Red Rocket
Sean Baker has done it once again by remarkably delivering another raw and authentic character study related to American subculture and exploration of socio economics, Red Rocket shakes up the [...]
Licorice Pizza
Deeply moving, highly engaging, and technically brilliant, Paul Thomas Anderson’s ninth feature, Licorice Pizza, is the most enthralling and thrilling film to be released this year. A chronicle of first [...]
Drive My Car
A chronicle of grief, healing, and the power of the creative process are all familiar themes we have seen numerous times before, but rarely are they executed with the delicateness, [...]
The Souvenir: Part II
Artistically speaking, The Souvenir: Part II is to The Souvenir what The Godfather: Part II was to The Godfather: a masterful follow-up to an essential masterpiece that is equally great, [...]
The Power of the Dog
The Power of the Dog is a brilliant, oblique adaptation of Thomas Savage's 1967 novel of the same name. Reinforced by an unpredictable premise, superlative performances, a modern view of [...]
Mulholland Drive (Spotlight Review) 20th Anniversary!
The cautionary tale of Hollywood and what lies beneath the surface of all the glitz, glamour, and stardom underlies a very dark, seedy, and cutthroat world. 20 years later, David [...]
Possession (Spotlight Review) 40th Anniversary!
Now being re-released theatrically with a pristine 4k restoration in celebration of its 40th anniversary by Metrograph Pictures, the cult following of Andrzej Zulawski's 1981 psychological horror film Possession should [...]
Titane
French auteur in the making Julia Ducournau, one of the most promising and audacious up and coming filmmakers of the era, scripted and directed the 2021 Cannes Film Festival Palme [...]
Annette
A highlight of the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, Annette, the surreal rock opera tragedy and sixth full-length feature film from French auteur Leos Carax is an audacious and unforgettable experience. [...]
The Suicide Squad
James Gunn's The Suicide Squad is a goddamn miracle. A modern marvel of grindhouse exploitation set within the confines of a big-budget comic book spectacle, the soft reboot/sequel to the [...]