Skip to main content
Georgia Public Broadcasting Logo
  • Watch

    Featured Specials and Programs

    • All Creatures Great and Small
    • Antiques Roadshow
    • PBS News Hour
    • Miss Scarlet & The Duke
    • Finding Your Roots
    • Doc Martin
    All Programs

    GPB Originals

    • Georgia Legends
    • Lawmakers
    • A Fork in the Road
    • View Finders
    • Georgia Outdoors
    • Your Fantastic Mind
    GPB Originals

    Browse by Genre

    • Arts & Music
    • Culture
    • Drama
    • Food
    • History
    • News & Public Affairs
    • TV Schedule
    • GPB Programs
    • PBS Passport
    • TV Highlights this Week
    • PBS KIDS
    • Ways to Watch
    • Newsletters
    • Contact GPB
  • Listen

    Featured Programs

    • The Daily
    • Morning Edition
    • All Things Considered
    • Serendipity
    • John Lemley's City Cafe
    • Fresh Air
    • Here and Now
    • Code Switch/Life Kit
    • Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
    All Programs

    Podcasts

    • GA Today
    • Salvation South
    • Battleground: Ballot Box
    • Football Fridays in Georgia
    • Narrative Edge
    • Peach Jam Podcast
    • A Fork in the Road
    • Radio Schedule
    • GPB Classical
    • Radio Programs
    • Podcasts
    • GPB News
    • Find Your Station
    • Ways to Listen
    • Contact GPB
    • Newsletters
  • Learn

    Featured

    • Chemistry Matters
    • Classroom Conversations Podcast
    • GASHA Go! World
    • Georgia Farmcraft®
    • Georgia Classroom
    • Georgia Studies Collection
    • Econ Express
    • Let’s Go Enviro
    • Let's Learn GA!
    • Lights, Camera, Budget!
    • Live Explorations
    • Physics in Motion
    • School Stories
    • Virtual Field Trips
    • VR in the Classroom
    • Writers Contest

    For Kids & Teachers

    • GPB Games
    • PBS KIDS
    • PBS LearningMedia

    • on Twitter
    • on Facebook
    • on Email
  • News

    Featured Programs & Series

    • Lawmakers
    • Lawmakers: Beyond the Dome
    • 1A
    • Battleground: Ballot Box
    • GA Today Podcast
    • Storycorps
    • Narrative Edge

    More GPB News

    • Politics
    • Georgia News
    • Justice
    • Arts & Life
    • Health
    All GPB News
    • Radio Schedule
    • Radio Stations
    • GPB Apps
    • Podcasts
    • Contact GPB News
    • Follow Us on Apple News
    • Newsletters
  • Sports

    GHSA Sports

    • Football
    • Basketball
    • Cheerleading
    • On Demand
    • GPB Sports Blog
    All Sports

    High School Football

    • Scores & Schedule
    • On Demand
    • Teams
    • Rankings
    • Brackets
    • Heads Up Georgia
    Football Home
    • GPB Sports App
    • GPB Sports Blog
    • GPB Sports OnDemand
  • Events

    Browse by Type

    • Community
    • Donor
    • Kids & Family
    • Screenings
    All Events

    Browse by Category

    • Education
    • News
    • Sports
    • Television

    Sign up to receive GPB Event announcements via Email.

    Sign up

    • on Twitter
    • on Facebook
    • on Instagram
  • Kids & Families

    For Kids

    • Video
    • Games

    For Parents & Caregivers

    • Kids & Families Blog
    • Kids & Families Events
    • GPB KIDS - Ways to Watch
  • Support Us

    Support GPB

    • Ways to Give
    • Planned Giving
    • Sustainers
    • GPB Passport
    • Leadership Giving
    • Corporate Sponsorship
    • Vehicle Donations
    • GPB Next
    • Matching Gifts
  • Search
GPB Passport icon GPB Passport icon Passport
GPB donate icon GPB donate icon Donate

Media Utility

  • TV Schedule
  • Podcasts
  • Apps

Don't Miss

Don't Miss:

  • New Podcast: Robbery, Inc
  • Federal Funding Update
  • Explore GPB Passport
Listen Live Listen Live Watch Live Watch Live
GPB Passport icon GPB Passport icon Passport
GPB donate icon GPB donate icon Donate

News Articles: Movie Reviews

Juliette Binoche and Vincent Lindon play a couple whose relationship is threatened by another man in <em>Both Sides of the Blade.</em>

Tagged as: 

  • Movie Reviews

'Both Sides of the Blade' is a French melodrama about intimacy and illicit desire

Juliette Binoche is woman whose life is disrupted by the return of a former lover. Both Sides of the Blade might sound like soap-opera material, but nothing about the film feels trite or predictable.

July 08, 2022
|
By:
  • Justin Chang
Natalie Portman and Chris Hemsworth.

Tagged as: 

  • Movie Reviews

In 'Thor: Love and Thunder,' Waititi's familiar strains feel familiar and strained

Director Taika Waititi goes back to the Thor: Ragnarok well for another sprawling romp starring Chris Hemsworth's pompous thunder god. The water's still thirst-quenching, but not as fresh.

July 05, 2022
|
By:
  • Glen Weldon
Aris Servetalis plays a man who inexplicably loses his memory in <em>Apples. </em>

Tagged as: 

  • Movie Reviews

In the Greek film 'Apples,' a mysterious condition leaves people without memories

An unnamed man inexplicably loses his memory in this strange and singular film. Apples is about how we deal with grief and loneliness, especially when memory becomes more of a curse than a blessing.

July 01, 2022
|
By:
  • Justin Chang
Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù plays Mr. Malcolm, the most desirable bachelor in 1818 London.

Tagged as: 

  • Movies

Ticking down a checklist of qualifications in 'Mr. Malcolm's List'

A 19th-century British gentleman's requirements for his bride lead to a scheme with many complications in Mr. Malcolm's List, a Bridgerton-like romance based on Suzanne Allain's 2020 novel.

June 30, 2022
|
By:
  • Bob Mondello
Austin Butler as Elvis.

Tagged as: 

  • Movie Reviews

In 'Elvis,' an icon remains an icon, and little else

Baz Luhrmann's latest spectacle tackles the life of Elvis Presley, as filtered through his shady longtime manager.

June 24, 2022
|
By:
  • Aisha Harris
Daryl McCormack plays a sex worker, and Emma Thompson is a retired schoolteacher in the Hulu film, <em>Good Luck to You, Leo Grande.</em>

Tagged as: 

  • Movie Reviews

Age is just a number in Sundance hits 'Leo Grande' and 'Cha Cha Real Smooth'

Emma Thompson stars as an older woman who hires a younger sex worker in Good Luck to You, Leo Grande. Dakota Johnson is a single mother who's wooed by a recent college grad in Cha Cha Real Smooth.

June 17, 2022
|
By:
  • Justin Chang
Kristen Stewart (left) is a fan of the surgery Léa Seydoux performs in <em>Crimes of the Future</em>.

Tagged as: 

  • Movie Reviews

'Crimes of the Future' is a dystopian thriller that cuts to the heart

David Cronenberg's film is set in a grim future where humans, having lost the ability to feel physical pain, start operating on their own bodies. This movie mixes blood and guts with great tenderness.

June 03, 2022
|
By:
  • Justin Chang
Tom Cruise is back as Pete "Maverick" Mitchell in <em>Top Gun: Maverick.</em>

Tagged as: 

  • Movie Reviews

'Top Gun: Maverick' is ridiculous. It's also ridiculously entertaining

Tom Cruise was in his early 20s when he first played the cocky young Navy pilot with the need for speed. Now, 36 years later, he's back — and Pete "Maverick" Mitchell is as insubordinate as ever.

May 23, 2022
|
By:
  • Justin Chang
Jessica (Tilda Swinton) consults an engineer (Juan Pablo Urrego) in an effort to understand the mysterious sound she's hearing in <em>Memoria</em>.

Tagged as: 

  • Movie Reviews

'Memoria' is a marvelously strange sonic detective story

Tilda Swinton plays a botanist who is haunted by a mysterious sound in an intriguing new film. Reviewer Justin Chang says Memoria's climax will leave your jaw on the floor.

May 13, 2022
|
By:
  • Justin Chang
Sofia Kappel is Bella Cherry in <em>Pleasure.</em>

Tagged as: 

  • Movie Reviews

'Pleasure': A young woman's matter-of-fact pursuit of porn stardom

Ninja Thyberg's film about an aspiring porn star challenges conventional wisdom around sex work and women's agency.

May 13, 2022
|
By:
  • Aisha Harris
Anamaria Vartolomei stars as a literature student who discovers she's pregnant after a brief fling in <em>Happening.</em>

Tagged as: 

  • Movie Reviews

Timely and urgent, 'Happening' is a film that speaks to today's abortion debate

A 23-year-old literature student discovers she's pregnant after a fling. This movie, based on Annie Ernaux's autobiographical novel, traces her desperate attempt to get an abortion in 1963 France.

May 06, 2022
|
By:
  • Justin Chang
Xochitl Gomez as America Chavez, Benedict Wong as Wong, and Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange.

Tagged as: 

  • Movie Reviews

Marvel's 'Doctor Strange In The Multiverse Of Madness' is all over the place

The latest MCU film is at its best when director Sam Raimi leans into its horror elements, and at its weakest when it coasts on cameos and callbacks from a now-diffuse network of Marvel properties.

May 06, 2022
|
By:
  • Glen Weldon
Twins Joséphine and Gabrielle Sanz are 8-year-old playmates in <em>Petite Maman</em>.

Tagged as: 

  • Movie Reviews

'Petite Maman' is the best — and most surreal — family movie you'll see in a while

Identical twin sisters play a pair of mysterious playmates in Petite Maman, an enchanting film that achieves an emotional depth that eludes many movies twice its length.

April 29, 2022
|
By:
  • Justin Chang
GPB  NPR

Tagged as: 

  • Movie Reviews

'Navalny' documentary spotlights the Russian who dared to take on Putin

Daniel Roher's film about Russian dissident Alexei Navalny offers intimate, sometimes amazing access to the bravery — and human cost — of opposing a despot.

April 21, 2022
|
By:
  • John Powers
Raider of the lost hearth: Alexander Skarsgård rages for revenge, and his erstwhile homeland, in <em>The Northman</em>.

Tagged as: 

  • Movie Reviews

In Viking epic 'The Northman,' life is nasty, brutish and short-tempered

Robert Eggers (The Witch, The Lighthouse) captures both the stark beauty and brutality of the Vikings in his latest film, which tamps down his experimental impulses to tell a familiar revenge tale.

April 20, 2022
|
By:
  • Glen Weldon
  • Load More

Newsletter Signup

Sign Up For Our Newsletters

Connect with GPB

  • Connect with GPB on Facebook
  • Connect with GPB on Instagram
  • Connect with GPB on Twitter
  • Connect with GPB on YouTube
  • Connect with GPB on Apple News

Footer

Footer First Nav (Main Menu)

  • Watch
  • Listen
  • Learn
  • News
  • Sports
  • Events
  • Kids & Families
  • Support Us
  • Search

Footer Second Nav Menu

  • Help Center
  • About GPB
  • Contact Us
  • Closed Captioning
  • Directions
  • Studio Production
  • Program Submissions

Footer Third Nav Menu

  • Support Us
  • Careers
  • Accessibility
  • FCC Public Files
  • Drawing Rules
  • News Media Request
  • Open Records and Document Retention Policy
  • Privacy Policy

Georgia Public Broadcasting

260 14th St. NW
Atlanta, GA 30318
United States

(404) 685-2400 In Atlanta
(800) 222-4788 Outside Atlanta
ask@gpb.org

Newsletter Signup

Sign Up For Our Newsletters

Connect with GPB

  • Connect with GPB on Facebook
  • Connect with GPB on Instagram
  • Connect with GPB on Twitter
  • Connect with GPB on YouTube
  • Connect with GPB on Apple News
© Copyright 2025, Georgia Public Broadcasting. All Rights Reserved. Georgia Public Radio® GPTV®