Last Call ★★★
‘Memory — what a mess. It’s as much fiction as it is truth’ Compelled by a desire to peer insideContinue Reading
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Kill, Baby, Kill and Small Town Horror
I just love Mario Bava‘s Kill, Baby, Kill. From its onset, it embodies everything that is frightening and fun aboutContinue Reading
Another Round ★★★★
Thomas Vinterberg and Mads Mikkelsen reunite for the first time since 2012’s powerful drama The Hunt, with the poignant comedy-dramaContinue Reading
The Gothic Influence in A Tale of Two Sisters
The creative explosion of Korean cinema at the beginning of the 21st century featured films of incredible diversity in styleContinue Reading
The Devolution into Primality in The Shout
Watching Jerzy Skolimowski’s The Shout is like watching a distant yet vibrant nightmare. From the very beginning, The Shout disorients usContinue Reading
Ammonite ★★½
Period dramas tend to revel in feminine spaces, therein affording representation of women’s historically absent inner lives. Yet, the sapphicContinue Reading
Le Petit Mort in Cemetery Man
It is indisputable that Italian cinema is one of the most influential national cinemas in film history. Italian neorealism inContinue Reading
The Human Voice ★★★★
Life imitates art in Pedro Almódovar’s The Human Voice. Shot over the course of Spain’s national lockdown, Almódovar deftly reconfiguresContinue Reading
Doctor Sleep, A Single Sequel to Many Sources
Any time there is an attempt to expand upon a film that is held in high regard, whether by makingContinue Reading
Discussing Rabid
Ben McDonald: It’s October again, and given the abundance of excellent films available on the Criterion Channel’s new ’70s Horror’Continue Reading
Pola X: The Perils of Unbound Freedom
From Marquis de Sade to Gustave Courbet, the French have never been shy to transgressive expression in the arts. WhetherContinue Reading
