Strawberry Mansion ★★★½
Movies speak to us in different ways. Sometimes it’s the narrative that grabs us, such as in the films ofContinue Reading
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Most Anticipated of August 2021
Alex Sitaras: First and foremost this month, I’m looking forward to Annette. The Leos Carax film premiered at Cannes thisContinue Reading
Metropolitan and the Modern Austen
Whit Stillman’s 1990 debut feature Metropolitan, while about the disconnected upper class youth of a bygone era of New YorkContinue Reading
Till Death ★★½
Till death do us part. For Emma (Megan Fox), that won’t be long. She is to celebrate her eleven yearContinue Reading
Pig ★★★½
Even more so than many Cage vehicles of the past decade, Michael Sarnoski’s debut feature Pig is a gem, likeContinue Reading
The Justification of Existence in Defending Your Life
When Defending Your Life was released in 1991, it was not the first time humanity had wondered about the afterlife,Continue Reading
Cinematic Time Travel in Lumière and Company
What kind of films would Stanley Kubrick have made if modern CGI was at his disposal? What would Tarkovsky haveContinue Reading
Most Anticipated of July 2021
Henry Baime: After more than a year of pandemic induced lockdowns changing the moviegoing experience for all of us, havingContinue Reading
2021 Long Distance Film Festival: Future
The 2021 Long Distance Film Festival concluded with ‘Future’, a category that saw disparate quarantine themes cohere to resolution. ItContinue Reading
Most Anticipated of June 2021
Alex Sitaras: Taking us into the wilderness is Abel Ferrera‘s latest film Siberia. It is his sixth collaboration with WillemContinue Reading
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