Lux Æterna
With Lux Æterna, it's as if Argentine French filmmaker Gaspar Noe wanted to willfully be more experimental and playful (even his most playful is still brooding) and appears to have [...]
Men
What could certainly be labeled as a "thinking person's" horror film—audiences walking into Men expecting a conventional horror film to deliver the thrills, chills, or other mysterious forces that hunt [...]
In Front of Your Face
In the indie and international worlds, films about sibling reunions are common ground, but In Front of Your Face stands out with its delicate writing and superb performances by Korean [...]
Firestarter
You might recall the poster or DVD artwork of Drew Barrymore as a child standing with a look of anxiety with flames behind her in the 1984 horror-thriller titled Firestarter [...]
The Duke
“I am you, and you are me.” This phrase from the protagonist of The Duke, Kempton Bunton (Jim Broadbent), is repeated several times over the course of the film, by [...]
On the Count of Three
The despairing, bittersweet, and adequately directed film by stand-up comedian and actor Jerrod Carmichael serves him well in his directorial feature film debut in On the Count of Three, an [...]
Pleasure
Based on the 2013 award-winning short film of the same title, Pleasure, the feature film debut by Swedish filmmaker Ninja Thyberg is an impressive debut feature in this harrowing, deeply [...]
Happening
The top-prize winner of the Golden Lion at the 2021 Venice Film Festival, newcomer writer-director Audrey Diwan has delivered a timely call to action with Happening, a visceral, character-driven, and [...]
Vortex
Gaspar Noe's most compassionate film of his career, Vortex, recalls Michael Haneke's 2012 masterpiece Amour as both films explore the final months of an elderly married couple who have been [...]
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
There are few things that can tickle the anticipation of both film buffs and general moviegoers than the announcement of renowned filmmaker/Detroit native Sam Raimi returning to the superhero genre, [...]