Movie Review: All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
I’m so mad at myself. How had I not heard of Nan Goldin before? Laura Poitras, the Citizenfour documentarian, has a knack for finding these …
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Movie Review: The Menu
No industry is more ripe for a humiliating satire than the upscale restaurant industry. Like all artists catering to the super rich, the chefs and …
Movie Review: The Banshees of Inisherin
I have a few filmmakers who always find my funny bone. There’s obvious ones, like Judd Apatow, or Adam McKay, who’ve made some of the …
Movie Review: Decision to Leave
Thanks to Squid Game, BlackPink, BTS, and Parasite, the US has fully embraced the Korean cultural revolution. Forgotten in this explosion is the incredible Park …
Movie Review: Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
A24 is having an incredible 2022. Their WORST release is the fascinating Men. The other 3 are already in my top 10 for the year, …
Movie Review: RRR
The US makes something like 700 films a year. That’s an impressive feat for sure…until you realize Bollywood is a better machine, churning out 1500-2000 …
Movie Review: The Northman
There are a lot of Egg heads out there. Robert Eggers has always been a filmmaker I admired, but I found watching his movies to …
Movie Review: Turning Red
The beast within as a storytelling device has been a tale as old as time. When it comes to using animal transformation as a puberty …
Movie Review: X
In the horror community, there’s a reverence for movies like The Texax Chainsaw Massacre of the 1970s. Brutal, visceral depictions that push the boundaries of …
Movie Review: After Yang
The 2nd Feature from a director who’s made a brilliant first film always makes me giddy. You’re dreading an Elysium post District 9, but if …