Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
As charming as any Pixar or Hollywood family film, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On is the feature film version of the 2010 successful You Tube short film of the [...]
Neptune Frost
Saul Willliams teams up with Rwandan playwright and actress Anisia Uzeyman for their directorial debut, titled Neptune Frost, an otherworldly but partly successful film that blends sci-fi with musical numbers. [...]
Spiderhead
Now, it’s no surprise that Netflix produces its fair share of films every year, under various genres, around 100 films are released each year from Netflix alone. With such a [...]
The Black Phone
In the year 2012, director Scott Derrickson and co-writer C. Robert Cargill, a former film critic-turned-screenwriter, unfurled to the world, Sinister, a low-budget horror film starring Ethan Hawke. The film [...]
Flux Gourmet
If the name of Peter Strickland wasn't credited to Flux Gourmet, this dark comedy with some horror tropes would probably be mistaken as an imitation of Italian Giallo, Daro Argento, [...]
Elvis
How does an actor go about playing Elvis Presley? More than a man or a musician, Elvis is a mythological rock 'n' roll legend who has always lived on in [...]
Mississippi Masala (Spotlight Review)
Renowned filmmaker Mira Nair didn't suffer from sophomore blues with her poignantly fleshed out, critically acclaimed romance titled Mississippi Masala. A very celebrated indie that is now finally getting the [...]
Ali and Ava
The expectations of family. The general wariness that can come with age. The baggage and broken feelings that come from past relationships. The societal pressures of race and class. All [...]
Cha Cha Real Smooth
Slipping and sliding its way into this year's Sundance selection, even attaining an audience award, is Cooper Raiff’s dramedy, Cha Cha Real Smooth. With its mouthful of a title, Cha [...]
Lightyear
Pixar has taken a two year break from cinema. Dumping their past three films, Soul, Luca and Turning Red, all among the upper echelon of the studio, straight to Disney+ [...]