Port Authority
It's quite liberating and remarkable how in the last few years or so, transgender representation in cinema, television, and other forms of media is beginning to get true representation in [...]
Cruella
Cruella, Disney's latest reinvention of the classic story, which opens in theaters and on Disney+, is an amusing, stylish, and equally exhausting film to endure. The film overstays its welcome [...]
Riders of Justice
Structured as an action thriller, Riders of Justice, Anders Thomas-Jensen latest Danish contribution to the crime thriller, is an entertaining character-driven story that offers some characterization and sophisticated themes with [...]
The Killing of Two Lovers
The Killing of Two Lovers is a domestic drama that aims to explore a collapsed marriage that also holds the mood and atmosphere of a slow-burn thriller. The Killing of [...]
The Woman in the Window
Paying homage to the title of the1944 Fritz Lang noir masterpiece and easily working on the concept of Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window, Joe Wright's (Atonement, Pride and Prejudice) A Woman [...]
Those Who Wish Me Dead
Very much in the vein of a 90s natural disaster or man vs. nature style thriller, one that reminds you of such 90 era action thrillers films like Cliffhanger, The [...]
2001 Retrospective: The 10 Best Films of 2001
With 2021 upon us, I figured it was the right time to look back at the year 2001 and the great pieces of cinema that were released. This list runs [...]
Mainstream
Gia Coppola's sophomore follow-up Mainstream in some aspects reminds me of Sidney Lumet's 1976 masterpiece Network; both works are scathing media satires and are hyperreal in tone and approach--although Network [...]
The Mitchells vs. The Machines
Now offering six of their own animated productions each year, the Netflix team has taken the animated feature into a new terrain of impressive and narrative design that is now [...]
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 [...]