Film Reviews & Insights
Driving Madeleine
With Driving Madeleine, director and co-writer Christian Caron, has wrought a minor miracle, in terms of striking a balance between comedy and drama, and between philosophy and action, all of [...]
Stopmotion
Horror films focused on artists dealing with madness are certainly nothing new. From the great Vincent Price in House of Wax, to Jack Nicholson in The Shining, to Yahya Abdul-Mateen [...]
About Dry Grasses
Turkish filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan continues his grandiose creative momentum with his latest art-house dramatic epic, About Dry Grasses. With his 2014 Palme d'Or winner Winter Sleep (which made my [...]
Io Capitano
Io Capitano marks a significant comeback for a well-known Italian filmmaker Matteo Garrone (Gomorrah, Tale of Tales, Dogman). The harrowing feature takes viewers into a visceral world of migrant struggles [...]
They Shot the Piano Player
Audiences looking for historical perspective and something unique, not to mention a tribute to music, will find it in They Shot the Piano Player, a refreshing new animated film by [...]
Bob Marley: One Love
Since the enormous box office success of Bohemian Rhapsody, the Oscar-winning biopic of the band Queen, biopics have seen a resurgence. One biopic that has been in the works for [...]
God & Country
God & Country from producer Rob Reiner (The Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally) and director Dan Partland may not seem to reveal too much as a whole, especially to [...]
Rustin
With the cinematic awards season in full swing and the highly-contested 96th Academy Awards just weeks away, films like Rustin are getting timely releases and more than adequate media attention. [...]
Madame Web
It would be an understatement to say the Sony-Marvel universe has not achieved the same success as the MCU. While the superhero genre as of this writing has experienced a [...]
Lisa Frankenstein
The Frankenstein retellings are still in full swing following 2023's The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster and Birth/Rebirth. This time, with Lisa Frankenstein, acclaimed indie filmmaker Diablo Cody lends [...]
The Monk and the Gun
Bhutan's young genius filmmaker, Pawo Choyning Dorji, progresses as a filmmaker with The Monk and the Gun, a satirical, alluring, spiritual, and divine film that contemplates the power of democracy, [...]