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
Month: September 2022
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
Review: Hatching
Director: Hanna Bergholm Stars: Sophia Heikkilä, Siiri Solalinna, Jani Volanen Traditionally, a bird flying inside a house is a bad … Continue reading Review: Hatching
Review: Fall
Director: Scott Mann Stars: Grace Caroline Currey, Virginia Gardner, Mason Gooding Here’s the thing. I can watch horror movies ’til … Continue reading Review: Fall
Review: Official Competition
Director: Gaston Dúprat, Mariano Cohn Stars: Penélope Cruz, Antonio Banderas, Oscar Martínez Notions of performance, craft and artistic integrity are … Continue reading Review: Official Competition
The Lost Highway Hotel 