Licorice Pizza ★★★★
The late Joan Didion ― essayist, critic, and native of California ― once wrote ‘I write entirely to find outContinue Reading
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Red Heaven (documentary) ★★★
At first glance, Lauren DeFilippo and Katherine Gorringe’s Red Heaven seems like a work of fiction, somewhat of a dowerContinue Reading
Most Anticipated of November 2021
Alex Sitaras: With October and a number of its great films behind us, we turn to November which looks toContinue Reading
Love Hurts – In Defense of Rob Zombie’s Halloween II
There’s a scene about halfway through the director’s cut of Rob Zombie‘s Halloween II where Laurie Strode (Scout Taylor-Compton) visitsContinue Reading
Ginger Snaps – When the Wolf was Red Riding Hood All Along
The modern fairy tale can be a tricky genre to pull off. Usually, a director or writer will choose toContinue Reading
The Velvet Underground ★★★★
Absence is impossible in Todd Haynes’ experimental, fanatical documentary, The Velvet Underground. Marked by split screens rolling with Andy WarholContinue Reading
The Card Counter ★★★
Coming from the man who penned some of cinema’s best character studies in Taxi Driver and Raging Bull and madeContinue Reading
The French Dispatch ★★★½
The effervescent spell that Wes Anderson films can whimsically cast over audiences returns at last with The French Dispatch, long-delayedContinue Reading
Non-Didactic Social Commentary in Tales from the Hood
There seems to be a certain perception that so-called “elevated” horror (a stupid, vague term) is the superior form ofContinue Reading
Lake Mungo and the Imagery of Grief
There’s something intangible and surreal about grief. The initial shock of learning someone close to you has died, the wayContinue Reading
Discussing Titane
Ben McDonald: With the gradual return of film festivals and the prospect of theaters becoming somewhat safe again, we thoughtContinue Reading
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