Brian Tallerico
Movie Reviews

“Battlefield 6” Seeks to Reclaim the Front Line of Multiplayer Shooters | Video Games

“Battlefield” has been around for over two decades. Still, even its most diehard fans would probably argue that it’s been a bit of

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CBS Wants Your Sitcom Time to Be Spent at the “DMV” | TV/Streaming

There’s something comforting about a well-done workplace comedy. It’s the relatability of people sanded down by capitalism, forced to go into cubicles or

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Criterion’s “The Wes Anderson Archive” is the Blu-ray Box Set of the Year | DVD/Blu-Ray

Collectors of physical media need to get their hands on Criterion’s box set of the year, a beautiful collection of the first ten

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Fantastic Fest 2025: CAMP, Bad Haircut, Theater is Dead | Festivals & Awards

My final dispatch from the annual genre fest known as Fantastic Fest highlights three young filmmakers, a reminder of how much this event

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Fantastic Fest 2025: Mārama, Mother of Flies, Bulk | Festivals & Awards

One of the best things about Fantastic Fest is the programming team’s willingness to import hits from other festivals. It’s actually the fest

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“Slow Horses” Continues to Entertain, Even in a Lesser Season | TV/Streaming

Apple TV+’s hit “Slow Horses,” based on the novels by Mick Herron, has become one of the streaming service’s most beloved shows for

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TIFF 2025: Table of Contents

A handy portal to all of our coverage from this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, organized by critic. BRIAN TALLERICO FULL REVIEWS: “Ballad

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TIFF 2025: Blue Heron, Amoeba, Meadowlarks | Festivals & Awards

Sophy Romvari’s “Blue Heron” has been one of the breakout critical darlings of the fest circuit, premiering at Locarno to raves before traveling

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TIFF 2025: Wasteman, Winter of the Crow, Charlie Harper | Festivals & Awards

Interesting leading men and women dominate this unusual dispatch, one that gathers films that have almost nothing in common on paper, itself a

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Venice Film Festival 2025: Remake, Nuestra Tierra, Kim Novak’s Vertigo | Festivals & Awards

Venice had a remarkable non-fiction portion of its 2025 program, including new films by Werner Herzog and Laura Poitras (both covered here). The

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