Josh Safdie’s electrifying “Marty Supreme” transforms 1950s table tennis into a relentless, globe-spanning odyssey powered by Timothée Chalamet’s magnetic performance as a hustler chasing greatness one ping-pong match at a time.
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Will Arnett tries hard in Bradley Cooper’s stripped-down marriage drama “Is This Thing On?,” but unfunny stand-up routines and missing emotional stakes make this the director’s most forgettable effort yet.
Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” dominated the Phoenix Film Critics Society’s 2025 awards with eight wins including Best Picture.
Mike P. Nelson’s “Silent Night, Deadly Night” remake proves that the best Christmas gifts come wrapped in the most unexpected (and bloodiest) packages.
In this heartwarming autumn tale, a reluctant farmer and her spirited niece discover that the most magical growth happens not in pumpkin patches, but in the fertile ground of found family.
TRON: Ares explodes onto screens as a relentless digital thrill ride that transforms cutting-edge AI anxieties into pure cinematic adrenaline, proving that sometimes spectacle is exactly what cinema needs.
‘Dead of Winter’ Delivers Writer Joseph J. Airdo // Phoenix Film Critics Society Picture Emma
Taron Egerton delivers a career-defining performance in this sun-baked crime thriller that finds profound humanity in the bond between a desperate father and the daughter he’s failed — until now.
Director Eli Craig’s “Clown in a Cornfield” harvests a bumper crop of bloody thrills while planting seeds of commentary on America’s increasingly bitter generational divide.
As the Phoenix Film Festival marks its silver anniversary, executive director Jason Carney reflects on 25 years of transforming Arizona’s film culture through world-class cinema and community engagement.