THE COMMUNE: A CIFF Review
The Cleveland International Film Festival brought us the newest film from Danish filmmaker Thomas Vinterberg. How does The Commune hold up?
Category: Film
IRON FIST and the Marvel/Netflix Monotone
The Marvel/Netflix partnership hasn’t produced a truly great show yet, but in IRON FIST, it found its first truly abysmal one.
MY LIFE AS A COURGETTE is bleak, beautiful, and sweet
MY LIFE AS A COURGETTE, a French animated film nominated for Best Animated Feature at the Academy Awards, is a potent mixture of sad and sweet.
THE SALESMAN Is A Revenge Tale Only Asghar Farhadi Could Make
The Salesman lets Iran’s finest director, Asghar Farhadi, tell a nuanced, emotional revenge story that should resonate with audiences everywhere.
Police State: DO NOT RESIST & 13th
Policing is perhaps THE partisan divide of our era. Here are two stellar documentaries on the past, present, and future of the American police.
THE BYE BYE MAN Isn’t Good
The Bye Bye Man, a new horror film in the vein of SINISTER, is unfortunately not a good movie, but is it at least enjoyably bad? Also no.
DEMON is a remarkable Polish horror film
Marcin Wrona’s DEMON is a remarkable psychological horror film about the sins buried beneath Poland’s Nazi-era history.
THE SPOOK WHO SAT BY THE DOOR remains essential
THE SPOOK WHO SAT BY THE DOOR is one of the most remarkable and inflammatory movies ever made. It’s more relevant today than ever before.
DC v. Marvel: In Need of Meat-And-Potatoes Storytelling
The DC film universe is in trouble. What can it learn from the surprise success of its Marvel Cinematic Universe counterparts?
JASON BOURNE is eating its own past
JASON BOURNE brings Matt Damon back to one of his best roles. But nearly a decade later, is the superspy magic completely gone?
STAR TREK BEYOND saves a franchise from itself
STAR TREK BEYOND is a loving ode — to a franchise, and to optimistic science fiction generally. An almost perfect blockbuster.
‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ Is A Stealth Remake of ‘X-Men: The Last Stand’
X-Men: Apocalypse is a very bad movie. It also might be a remake and critique of Brett Ratner’s much-loathed X-Men: The Last Stand.
THE INVITATION is unmissable
THE INVITATION strikes a delicate tone between psychological thriller and mumblecore drama thanks to excellent direction from Karyn Kusama.
BC BUTCHER is a labor of love
BC BUTCHER functions more as a labor of love to a lost era of schlock than a movie in its own right, but there’s a loose, campy charm to it.
Gaspar Noé’s LOVE blurs the line between art and pornography, but is that anything new?
Gaspar Noé’s LOVE is a groundbreaking, visceral experience. But is it actually a good movie, or is it too self-impressed for that?