Film Reviews & Insights
The Human Voice
A darkly comedic and equally melancholic dramatic short film, Pedro Almodóvar''s The Human Voice is a deeply compelling one-person show featuring the great Tilda Swinton, clocking in at only 30 [...]
Things Heard & Seen
After just pulling off a truly stellar Oscar-nominated performance as Marion Davies in David Fincher's Mank, Amanda Seyfried returns with a very emotionally wrenching performance as an agonizing wife confined [...]
32 Best Picture Nominees That Deserved to Win the Oscar
32 Best Picture Nominees That Deserved to Win the Best Picture Oscar. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has a long history of overlooking the greatest films ever [...]
93rd Academy Awards (2021)
Here is the full list of 2021 Oscar nominations, along with picks and predictions. This year's Oscars are going to be quite unpredictable and it can go so many different [...]
Mortal Kombat
With video game movies getting a slightly better reputation in recent years, it makes sense to revisit the classic game franchise that also helped usher in "video game movies" as [...]
Slalom
Nuanced and unsettling, Charlène Favier’s Slalom, the debut French film from Charlène Favier, tells the story of an inadequate relationship between an unfathomable ski coach and his highly insecure teenager [...]
Jakob’s Wife
Having made her cinematic resurgence with the 2013 sleeper hit You're Next, horror icon (don't call her a scream queen) Barbara Crampton has made a number of strong appearances in [...]
Shiva Baby
Emma Seligman’s debut feature Shiva Baby, chronicles the day of a nettlesome Shiva family gathering with prudent humor, occasionally fragile drama and plenty of anxiety. At least once in our [...]
3rd Annual Defacto Film Awards
To celebrate the upcoming Oscars, we are pleased to announce the Best of 2020 nominees and winners in fourteen categories. We selected the top five picks in the following categories: [...]
Godzilla vs Kong
In a time where mega-blockbusters have been sidelined due to the pandemic, Godzilla vs Kong feels like a welcome return to the kind of film destined to be experienced on [...]
Nina Wu
The fifth feature of Taiwanese filmmaker Midi Z, premiered at the Un Certain Regard section at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. The filmmaker has reached numerous accolades in Asia: The [...]