After years of heteronormativity within the studio system (the independent scene has always been delightfully queer in that regard), there has been a recent upswing in LGBT+ romantic comedies in recent years. Love, Simon gave a queer spin on...
At some point in every grown adult’s life, some intrinsic part of the human brain sends out signals indicating the desire to embrace parenthood. Yes, this includes the animalistic desire to mate, but I’m talking the domesticity of adulthood. Call...
If you’ve gone to the theater at pretty much any point in the last four months (at least since May, when the teaser popped up with Maverick), you’ve likely been exposed to a form of guerilla marketing. A slick ad with the goofiest premise has...
In June of this year, Baz Luhrmann released his opulent, haunting take on Elvis Presley in Elvis. In August, Jeannette McCurdy released her memoir I’m Glad My Mom Died, an occasionally funny, mostly sobering look at her abuse in the Hollywood...
Ed. Note: If you’ve come to this review expecting some sort of rehash of the disastrous publicity tour surrounding the film, you are sorely mistaken. My interest here is solely to review the film as is, not the gossip and hearsay surrounding it...
Are we at a point where I can start copy-pasting my reviews of American remakes of foreign language films? Every single outing consists of a SparkNotes version of the original, albeit with the eye-catching and scandalous moments that made them...
How the f*ck does one review Barbarian? I mean this in every sense of the question. How does one review Barbarian, the first solo film from Internet comedian Zach Cregger, without spoiling the plot? How does one even describe the plot of this...
Say what you will about George Miller, the man leaves it all on the screen with each and every picture. Every film feels like he’s giving his all in every aspect, from production design to costumes to story, no matter if he’s portraying a talking...
More so than any studio, medium, or genre in existence, there are few things more predictably safe than a Netflix comedy. It’s less a formula than a science: Netflix spends millions wooing a major star or two to their film, spends as little money...
We are experiencing a new wave in Hollywood cinema, at least in the arthouse scene, reminiscent of the angry films of the 1970s that wanted to set the system on fire. It’s not hard to comprehend why – much like the 70s, we are witnessing a mass...
Bodies Bodies Bodies tends to defy all expectations – even those set up by the first trailer. It’s billed as a slasher, but operates more as a whodunit. The film portends to satirize class dynamics among Gen-Z, yet mostly keeps its commentary on...
Great art reflects the era it’s created in. It takes the issues pressing society and turns them into genre fare that both intrigues and entertains the audience. Think of Charles Dickens tackling a broken London society in his novels, or film noir...
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