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!
HADES is the Best Video Game of 2020
There were a lot of excellent big-budget, major studio video games in 2020. HADES is better than all of them.
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
The Monarchy hits its limits in THE CROWN’s stellar fourth season
Season 4 of The Crown is here. This is arguably the most anticipated season of the Netflix hit yet, by virtue of the ground it has to cover: anyone old enough to remember that fateful Paris car crash knows this season begins the public unraveling of one of the most private famous families in the world.
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 Haunting of Bly Manor is even better than The Haunting of Hill House
The ingredients of the second series are basically the same as the first, though it’s a completely new story. Several cast members from The Haunting of Hill House have returned in new roles. On top of that you’ve got plenty of familial strife, a cast of characters each haunted in their own way, and the bones of it all: the haunted house itself.