Masters of the Universe
Masters of the Universe is the new movie based on the classic 1980s media franchise from Mattel, this time brought to the screen by Travis Knight. Known for his work [...]
The Breadwinner
I am not the biggest fan of Nate Bargatze's stand-up. He has built a successful career on "clean comedy," often mocking himself for being uncultured or a philistine who admits [...]
Carolina Caroline
Carolina Caroline is a movie that really did not need to be made. It serves no purpose other than to exist, and to showcase a couple really nice turns by [...]
Silent Friend
Silent Friend is an unusual work, told in three segments, about the ways in which memory and recognition work, both between people and in a thematic or metaphorical sense. Here, [...]
Backrooms
In the words of Clémence Poséy’s mysterious Barbara in Christopher Nolan’s Tenet, “don’t try to understand it, feel it”; the only sentiment I can think of to anyone not familiar [...]
Time and Water
Time and Water is a documentary, on the surface, about a glacier and its demise. Like all enormous ice formations, what you see on top is only a tiny fraction [...]
The Python Hunt
The Everglades region of Florida has seen a rise in invasive species over the last four decades, but none with the power to capture the public imagine quite like the [...]
The Sheep Detectives
Once in awhile, a film comes around that so greatly exceeds the furthest reaches of expectation that it becomes a must-see event just to believe the hype with your own [...]
Pressure
There have been many films about war and many about the Second World War. A seeming majority of those have centered on either combat or rescue missions. Pressure is in [...]
Passenger
“Sometimes when you get haunted, it’s like stepping on gum. You… take it with you.” So said famous (and infamous) demonologist and ghost hunter Ed Warren, of The Conjuring fame, in the [...]