Movie Review: Mangrove
When you think of the great filmmakers of the last decade, who comes to mind? Jordan Peele, sure. Greta Gerwig, 100%. Ryan Coogler, totes. Damien …
Drama
Movie Review: The Life Ahead
After watching Sin City, and getting, um, a little flustered at my attraction to Jessica Alba in that film, I was curious what my parents’ …
Movie Review: The-40-Year-Old Version
The 40-Year-Old Version is a movie example of a remix. We get well known stories to the tune of something entirely different than how these …
Movie Review: Close-Knit
Black Panther. Love, Simon. The Force Awakens. It’s wonderful when you can see someone like you in a movie. Representation is a perennial struggle in …
Movie Review: The Trial of the Chicago 7
Great directors learn from their mistakes. Aaron Sorkin was already a great writer by the time he decided to direct Molly’s Game. While an excellently …
Movie Review: First Cow
The explorer movie is always wrought with peril everywhere in search of opportunity. I mean, Leo DiCaprio was mauled by a bear! Kelly Reichart’s First …
Movie Review: Never Rarely Sometimes Always
It’s easily to craft a compelling drama out of a story about abortion, considering the immense stress on usually a young woman, and then her …
Movie Review: Cuties
I fear that Cuties is going to be remembered more for its controversy than all the good its trying to say. For all those people …
Movie Review: I’m Thinking of Ending Things
How strange it must be to see the world through the eyes of Charlie Kaufman. I imagine he was an only child to a couple …
Movie Review: I’m No Longer Here
Most stories about the immigrant experience are these sorta sad, but ultimately hopeful affairs. There’s one big reason for that though: usually the immigrant has …