Scarlet
A triumphant return to the rich aesthetics and enchanting artistry of Martin Eden, Scarlet is Italian director Pietro Marcello's second narrative feature to grapple with Europe's past. The film unwinds [...]
Brooklyn 45
The World War II era has been fertile ground for filmmakers for decades. It lends itself to a very wide spectrum of genre and tone, which is likely why it [...]
The Boogeyman
Rob Savage's breakthrough debut film Host was one of the few projects to emerge early on in the Pandemic that utilized the made the most of its resources, delivering a [...]
1998 Retrospective: The Best Films of 1998
Even in 1998, people were claiming cinema was dying. As I recall, I was told this as I had a VHS copy of The Big Lebowski in my hand, and [...]
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Just shy of five years ago, the unexpected Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse was a shot in the arm to the comic book genre. With its distinct approach to [...]
Lynch/Oz
Up there with Elvis Mitchell's Is That Black Enough For You?!? as being one of the most insightful documentaries about cinema filmmaking, and film theory as of late, Lynch/Oz does [...]
The Machine
Anyone familiar with Youtube around 2016 will be remember a stand-up comedy bit that was shared everywhere. The bit, coming from comedian Bert Kreischer in his special The Machine, was [...]
Sancturary
A thorny and unconventional love story, Zachary Wigon's sophomore feature Sancturary plays out more like a modern expansion of Steven Shanberg's 2002 indie classic Secretary, about two people bouncing in [...]
The Little Mermaid
Continuing the spotty track record of Disney live-action remakes, Rob Marshall's adaptation of the animated classic, largely responsible for ushering in the Disney Renaissance, continuing with the likes of Beauty [...]
You Hurt My Feelings
New York City is proving to be a comfortable setting for the greatly skilled Nicole Holofcener. From her breakthrough indie debut Walking and Talking to Enough Said and co-writing Can [...]