Greta provides a blistering new experience in highbrow exploitation in Isabelle Huppert-led thriller Read More
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Steven Soderbergh's latest film is electrifyingly current, though careful not to shout about it. Read More
Wes Anderson’s The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou cordially invites you to join the gang on the Belafonte, a deep... Read More
A film of such startling visual artistry and seriously unsettling ambiguity built between the threads of it's creation that you'll spend just as much time thinking about how the story was told just as much as why. Read More
Superhero movies suck most of the time. They’re usually a special brand of generic that tell paint-by-number wish fulfillment stories... Read More
“There’s a hundred thousand streets in the city. You don’t need to know the route. You give me a time... Read More
Wim Wenders' introspective classic lives up to our high expectations. Read More
One of Portuguese cinema´s freshest young voices delivers on her first feature with a charming, understated documentary. Read More
Margot Robbie and Saoirse Ronan star in this historical drama with somewhat of an identity crisis. Read More
Italian director Matteo Garrone serves a harsh dose of realism in this Cannes award-winner. Read More
A billowing, paradoxical love filled with great sorrow. Read More
Mahersala Ali and Viggo Mortensen hit the road on a tour of the Deep South. Read More
Ralph Breaks the Internet, the sequel to the surprise hit Wreck-It Ralph, follows a flurry of cinema that has begun to try to approach talking about the Internet ‘problem’. Read More
The camera moves and swirls like a vessel of fate itself. It watches over, takes part in, mourns with, and celebrates. Read More
An unnecessary and convoluted addition to the Harry Potter universe Read More
The legends of Nazis occultism are a long-standing part of the popular culture that could be traced back to when... Read More
Day three I saw a stellar pair of films that were not easy to manage together. All in all, the... Read More
Day two at Cinematografo was filled with a couple stunning, and remarkably different, documentaries along with a delicate experimental film.... Read More
Music is one of the most powerful forces a film can use to evoke emotion and tell a story, and... Read More
Read my review of Dario Argento’s 1977 Suspiria here. Read my Film Frame Friday piece on the 1977 Suspiria here.... Read More
Dario Argento unleashed something masterfully simple and profoundly horrifying in his 1977 film Suspiria. The violence depicted and put on... Read More
The Hate U Give, directed by George Tillman, Jr. and written by Audrey Wells, is a powerful and emotionally mature... Read More
If you’re looking for Satan, Victorian-era clothing, and enough atmosphere to cook a thick soup in a black cauldron, then... Read More
This is a show that had been on my radar ever since it first aired back in 2016. It has... Read More
Clint Eastwood’s Unforgiven arrived at a time when audiences were slowly saying goodbye to classic and revisionist Westerns in favor... Read More
Well, this series is now done. I can’t say I’m completely disappointed in it, but as a whole it’s very... Read More
If you were to catalogue my favorite films of all time, you’d quickly discover a certain strain of emotion that... Read More
Godard Mon Amour’s already been reviewed by its subject. As Jean-Luc Godard famously noted, it’s a “stupid, stupid idea,” a... Read More
Happy Death Day chronicles a scenario in which a selfish and badly behaved student is forced to relive her birthday... Read More
I‘m not exactly sure how this one ended up on my watch list. Maybe it was the absurd title or... Read More
Everything’s very big. It’s really very big. Written by Saturday Night Live‘s Kyle Mooney and Kevin Costello, Brigsby Bear is... Read More
I honestly joked with my staff that after watching Mandy in theaters earlier last week that it would be downhill... Read More
The Children Act is a dour and chiefly British release anchored by an incredibly powerful performance by Emma Thompson. In... Read More
When I first heard news about a Predator sequel directed by none other than writer-director Shane Black, I was stoked.... Read More
I have a funny and embarrassing story involving this film. I watched this whole movie believing Elle Fanning was in... Read More
I‘m not going to lie, when I first saw the movie poster I thought it was going to be some... Read More
Edgar Wright is one of my favorite directors. I adore his films for their mastery of both verbal and non-verbal... Read More
Hey guys, welcome to the fourth installment of my James Bond retrospective! We’ve fought the fiendish Dr. No, we’ve tangled with... Read More
The best way to truly understand Susanna White’s Woman Walks Ahead is to consider it more as a fictionalized and... Read More
The fact is I cannot explain in any cohesive way what Fast & Furious 6 is about. That’s okay, because... Read More
Old ways die hard. That’s the crux of the understated disquiet—dread is perhaps too strong a word for the brand... Read More
By all accounts, Jennifer Garner is a pretty great mom. A cursory glance at Google reveals headlines like “13 Times... Read More
This film seems like a missed opportunity. It came out six years after the original and doesn’t feature any of... Read More
2 Fast 2 Furious operates inside the original film’s basest instincts. It’s ratcheted up the neon; every car is now... Read More
When I first started writing this, I was going to do my typical review, but as this wore on, I... Read More
I‘ll start by dispelling a common misconception: this movie is not terrible. It’s not great, don’t get me wrong, but... Read More
In the 2000s era, I have cherished and admired romantic dramas like Before Sunset, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind... Read More
Here we are. The Showa Era is behind us, and we’re ready for a new and fresh start on the... Read More
When Summer of 84 opens with a chippy line like “every serial killer lives next door to someone,” it captures... Read More
Imagine a wasteland. Civilization has ceased to exist. People are killed over resources that are vital to the post-apocalyptic economy:... Read More
“Wait, wait! I have kids at home.” “Not with an ass like that you don’t.” That should tell you right... Read More
Piercing is a beautiful nightmare from the mind of Nicolas Pesce. In the tradition of great giallo films of the... Read More
Welcome, everyone, to the third installment of my Bond retrospective. I’ve previously covered James Bond Retrospective: Dr. No and James Bond... Read More
At long last, I have officially wrapped up the Showa Era with this final entry! Fortunately, everything that Filmstruck did... Read More
Don’t Leave Home is a fine mood piece. This is Get Out for the Irish Catholic set. I say this... Read More
Shirkers has been with Sandi Tan for over twenty years. Well, let’s take a step back—that’s not entirely true. For... Read More
Author’s note: SPOILERS for the fourth episode of Lodge 49, “Sunday.” “Why would anyone want to live forever? I just... Read More
Minding the Gap has been on my most anticipated list for quite a bit of time, but I actually didn’t... Read More
Crystal Moselle's narrative debut is an evocative and vital depiction of friendship and community amongst an all-girl group of skateboarders. Read More
A ventriloquist without his dummy is just an awkward babbling man. This is the premise of Billy, a film from... Read More
Rachel Chu (Constance Wu) is a self-made woman born to a poor single-parent family. Through hard work, she became an... Read More
I love B-movie genre films. I realize not a whole lot of people do, but I love the irreverent, surprising... Read More
The home buying dream is just that for the modern generation: an unattainable dream. What if you could own a... Read More
December 28, 2020. Nineteen year old Tyisha Miller pulls over to the side of the road on account of having... Read More
Let’s address the elephant in the room: Kevin Spacey. This is his first film shot after the would-be career ending... Read More
Paramount Network’s Yellowstone concluded its first season on August 22nd, bringing to a close a season of cowboys, backstabbing and... Read More
“Something strange is coming to North Bend,” so the Festival tagline goes. And it’s right about the excellent independent offerings... Read More
What do you know about women?” That was the profound question asked of Martin Scorsese before he was hired to... Read More
Author’s note: SPOILERS for the seventh episode of Castle Rock, “The Queen.” “It doesn’t matter what we call it. These... Read More
With GLOW, Netflix lucked into the perfect sitcom formula. Following the Women’s Liberation Movement in the ‘70s, GLOW (Gorgeous Ladies... Read More
This review contains spoilers for Steven Universe season 5 (and prior seasons). Please proceed with caution. Steven Universe is one... Read More
Author’s note: This article CONTAINS SPOILERS for the episode of discussion and all episodes of the series that have preceded... Read More
“There is no version of this job that doesn’t require compromise.” Amazon’s Jack Ryan, the new Prime Video original that... Read More
This movie looks like it’s going to be monster-created-by-science vs. monster-waste-product-of-said-science. So prepare yourself. I can see some fart jokes... Read More
Author’s note: SPOILERS for the sixth episode of Castle Rock, “Filter”. Ruth (Sissy Spacek) tells her grandson halfway through the... Read More
The second season of Ozark, premiering on August 31st on Netflix, is a season of risk versus reward. The risk... Read More
Sometimes, what goes on underneath the surface is scarier than what we see. Mindhunter, the latest Netflix creation from thriller... Read More
Author’s note: This article CONTAINS SPOILERS for the episode of discussion and all episodes of the series that have preceded... Read More
