Movie Review: Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
The first Knives Out was a nonstop delight: a modern detective caper built upon and breaking down the murder mystery. So when Netflix ponied up …
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Movie Review: Babylon
I’d like to think Babylon started with Damien Chazelle sitting in a screening of Singin’ in the Rain. And when the film ends, everyone is …
Movie Review: The Whale
There are three types of Darren Aronofsky movies. There’s the boundary pushing force of nature magnum opuses, then there’s the brilliant misfires, which look amazing …
Movie Review: Lady Chatterly’s Lover
Finally! Poor Emma Corrin just wants what everyone wants: a passionate sexually fulfilling relationship. Lord knows the poor girl has tried: Princess Diana left her …
Movie Review: Empire of Light
Every director has to go back to their past apparently. Empire of Light is another one I wish didn’t Sam Mendes, I love a lot …
Movie Review: The Inspection
Don’t ask don’t tell. Elegance Bratton had to enter the military with this policy in place, designed to keep gay people in the closet preventing …
Movie Review: Bones and All
Call it the Armie Hammer effect. After spending time with a vile, real life cannibal, Luca Guadagnino and Timothee Chalamet found a safe space to …
Movie Review: Causeway
There’s usually a very important stepping stone a movie star makes: the small indie breakout performance. Jennifer Lawrence didn’t come fully formed with her Katniss …
Movie Review: The Wonder
How do legends start? And maybe more importantly, why do they start? The Wonder tackles those big questions, sending Florence Pugh to rural Ireland to …
Movie Review: My Policeman
My Policeman got Biff Tannen’d. I’m sure the writers had a well thought out period piece about the struggles of LGBTQ people in a different …