Horse Girl ★★
We live in a time where films and other pieces of pop culture are rife for exploitation and critique. VariousContinue Reading
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Black Bear ★★★
Lawrence Michael Levine’s third directorial feature, which had its premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, is a hard filmContinue Reading
Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story ★★½
If you lived during the 1990s, then you are most likely familiar with the popular Nickelodeon cartoon The Ren &Continue Reading
Leaving Las Vegas: Selfless Love for Selfish People
Love is an optimistic feeling. Besides offering an immediate sensation of fleeting joy, it promises a future where that feelingContinue Reading
The Lodge ★★★
English film critic Robin Wood once defined the horror film as one that presents a scenario of normality under threatContinue Reading
Worth ★★
What is life worth? This question is posed many times in Sara Colangelo’s biographical drama, Worth. It is posed byContinue Reading
Helpless and Tender: Codependence in Phantom Thread
Leave it to director Paul Thomas Anderson to make a romantic movie unlike one we have ever seen before. InsteadContinue Reading
Never Rarely Sometimes Always ★★★½
Eliza Hittman’s Never Rarely Sometimes Always is one of those Sundance films that will surely get people talking. It isContinue Reading
Redemption Through Platonic Love in A New Leaf
In A New Leaf, Walter Matthau plays Henry Graham, a playboy with a profligate spending habit that bankrupts him andContinue Reading
Love, Loss, and Obsession in Silver Linings Playbook
There is a fine line between love and obsession, and David O. Russell explores both in Silver Linings Playbook. WhenContinue Reading
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