The Card Counter ★★★
Coming from the man who penned some of cinema’s best character studies in Taxi Driver and Raging Bull and madeContinue Reading
Tag: Paul Schrader
Messianic Delusions in Saint Maud
Saint Maud, directed by Rose Glass, puts a spin on the religious horror movie that both honors the tropes ofContinue Reading
Most Anticipated of September 2021
Alex Sitaras: With the fall movie season upon us, September is when we usually start to see the films thatContinue Reading
The Subversion of South Korean Society in The Pollen of Flowers
Class struggle is present in almost every society, but it seems that Korean culture is especially obsessed with this theme.Continue Reading
1999 in Film
In the ninth month of the year, we look at a number of the films released twenty years ago atContinue Reading
Fathers in Film
Published on Father’s Day, this month’s retrospective complements last month’s Mothers in Film which we wrote to celebrate Mother’s Day.Continue Reading
Blu-ray Favorites From 2018
We look back at a number of our favorite Blu-ray releases from 2018. This is by no means a ‘bestContinue Reading
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (Blu-ray review) ★★★★
Paul Schrader‘s Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters is a towering, unique, and absolutely gorgeous work that explores the life andContinue Reading
Sorry to Bother You ★★
If there’s one thing rapper Boots Riley’s directorial debut Sorry to Bother You is, it’s political. Commenting with a coked-upContinue Reading
Hereditary, and the Independent Horror Renaissance
“You know what Freud says about the nature of horror? He says it’s when the home becomes unhomelike. Unheimlich.” –Continue Reading
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