Oscar-Nominated Live Action Shorts Review: The Present for the Win!
The Present gets our critics vote among the Oscar nominees.
Oscar-nominated Animated Shorts Review: Humour and Heartache
If Anything Happens, I Love You gets this writer's vote among the nominees.
SXSW 2021: Swan Song Review
Balancing reflection with honesty is a struggle for people, as well as for film. How well do we remember our own lives, and what good does it do us to remember the pain? Swan Song does not ask that question exactly, but it does play fast and loose with reality. And why shouldn’t it? The […]
Godzilla vs. Kong Review: Attack of the Titans (Again)
Attack of the Titans delivers kaiju-on-kaiju spectacle in overabundance.
French Exit Review: Pferociously Pfunny Pfeiffer
Michelle Pfeiffer gives her best performance in years in this wry comedy.
The Vault Review: A Heist-Thriller By Any Other Name…
A heist-thriller by any other name is still a heist-thriller.
Shiva Baby Review: A Delightful Feature Debut
Emma Seligman's feature film debut Shiva Baby is a spry queer Jewish comedy with a star making turn from Rachel Sennott.
SXSW 2021: WeWork: or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn Review
WeWork: or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn presents an infuriating display of unchecked capitalistic hedonism.
Flannery Review: Portrait Of A Complicated Woman
American Masters and PBS take a by-the-books look at the life and career of controversial Southern novelist Flannery O'Connor.
Doors Review
Doors is a high concept sci-fi films that is overflowing with great ideas. But does it live up to its potential?
SXSW 2021: Woodlands Dark And Days Bewitched: A History Of Folk Horror Review
Canadian Kier-La Janisse’s Woodlands Dark And Days Bewitched: A History Of Folk Horror is a comprehensive and well-researched deep dive into a horror sub-genre filled with witches, voodoo, and wicker men. With a 193-minute running time, the documentary gives folk horror its due while keeping the themes presented moving at an engaging pace. Taking an academic […]
SXSW 2021: Disintegration Loops Review
Disintegration Loops dives into the making of William Basinski’s critically acclaimed 9/11-era ambient music recordings.
Nobody Review: John Wick Of Suburbia
Bob Odenkirk is the action hero we never knew we needed in the adrenaline-driven Nobody, a thrill-filled John Wick for suburbia.
Justice League: WETA Digital’s Simeon Duncombe & Anders Langland Talk Bringing the Snyder Cut to Life with VFX
We sit down with the JUSTICE LEAGUE VFX team from WETA Digital to talk about bringing director Zack Snyder's vision to life.
SXSW 2021: The Fabulous Filipino Brothers Review
Dante Basco’s The Fabulous Filipino Brothers is one of the cinematic gems screening at SXSW.
