All Quiet on the Western Front ★★½
In an interview with Francois Truffaut for the Chicago Tribune, the discussion of violence and death in movies steered towardsContinue Reading
In an interview with Francois Truffaut for the Chicago Tribune, the discussion of violence and death in movies steered towardsContinue Reading
Perhaps no one has captured the lives and inner voices of the British servant, civil or otherwise, than novelist andContinue Reading
Lukas Dhont’s debut film Girl, inspired by the life of a trans female dancer, earned both praise and derision inContinue Reading
Starting from the 2015 film The Visit, M. Night Shyamalan has mostly financed and produced his own films outside ofContinue Reading
Brandon Cronenberg managed to skirt the criticisms of nepotism with his breakout film Possessor, which saw telepathic assassins committing gruesomeContinue Reading
Beneath the gorgeous green overhang of palms, the thunderous waves of Teahupo’o, and the glimmering rainfall of tropical French PolynesiaContinue Reading
For many, the genre of found footage and analog horror has remained on the fringes of mainstream culture despite itsContinue Reading
Women Talking starts off with a subtitle that declares the film “an imagination.” Though Sarah Polley adapted her film fromContinue Reading
There is no obvious thread connecting Jerzy Skolimowski’s work. His Deep End remains a powerful, transgressive expose of toxic masculinityContinue Reading
M3GAN is a worthy addition to the cursed doll film genre, which more often than not flirts with camp. FromContinue Reading