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 [...]
Army of the Dead
If you've seen any film from director Zack Snyder, you'll know the man knows how to open a film with a bang. Snyder's latest epic, Army of the Dead, [...]
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 [...]
Spiral: From the Book of Saw
It all started with a little movie that could. The brainchild of two Australian film grads in James Wan and Leigh Whannell, Saw was a scruffy little thriller that channeled [...]
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 [...]
Wrath of Man
Just before the pandemic hit, one of the freshest surprises to hits screens in some time was Guy Ritchie's return to smaller scale filmmaking with the highly clever The Gentlemen. [...]
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 [...]