Inside Out Film Festival’s THRIVE Shorts Were Delightful
INSIDE OUT film festival recently wrapped up with the Thrive series, a set of excellent short films about the trans and nonbinary experience.
Category: Film
MEN – shock and awe or shock and blah?
When Alex Garland made the jump from writing to directing, he was one of the few to successfully make the leap. Known for penning acclaimed films like 28 Days Later and Sunshine, Garland’s directorial debut of Ex Machina in 2014 turned heads. And if his follow up – the 2018 adaptation of the novel Annihilation, by Jeff VanderMeer – didn’t outright turn heads, it at least tilted them.
TOP GUN: MAVERICK, further evidence that Tom Cruise is our last great movie star
The long-awaited sequel, Top Gun: Maverick, is just around the corner – and miracle of all miracles, it’s as good as you’ve heard.
SELL/BUY/DATE: A CIFF 46 Review
SELL/BUY/DATE, a loose adaptation of Sarah Jones’ popular one-woman show, hides an anti-sex work polemic behind a documentarian facade.
AMERICANISH: A CIFF 46 Review
AMERICANISH is a solid but overstuffed romantic comedy/culture clash dramedy held together by an immensely charming cast.
HOMEBODY: A CIFF 46 Review
HOMEBODY is a genderqueer bodyswap movie that falters in the last act, despite a charming performance from star Colby Minifie.
THE PEZ OUTLAW: A CIFF 46 Review
Every so often, a documentary finds a truly odd story and a truly novel way to tell it, and THE PEZ OUTLAW unquestionably fits that mold.
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE revives an exhausted multi-verse
Leave it to Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert – the writer/director duo behind Swiss Army Man, which showed us Paul Dano using Daniel Radcliffe’s corpse as a fart-powered motorboat, because why not – to find a fresh spin on the concept that occupies critical darling territory.
KING RICHARD has a powerful swing but lacks focus
KING RICHARD lets Will Smith play the role of Richard Williams, father to Venus and Serena. But is it focused on the wrong guy?
X, a sumptuously shot film in need of a better script
Ti West’s latest horror opus, the porn meets backwoods slasher, X, has a terrific premise but a detrimental lack of focus.
Though uneven, MASTER still manages to horrify
Freshman year of college is a once-in-a-lifetime set of memorable and unique experiences. But that set of experiences varies widely from one person to the next. Will you win the roommate lottery, or will your shared occupancy of your tiny room be a living hell? Will you thrive in a bigger, deeper pond, or will you flounder?
BAD LUCK BANGING OR LOONY PORN review
Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn, a bizarro Romanian dramedy, is an insightful and fascinating look at our modern moment.
ROSE PLAYS JULIE hurts
ROSE PLAYS JULIE is a subtle and sophisticated rape-revenge drama that I can’t get out of my head, no matter how hard I try.
THE BATMAN is finally the world’s greatest detective
The Batman, Matt Reeves’ new take on the Caped Crusader, is without doubt the best big screen iteration of the character.
KIMI is a thrilling pastiche
KIMI may be a pastiche of better films — The Conversation, Blow Out, Rear Window — but it’s still an excellent thriller in its own right.