Pearl ★★★½
Pearl may be a spin-off story to Ti West’s slasher homage X released earlier this year, but it stands onContinue Reading
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Nope ★★★½
Whenever I saw a great film as a child, I would come back home and be buzzing. My mind wouldContinue Reading
Moonage Daydream (documentary) ★★★★
In a saturated marketplace of nostalgia-driven contemplations on iconic artists, how could something break the mould? Brett Morgen’s sensory experienceContinue Reading
What We’re Watching – August 2022
World cinema is on our mind in this month’s What We’re Watching column, our critics writing on German, Russian, and Belgian cinema.Continue Reading
The Gray Man ★★
When Netflix announced it was moving to become a streaming service fifteen years ago, it had almost a monopoly onContinue Reading
The Importance of a Woman-led Story in The Lost Daughter
For a film that focuses on the responsibilities of motherhood and the relationships between mothers and daughters, it only seemsContinue Reading
Feminist Crimes in Buffaloed
Tanya Wexler had directed three films at the time Buffaloed was announced, and unfortunately, none of her previously released filmsContinue Reading
Quiet Observance of Empty Myths in Meek’s Cutoff
In a time when basic survival was of paramount concern, men held all voting power, and the colonialist mantra “manifestContinue Reading
Elvis ★
Part of the allure of a Baz Luhrmann film is its radiating artificiality, created by a primary emphasis on theContinue Reading
Shrek, Love, and Life
Shrek has a serious claim to being the work of art that has had the most influence on me asContinue Reading
Redefining Romance in Laurent’s Galveston
Coincidentally, two films that I find to be criminally underrated in the 2010s both star Elle Fanning. The first oneContinue Reading
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