Highly stylized and based squarely in satire, We Are Little Zombies somehow manages to be a heartfelt look at what makes a family and what it means to grieve. Don’t let that description lead you to think this is a mournful, or somber film. In fact, it is a neon-drenched, 8-bit music video that lulls […]
That Shelf's Jason Gorber reviews Hamilton – the filmed version of the famed stage play, premiering not in theatres but on the Disney+.
From Da 5 Bloods to Batman, here's what we were loving this month.
If ever there was a time we needed Jon Stewart’s biting political commentary, it is now. The funny man turned filmmaker turns his attention to the absurdity of US elections in his second time in the director’s chair with Irresistible, though his teeth are not as sharp as they used to be. The film’s opening […]
Miss Juneteenth follows a struggling mother who enters her fourteen-year-old daughter in the same beauty pageant that she won as a teenager.
Babyteeth is the first feature from longtime television and short film director Shannon Murphy. The quiet film focuses on ordinary characters going through a tough situation, with wobbling skill. Milla (Eliza Scanlen, Little Women) first meets Moses (Toby Wallace) on a train platform. The teenage girl is in her school uniform when the tattooed wanderer […]
Twelve minutes into the movie, Colin Farrell gets in a helicopter and flies away, and frankly, we can't blame him because it’s all downhill from there.
Scare Package is a tongue-in-cheek homage to the horror movie genre and its tired tropes.
Da 5 Bloods is about five black men who risk their lives and burden their souls fighting for a country that doesn’t love them back. What's more American than that?
The Last of Us Part 2 is exciting and visceral. The team at Naughty Dog overcame many obstacles and delivered a worthy sequel to one of the biggest games of all time.
The King of Staten Island isn’t Judd Apatow’s funniest film to date, but it’s arguably his most heartfelt and endearing.
Writing is a cerebral process that does not lend itself easily to the screen. From The Shining to Adaptation to Delirious, the cinematic history of showing writers honing their craft is a rocky road. Shirley aims to expose us to bits of Shirley Jackson’s creative process, but much like the character herself, we never get […]
Justin McConnell offers a personal exploration of the independent film scene in 'Clapboard Jungle'.
“Hell hath no fury like a grumpy 13-year-old.” Isn’t that how the saying goes? Right on the cusp between independence and protection, the end of tweendom is always an especially rough phase to traverse. In Becky, co-directors Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion (Cooties) once again turn their attention to the trials of childhood to showcase […]
As the penultimate episode of this season approaches, what fates await Eve, Villanelle, and Carolyn?
