical perspective, with METROPOLIS having a sense of scale and use of special effects that were groundbreaking for their…

This year's Palm d'Or winner at the Cannes Film Festival is easily the best movie of the year. This is the type of movie we say we don't see enough of. ANORA could easily be compared to PRETTY WOMAN but director Sean Baker digs deeper. Like all of his past films, Baker deals with the American Dream through the eyes of sex workers, destigmatizing the stereotypes attached to these people who are often marginalized. He tells this love story with…

THIS IS CINEMA.

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE-THE FINAL RECKONING isn't merely a film about Ethan Hunt saving the world from the threat of digital domination — it is a film about Tom Cruise, putting his life on the line in a desperate struggle to save cinema itself, which is slowly vanishing from the world. It was the movie of a man who lives and breathes film. I still want to see him keep making the impossible, possible.

The decision to create an…