Decision to Leave ★★★★
The body of a hiker is found at the base of a mountain near a rural town. It seems toContinue Reading
Tag: The Handmaiden
Love as War in The Handmaiden
Inspired by Sarah Waters’ Fingersmith, The Handmaiden replaces Victorian England with Korea under Japanese colonial rule in the first halfContinue Reading
Ammonite ★★½
Period dramas tend to revel in feminine spaces, therein affording representation of women’s historically absent inner lives. Yet, the sapphicContinue Reading
Most Anticipated of October 2019
Eugene Kang: Fall movie season is truly upon us with this month’s titles. Several well-established auteurs are making their returnContinue Reading
Most Anticipated of May 2018
Kevin Jones: As the calendar turns to May, the release schedule for theaters is starting to favor blockbusters, leading toContinue Reading
Most Anticipated of June 2017
Alex Sitaras: Last summer I felt was a little flat in regards to independent and auteurist films, but I’m pretty optimisticContinue 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 April 2017
Alex Sitaras: A film I’ve been looking forward to for a few years now has been The Lost City of ZContinue Reading
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