The Vast of Night
The shadow of Steven Spielberg, John Carpenter, Brian De Palma, and even P.T. Anderson looms large over Andrew Patterson's debut feature “The Vast of Night,” a small scale sci-fi period [...]
The Lovebirds
In an alternate reality, The Lovebirds would have opened in theaters nationwide the first week of April. However, we don't live in that world and after the pandemic delayed every [...]
Blood and Money
The title of John Barr's glum and equally taut "Blood and Money" is an unimaginative movie title, but the movie is not. While certainly a mixed bag, the film goes [...]
How to Build a Girl
Coky Giedroyc's "How to Build a Girl" offers an inside, honest look as being a teenager that holds some charm, but is vastly inconsistent with its tonal shifts, even when [...]
Extraction
As the closest thing to a Summer blockbuster as we're going to get for a few more months, Extraction sets its sights on filling the void left by the world [...]
The Willoughbys
Since certain events have forced us to stay at home, some of us may be spending more and more time with our parents. The global health crisis has, in some [...]
Sergio
Having only made documentary features until now, director Greg Barker makes his narrative film debut with Sergio. Barker, who also made the 2009 HBO documentary of the same name, retells [...]
Extra Ordinary
Despite its world premiere at the 2019 SXSW, I entered the Irish comedy "Extra Ordinary" not knowing what to anticipate. In fact, when I first saw the teaser trailer, I [...]
Greed
Michael Winterbottom's latest film, "Greed" is his most overtly political comedy, a outraged satire on inequality that wears its political agenda on its sleeves but doesn't engage well on a [...]
Downhill
It's very redundant and very common to be sour when Hollywood remakes exceptional international films. In the case of "Downhill", an American remake of the 2014 outstanding Swedish hit film written [...]