Film Reviews & Insights
Mother Mary
Set at the intersection of pop music and high fashion, David Lowery’s latest psychological thriller aims for the intimacy of a semi-chamber piece. Though the narrative feels slightly uneven, it [...]
Blue Heron
Blue Heron is a film that is formally daring and emotionally taxing. It is a work about memory and understanding, but it is not about answers or resolution as much as [...]
Normal
I absolutely love quirky stories set in small-town America, where darkness, secrets, and revelations always ripple under the surface like a giant sea creature sensed but not seen, until the [...]
Michael
The Life and legacy of Michael Jackson has always been a daunting task to attempt to tell in a biopic setting. Jackson, the iconic King of Pop whose musical influence [...]
Kontinental ’25
Kontinental '25 is the latest film from the Romanian director Radu Jude. By comparison to his last three pictures, this one is the most reserved. Yet, it has all the fire, passion, [...]
The Christophers
Prolific and skillful filmmaker Steven Soderbergh's engrossing, interior look at a stubborn artist's life—where the film blends elements of a caper movie and a dark comedy with segments that feel [...]
Lee Cronin’s The Mummy
Irish filmmaker Lee Cronin struck gold with his breakout studio hit Evil Dead Rise back in 2023. That film, the fifth entry in the Evil Dead franchise, was a spooky, [...]
The Stranger
Francois Ozon’s new film, The Stranger, based on Albert Camus’ famed novel, is a coldly distant film, reflective of its central character. Shot in stark black and white-reminiscent of the recent Ripley series-the [...]
Fantasy Life
Fantasy Life, from writer and director Matthew Shear, who also stars as, in his debut film behind the camera, focuses on the story of a recently fired young legal worker, [...]
Faces of Death
Most horror fanatics from the ages of 60 to 20 have likely come across, or heard, of the notorious 1978 mondo exploitation film Faces of Death. What was once sold [...]
Miroirs No. 3
Miroirs No. 3 is a lyrical, unusual work that contains a lot of rich emotions, done in a way where not much seems to happen yet each moment is packed [...]