Velvet Buzzsaw ★
At one point in Dan Gilroy‘s Velvet Buzzsaw, Rene Russo‘s character utters the line, “All art is dangerous”, a succinct ifContinue Reading
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Wildlife ★★★½
I admire filmmakers that use film as a medium to make audiences contemplate their own lives. Paul Dano has demonstratedContinue Reading
The Sisters Brothers ★★★½
“Brothers by blood. Sisters by name” is the tagline for French director Jacques Audiard‘s first outing at the helm of anContinue Reading
Most Anticipated of October 2018
Ian Floodgate: We come to that time of year again where there are many films being touted as awards contenders andContinue Reading
Working Class Films
In this month’s retrospective we celebrate Labor Day in the United States by taking a look at some of theContinue Reading
Most Anticipated of September 2018
Alex Sitaras: The first release of September I wanted to mention is Jacques Audiard’s The Sisters Brothers. The film will be Audiard’sContinue Reading
The Scores of Jóhann Jóhannsson
To the shock of everyone in the film community, we lost composer Jóhann Jóhannsson last month at the age of 48. JóhannssonContinue Reading
Okja ★★★
“Translation is sacred” -Jay, Okja I should have learned from Snowpiercer. Snowpiercer was not Bong Joon-ho’s take on an American blockbuster.Continue Reading
The Films of the 70th Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes Film Festival is indisputably the most renowned of the international film festivals. Controversy, observations on the state ofContinue Reading
Most Anticipated of May 2017
Alex Sitaras: This month we’re doing things a little differently. There aren’t as many films we’re looking forward to being releasedContinue Reading
