Film Reviews & Insights
Stars at Noon
Claire Denis's sensual and tense adaptation of the late Denis Johnson 1986 novel, Stars at Noon, is a stylish, sophisticated, genre-bending reworking of the espionage geopolitical thriller. On the surface, [...]
Hellraiser (2022)
The Hellraiser franchise has seen more than its fair share of ups and (mostly) downs. Created by horror maestro Clive Barker, adapting from his own novella, “The Hellbound Heart”, the original [...]
Catherine Called Birdy
With miscalculated dry humor and unfunny banter that delivers so much low energy, filmmaker Lena Dunham burns through her biggest budget to date on her well-intentioned medieval satire titled Catherine [...]
The Munsters
It wouldn’t take much thought to understand the appeal of a film adaptation of the classic 60’s sitcom, The Munsters, to filmmaker/hard rocker Rob Zombie. The multi-talent’s breakthrough hit solo [...]
Amsterdam
Five-time Oscar nominated and problematic filmmaker David O. Russell promotes love, art, peace, and combats fascism in a web of conspiracy in his ninth feature (10 if you count Accidental [...]
Triangle of Sadness
Utilizing rich ideas on class warfare with razor-sharp satire, a brilliantly written script, and stellar visuals, Triangle of Sadness captures the absurdist spirit of Luis Bunuel's The Discreet Charm of [...]
Vesper
There have been many sci-fi films about dystopian futures. Vesper is another vision of a doomed world that resonates both as a rare coming-of-age story and as a distressing genre [...]
God’s Creatures
A superbly crafted work from the collaborating duo of Anna Rose Holmer and Saela Davis, God's Creatures is a potent, somber examination of a mother struggling to come to terms [...]
Hocus Pocus 2
Most adults that grew up from the early 90’s to the early 2000’s likely had the 1993 film Hocus Pocus in their Halloweentime rotation. The film, which came from a [...]
My Best Friend’s Exorcism
Exorcism stories are nothing new in horror. Neither are 1980s period pieces. But sometimes even well-trod ground can be combined to create something special. Such was the case in 2016 [...]
The Greatest Beer Run Ever
Attempting back to his historical period-piece roots after his Best Picture win for Green Book, filmmaker Peter Farrelly attempts to throw a well-intentioned beer party with The Greatest Beer Run [...]