I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS – a masterpiece of miserabalism
The latest effort from Charlie Kaufman is a perfect counterpoint for Synecdoche, New York
REVIEW: THE BOYS Season 2 ups the ante on psychotic supes
The Boys Season 2 continues to do what it does best – highlight the narcissistic and capitalist greed surrounding the “branding” of superheroes – while adding a new layer of terror to the world’s least heroic do-gooders.
PENINSULA makes for a massively disappointing Train to Busan sequel
The hotly anticipated sequel to the international zombie smash falls short on just about every metric
Class Solidarity, KNIVES OUT, and PARASITE
PARASITE and KNIVES OUT are two of 2019’s finest films. Together, they have something interesting to say about class solidarity.
RELIC combines horror with heartache
Metaphorical psychological horror directorial debuts from Australian female filmmakers – do we have a future possible hyper-niche listing for viewers scrolling Netflix?
THE OLD GUARD would have made a better TV show than movie
The Old Guard had a lot of potential to be something special as a longer-form, character-based form of storytelling, with an intriguing core concept and stellar cast.
Wrestling with HAMILTON in 2020
In celebration of Hamilton dropping on Disney+ today, I revisit it and wrestle with the show’s politics and legacy five incredibly long years later.
Kore-eda lives out his French filmmaking dreams in THE TRUTH
Hirokazu Kore-eda follows up his Palme d’Or winning Shoplifters with a tribute to one of the icons of international cinema.
DOOM PATROL Season 2 Review, the best DC show just keeps getting better
How can DOOM PATROL possibly improve on its first season? Find out in our review of the first three episodes of Season 2.
YOU SHOULD HAVE LEFT feels like a parody – but isn’t
Could this be my House of Leaves ripoff in film format, at last?
Kickstart? Comeback? Either way – THE KING OF STATEN ISLAND is worth rooting for
Studio comedies like The King of Staten Island are becoming an endangered species these days. It’s even harder to find one that actually has heart.
SHIRLEY, recalculating the biopic
This fictionalized tale of the Haunting of Hill House author sparks new life in a moribund genre
THE VAST OF NIGHT and the perils of telling rather than showing
The cure for your post-holiday weekend insomnia is here!
Final Fantasy VII Remake: A Review
It took years, but the long-awaited Final Fantasy VII Remake has arrived. It isn’t at all what we expected, but it may be exactly what the franchise needs to recapture that old magic.
BLOOD QUANTUM Provides a Unique Cultural Perspective on the Zombie Film
Blood Quantum tells the story of an indigenous people’s immunity to a zombie plague that has infected the surrounding white population.