2025 Archives - REEL GOOD

REVIEW | Nouvelle Vague (2025)

Derek Armstrong / 9:30 / 07.01.26

Richard Linklater recreates the filming of Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless, and reminds us how he continues to surprise us as a filmmaker.

Derek Armstrong / 9:33 / 05.01.26

Even with reliable comedic leads Jack Black and Paul Rudd, this Anaconda reboot flops.

Derek Armstrong / 9:24 / 02.01.26

A Chinese phantasmagoria through the history of cinema is to be felt more than to be intellectually processed.

Derek Armstrong / 9:55 / 23.12.25

Joachim Trier's Cannes Grand Prix winner considers strained bonds between the generations in a Norwegian family of actors and directors.

Will Collins-Putland / 8:18 / 17.12.25

A remake of the controversial 1984 Christmas horror movie won't shock or earn cult fans like the original.

Derek Armstrong / 9:32 / 05.12.25

A Chinese documentary about a woman who breaks up extramarital affairs is an eye opener about Chinese society and the documentary form.

Sascha Kenny / 9:30 / 04.12.25

Russell Crowe plays Herman Goring in a new deep dive into the Nuremberg trials.

Derek Armstrong / 9:52 / 27.11.25

The melancholy frontier movie Train Dreams puts the loneliness of human existence into moving images.

Derek Armstrong / 9:40 / 24.11.25

Rose Byrne comes undone in startling and arresting fashion in this new film about a stressed out mother.