Film Reviews Archives - San Antonio Current

Zany and fearless, Bottoms takes on high school from a raunchy lesbian point of view

Director Emma Seligman and actress Rachel Sennott team up to drop their take on the raunchy teen-sex farce.

by Craig D. Lindsey September 7, 2023June 4, 2025

Director Emma Seligman and actress Rachel Sennott team up to drop their take on the raunchy teen-sex farce.

In Past Lives, writer-director Celine Song explores the pull of lost loves and lives unlived

What does a deep connection look like after a quarter-century apart?

by Andrew Wyatt June 24, 2023September 14, 2024

In Asteroid City, Wes Anderson stages an alien invasion as only Wes Anderson can

Rushmore meets Roswell in this new feature that adroitly balances comedy and melancholy.

by Cliff Froehlich, Cleveland Scene June 23, 2023July 24, 2025

Beautifully rendered film Monica portrays trans woman’s return to her terminally ill mother

The movie also shows the power of slow cinema.

by Kayla McCulloch, The Cleveland Scene May 20, 2023August 1, 2025

Cinematic Spillover: Short reviews of Old, Pig and Val

by Kiko Martinez July 27, 2021July 15, 2025

Cinematic Spillover: Short Reviews of The Gentlemen, The Last Full Measure and Color Out of Space

Kiko MartinezJanuary 24, 2020May 17, 2025

Cinematic Spillover: Short Reviews of 1917, Just Mercy and Underwater

Kiko MartinezJanuary 10, 2020July 5, 2025

Cinematic Spillover: Short Reviews of Hustlers, Official Secrets, Linda Ronstadt Doc and More

Kiko MartinezSeptember 13, 2019March 15, 2025

Cinematic Spillover: Short Reviews of Tigers Are Not Afraid and The Fanatic

Kiko MartinezSeptember 6, 2019June 1, 2025

Cinematic Spillover: Short Reviews of Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins, Ladyworld and Itsy Bitsy

Kiko MartinezAugust 30, 2019July 28, 2025

Cinematic Spillover: Short Reviews of Ready or Not, The Peanut Butter Falcon, David Crosby and More

Kiko MartinezAugust 23, 2019June 16, 2025

Cinematic Spillover: Short Reviews of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Dora and the Lost City of Gold and More

Kiko MartinezAugust 9, 2019July 12, 2024

Cinematic Spillover: Short Reviews of Aladdin, Booksmart, The Perfection and More

Kiko MartinezMay 28, 2019July 29, 2025

Cinematic Spillover: Short Reviews of Tolkien, Wine Country and The Professor and the Madman

Kiko MartinezMay 10, 2019February 25, 2025

Arts

The Real Mitt Romney Streaming on Netflix

Enrique LopeteguiJanuary 24, 2014December 18, 2022

Arts

Devil in the Barrio: A Review of ‘Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones’

Enrique LopeteguiJanuary 3, 2014July 24, 2025

Susanne Bier’s Oscar-winner In a Better World explores complexities of bullying

Kiko MartinezMay 18, 2011September 11, 2024

Pirates from Hell: Johnny Depp and Co. keep on stretching a tired franchise

Kiko MartinezMay 18, 2011April 22, 2025

Critic’s Pick: American Splendor

Enrique LopeteguiMay 18, 2011August 17, 2023

Will Ferrell’s dramatic muscle strengthens, but the film around him drags

San Antonio Current StaffMay 11, 2011May 10, 2025