Review: Blonde
Director: Andrew Dominik Stars: Ana da Armas, Julianne Nicholson, Bobby Cannavale Having spent the better part of the last decade … Continue reading Review: Blonde
Month: September 2022
Review: Smile
Director: Parker Finn Stars: Sosie Bacon, Kyle Gallner, Jessie T. Usher Horror tastes and movements change like the seasons, but … Continue reading Review: Smile
Review: In Front of Your Face
Director: Hong Sang-soo Stars: Yunhee Cho, Hae-hyo Kwon, Lee Hye-yeong Hong Sang-soo has always operated in an intimate, small-scale register, … Continue reading Review: In Front of Your Face
Review: Moonage Daydream
Director: Brett Morgen There’s a sequence in Nicolas Roeg’s seminal 1976 sci-fi film The Man Who Fell to Earth in which … Continue reading Review: Moonage Daydream
Review: Don’t Worry Darling
Director: Olivia Wilde Stars: Harry Styles, Florence Pugh, Chris Pine Hot on the heels of the press tour from hell, … Continue reading Review: Don’t Worry Darling
Review: Both Sides of the Blade
Director: Claire Denis Stars: Vincent Lindon, Juliette Binoche, Bulle Ogier Claire Denis tells interesting stories, but anyone remotely versed in … Continue reading Review: Both Sides of the Blade
Minutiae: The Fourth Wall Break in Charulata
If the most disarming fourth wall break in cinema occurs in Pier Paolo Pasolini’s 1967 film Oedipus Rex, then the finest … Continue reading Minutiae: The Fourth Wall Break in Charulata
Review: Do Revenge
Director: Jennifer Kaytlin Robinson Stars: Camila Mendes, Maya Hawke, Sarah Michelle Gellar Amid royal funerals, the spiraling cost of living … Continue reading Review: Do Revenge
Review: Funny Pages
Director: Owen Kline Stars: Daniel Zolghadri, Matthew Maher, Stephen Adly Guirgis It’s funny how two movies often come out at … Continue reading Review: Funny Pages
Review: Clerks III
Director: Kevin Smith Stars: Bryan O’Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Trevor Fehrman I’d like to take just a moment to delineate a … Continue reading Review: Clerks III
Review: See How They Run
Director: Tom George Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Harris Dickinson, David Oyelowo Opening with a long stretch of unnecessary narration that sounds … Continue reading Review: See How They Run
Why I Love… #151: Foxy Brown
Year: 1974 Director: Jack Hill Stars: Pam Grier, Peter Brown, Antonio Fargas While the blaxploitation cycle of the early-to-mid ’70s … Continue reading Why I Love… #151: Foxy Brown
Review: Crimes of the Future (2022)
Director: David Cronenberg Stars: Léa Seydoux, Kristen Stewart, Viggo Mortensen There’s a season four episode of The X-Files (“Leonard Betts”) in … Continue reading Review: Crimes of the Future (2022)
Ranked: David Cronenberg
For a while there it seemed like there probably wouldn’t be another David Cronenberg film. Five years became six, six … Continue reading Ranked: David Cronenberg
Review: Bodies Bodies Bodies
Director: Halina Reijn Stars: Amandla Stenberg, Rachel Sennott, Maria Bakalova The latest acquisition from the zeitgeist-straddling A24 is a hot … Continue reading Review: Bodies Bodies Bodies
The Lost Highway Hotel 