Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom is almost mesmerizing
Chadwick Boseman’s final film, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, has arrived. How does Netflix’s adaptation of the August Wilson classic play fare?
Category: Film
THE INFORMANT! is the Perfect Movie for the End of the Trump Presidency
There may be no better film to explain the current implosion of the Trump movement than Steven Soderbergh’s deeply strange 2009 masterpiece, THE INFORMANT!
SOUL achieves greatness by rejecting it
Hobbies are funny things. As adults, we often come by them casually and with little sense of obligation. Maybe a friend convinces us to run a 5K with them and we find unexpected joy in running, or a quick search on Ancestry.com evolves into a years-long project to trace our …
NOMADLAND, the year’s first essential film
The great recession of 2008 was a defining moment of my own generation, and particularly for those who found themselves stepping out of college into a workforce where there simply wasn’t enough gainful employment to be had. 12 years later, the long-term effects of this have really only begun to …
MANK, dispelling the myth of Welles
David Fincher’s long-awaited new feature, MANK, stylishly centers on the largely untold story of the co-screenwriter of CITIZEN KANE
BLACK BEAR is transformative, in more ways than one
Black Bear is a memorable tug-of-war that isn’t always pleasant, but thrives thanks to a trio of stellar performances led by a remarkable Aubrey Plaza.
THE CLIMB is a hill too far
An admirable effort that attempts to skirt its narrative shortcomings through waning technical ambition
FREAKY whiffs on a great premise
The latest Blumhouse effort is a throwback to the horror comedies of yesteryear. Sadly, it can’t quite live up to its great premise.
THE WITCHES can’t conjure the original version’s charm
Another day, another “It’s fine, but the original was better” remake.
BORAT SUBSEQUENT MOVIEFILM is an arduous journey, but the destination is jawdropping
Borat returns, and has his sights set on the Trump administration, in Borat Subsequent Moviefilm. How’s it stack up?
EVIL EYE and NOCTURNE step up the offerings from Amazon/Blumhouse
We look at Evil Eye and Nocturne, the most recent films from Amazon’s partnership with horror studio Blumhouse.
POSSESSOR is a fascinating, if a bit thin, sophomore effort for Brandon Cronenberg
Possessor marks a startling step-forward for Brandon Cronenberg.
BLACK BOX and THE LIE, Blumhouse’s first Amazon offerings, range from decent to dud
Blumhouse, the sort of oasis in the perpetual wasteland that is moderate to bigger budget horror, is now expanding its empire into the auspices of a streaming partnership. Having found a new collaborator in Amazon, “Welcome To The Blumhouse” is a series of films being released over time by a …
THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7 is Netflix’s Best Original Yet
Riding in the background, or perhaps its even in the foreground depending upon your political persuasions, in Aaron Sorkin‘s latest is an element of timeliness. It shouldn’t be lost on any viewer that a film about a group of activists being put on trial by a corrupt administration, and aided …
THE SWERVE finds its horror in the mundane
Two kids. A husband. A house in the suburbs. Bowling. Apple Pie.
The Swerve introduces us to the dread of its world in everyday, comfortable objects.