Film Reviews & Insights
The Drama
An uncomfortable narrative about discomfort, Kristoffer Borgli’s The Drama is nonetheless a wrenching framework thanks to the director’s immense skill for anxiety-inducing drama, dark humor, and raising uncomfortable questions in [...]
A Magnificent Life
The third animated feature from French writer/director Sylvain Chomet, A Magnificent Life doesn't quite reach the emotional impact or narrative innovation of his previous masterpieces, The Triplets of Belleville and [...]
Reminders of Him
Author Colleen Hoover seems to be the new "it" author to adapt in Hollywood. After the smash hit success of her novel adaptation It Ends With Us -- that's before [...]
Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere
Louis Theroux: Inside The Manosphere is another presentation from the British documentarian and journalist. This time, he tackles not Jimmy Saville or any single notorious figure, but a movement, and [...]
Ready or Not 2: Here I Come
Reuniting directors Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett with writer Guy Busick, Ready or Not 2: Here I Come dives back into bloody chaos. It carries the unenviable burden of following a [...]
Project Hail Mary
Author Andy Weir's 2021 novel Project Hail Mary has become one of the most popular best-selling books of this decade. The author's previous novel The Martian was adapted by director [...]
Tow
It's quite evident by now that Rose Byrne is an actress of outstanding range and various textures. In Two, written and directed by Stephanie Laing, Byrne returns as a mother enduring [...]
Undertone
The horror genre has spawned many sub-genres over the years, and it can be fun to see the various creative experiments and avenues horror provides filmmakers. But like all experiments, [...]
8th Annual DeFacto Film Awards
Welcome to the 8th annual De Facto Film Awards! In honor of the Oscars airing on March 15th, we ended up tabulating our personal picks, as voted on by our [...]
The Bride!
The Bride! is the new film from Maggie Gyllenhaal. While the film is at times visually audacious, this is a work that could have benefited from less “lets just do [...]
Pillion
It is the duty of storytellers to explore various areas of humanity and its behavior, ideally without judgement or bias to achieve the most honest portrayal of their subject as [...]