The Power of Restraint in The Blair Witch Project
“You gonna write us a happy ending, Heather?” Very few films can be attributed to reviving an entire subgenre andContinue Reading
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Da 5 Bloods ★★★½
Spike Lee has always been an ambitious filmmaker with a strong desire to delve into social issues that demand complexContinue Reading
LX 2048 ★★
LX 2048, the newest film from writer/director Guy Moshe (Bunraku), has unexpected resonance during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the film’sContinue Reading
First Cow ★★★½
Underlying many of Kelly Reichardt’s films is the desire to create human dramas that comment obliquely on the environment whereContinue Reading
Discussing Original Cast Album: Company
Eugene Kang: This month, we are delving into the work of D.A. Pennebaker, the famous documentary filmmaker. Known mainly forContinue Reading
The Devil All The Time ★★
Antonio Campos’ The Devil All The Time weaves together a web of disparate lives within and around Knockemstiff, Ohio, castingContinue Reading
The Films of Chadwick Boseman
In a year of immense dysfunction and tragedy, Chadwick Boseman’s death still came as a shock to all. Since hisContinue Reading
I’m Thinking of Ending Things ★★★
The work of Charlie Kaufman is one of irreconcilable contradictions – the desire to forget the pain of a break-upContinue Reading
Most Anticipated of September 2020
Video on Demand By Alex Sitaras Our Most Anticipated selection for VOD this month features a trio of films onContinue Reading
You Cannot Kill David Arquette ★★★
In 2008, Misha DeFonseca publicly admitted that her memoir about being raised by wolves after her parents were killed byContinue Reading
