Film Reviews & Insights
Eleanor the Great
Scarlett Johansson's directorial debut, Eleanor the Great, works the best when it focuses on itself as a character study as well as on a close but deceiving friendship. However, it [...]
One Battle After Another
Renowned filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson's engrossing One Battle After Another is a politically charged thriller about combating cruelty, oppression, and power. It also examines the struggles of the revolutionary lifestyle. [...]
Megadoc
Megadoc is the new documentary, from director Mike Figgis, about the making of the 2024 film Megalopolis, a movie that has quickly become fodder for those who wish to heap upon the [...]
Him
How does one make sense of a film with so much possible greatness that spectacularly fails on every meaningful level? The new psychological horror film produced by Jordan Peele set [...]
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
A Long, Excruciating, Painful Mess, should be the true title of A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, the newest film from Kogonada, the filmmaker behind Columbia and After Yang. Neither of those films prepares [...]
The History of Sound
Though it holds many similarities to Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain, which is based on a short story by author Ben Shattuck who also wrote the screenplay, still holds it's own [...]
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, is the third and final film in the Downton Abbey film series, which means it is also the end of the story which began on television [...]
The Long Walk
Filmmaker Francis Lawrence is no stranger to dystopian futures, having directed I Am Legend and every Hunger Games film sans the first entry. While having the same filmmaker who brought [...]
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
Spinal Tap 2: The End Continues, is the sequel to the 1984 mockumentary classic. The film is once again directed by co-writer Rob Reiner, who co-stars alongside fellow writers Christopher [...]
The Conjuring: Last Rites
The Conjuring series has seen its share of ups and downs. The first two films were solid, respectable entries in the possession/haunting categories. The first Annabelle film tried perhaps a bit too hard [...]
Highest 2 Lowest
Highest 2 Lowest is the new Spike Lee film, based on Akira Kurosawa’s High and Low, which was itself adapted from Ed McBain’s King’s Ransom. Where the original film has as part of [...]