BAFF ’19: PORNO is what you should be watching
Porno is great. Everyone should watch Porno from time to time, and you’ll really enjoy yourself watching it.
Okay, sorry, I couldn’t resist.
Category: Film
BAFF 2019: ANTRUM delivers on the mystique, but not the substance
It’s no secret that marketing and expectations can have an effect on how we perceive a movie, and historically this has been used with great success for horror films. Think of how terrifying The Blair Witch Project was when it first released, when there were rumors that the film was in some way …
DOLEMITE IS MY NAME finds Eddie Murphy back on top
Hearing that Eddie Murphy and Netflix are teaming up might give you pause. It’s been a brutal couple of decades for a man that was once one of the hottest stars in Hollywood. But a funny thing about expectations: they can sometimes delightfully be upended.
JOKER is deeply stupid and creatively bankrupt
The stand-alone origin tale for the Batman villain fails in all respects.
QUICKTAKE: Love, Antosha
Love, Antosha does a lot with very little time, which is nothing if not fitting. Through a series of interviews with his family, his friends, and colleagues, the film chronologically explores the chapters of Anton Yelchin’s life.
Podcast Episode 164: Reviewing THE NIGHTINGALE, LUCE, and WHERE’D YOU GO, BERNADETTE?
Which should you spend your hard earned dollars on? Well, we’re kind of split, but we do know which movie you *shouldn’t* see.
LONG SHOT somehow makes it work
At first blush, Long Shot looks like exactly that. Political rom-com? Is that a thing anyone really wants right now? But somehow it has emerged as one of the better romantic comedies to get a theater release in the last year.
Atlanta Film Festival 2019: Features Overview
The 2019 Atlanta Film Festival showed 180+ feature films, short films, special presentations and creative media, and was one of the best lineups of films I’ve seen in my ten years of going to the fest. It’s no wonder it was recently named the second best film festival in the country! Here’s a rundown of …
AFF ’19: GREENER GRASS is your new favorite party movie
There is a rich history of suburban satire and horror, from The Stepford Wives to The Burbs to Halloween, but none capture the inherent weirdness in the suburban community like Greener Grass, the feature film debut of writer/director/stars Jocelyn DeBoer and Dawn Luebbe.
AFF ’19: IN FABRIC is the best kind of surreal horror
Peter Strickland’s films are always difficult to define, from his ode to the Italian Giallo in Berberian Sound Studio to the women-only alternate universe BDSM romance of The Duke of Burgundy. His newest film, In Fabric, is firmly in the horror camp, but is too stylish and bizarre to fit easily into any sub-genre.
AFF ’19: EXTREMELY WICKED, SHOCKINGLY EVIL, AND VILE provides a unique and fascinating perspective
With recent true crime series like Kidnapped in Plain Sight and Leaving Neverland, the conversation afterwards always steers towards, “How did they really not see what was going on?” This is a difficult question; from an outside perspective, it seems impossible that we wouldn’t see through a pedophile or sociopath’s motives right away, …
AFF ’19: THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT is sweet and unique
The indie drama scene is full of quirky romances; that might even be how you define indie drama. There’s a reason for it, obviously: relationships are hard, and are rarely as clean and defined as those seen in Hollywood romances. The complex ins and outs of a new relationship are …
AFF ’19: THE FAREWELL is a moving and funny look at family and culture
We’ve all seen the film about a family that is brought together by the illness or death of a loved one, wrought with melodrama and big, broad performances. The Farewell is not that.
SHAZAM! – finally another great DC movie
When your favorite film critic was 9 years old, the character then known as Captain Marvel was his absolute favorite superhero of all time. There’s just something inherent in the concept that really appeals to little guys. The idea that with one magic word you could turn into an adult, …
CLIMAX, an exercise in sadism that offers little else
Gaspar Noe is a filmmaker that revels in controversy, or at least that’s the way it seems from the outset. There’s a brutal immediacy to his work that is instantly appealing, and to some degree gripping. While Irreversible is a taut examination and rumination on violence and its ripple effects, it’s also …