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Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender
Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender is one of the better animated returns in a strange animated year, and while it stumbles a bit in structure, the overall experience is a beautifully animated, richly colored, nostalgic trip down memory lane for one of the best animated shows in history.
Throwback Thursday
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm was a commercial flop, but that is far from the end of the story: it stands as one of the finest Batman films ever made. A smaller animated film, it has gone on to compete with, and often surpass, some of the biggest and best superhero films ever released.
New Film Reviews
Passenger
Passenger succeeds most through atmosphere. Jump-scare execution, lighting, and psychological tension, creating a modern horror film that feels heavily inspired by modern horror while struggling in many of the more narrative and lore based aspects of the film...
Obsession
We have a new scream queen in Inde Navarrette, and Obsession works because it fully commits to psychological discomfort, using sharp dialogue, escalating tension, disturbing dynamics, and calculated ambiguity to give this comedy-influencer-turned–horror director a debut that is deeply unsettling and lingers long after the f...
Mortal Kombat II
Mortal Kombat II is a dumb occasionally entertaining sequel that improves on the first film through larger scale action, fan-service characters, and ambitious tournament spectacle, though its sloppy writing and weak emotional stakes keep it from becoming anything from then disposable fun...
Articles
A 2026 SXSW Experience – Ranked & Reviewed
A full TwilightRoom SXSW experience, ranking every film seen and speaking on the massive event as a whole...
2026 Oscars Best Picture Nominees Ranked
The 2026 Oscar race has been flooded with altering opinions, large campaigns by today’s biggest stars, and an overall excitement that seems much higher [...
Criterion Tuesday
House Party
House Party is an energetic and culturally significant hip-hop comedy that succeeds in capturing a specific community and era through its style, music, and characters, even if its humor is toned down and the structure is slightly inconsistent throughout...
Coup De Torchon
Coup de Torchon reworks the noir into something far more uncontrollable and ironic of a story, using its setting, tone, and character descent to expose violence and moral decay in a way that feels both detached and deeply...
Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project #5 – A Criterion Tuesday Article
Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project #5 is a deeply varied and culturally rich collection within the criterion brand that showcases four films unified by their commitment to identity and survival, each using distinct cinematic styles to create experiences that feel both historically grounded and artistically timeless, in...
Throwback Thursday
Clue
Clue is this funny, cult classic mansion mystery with so many flaws yet it thrives on its simplicity, using rapid-fire dialogue, structural playfulness, and absurdity to deliver a chaotic tightly paced experience that walks the fine line between throwback hit and cheesy miss, ultimately landing as a hit for the Twilight...
Excalibur
Excalibur is an ambitious and visually striking telling of Arthurian legend the thoraces on its mythic storytelling and dark fantasy aesthetic, but is held back from being a masterpiece by its uneven performances and often clunky dialogue, resulting in a flawed yet enduring throwback classic...
McCabe and Mrs. Miller
McCabe and Mrs. Miller is a quietly devastating and visually masterful epic revisionist Western that, through its gorgeous cinematography, intelligent performances, and unconventional Altman storytelling, established itself as one of the greats films in the western genre...
