‘Black Widow’ Review
Ed. Note: As a special Sacred Walloween treat, all five films running this week will be themed to reflect upon the most “trendy” pop culture costumes of the year, just in case you don’t have a costume yet
‘Halloween Kills’ Review
Ed. Note: An earlier version of this review criticized the film for using CGI footage to recreate an actor who has since passed away. As it turns out, this was not the case – it was instead an example of expert makeup work and vocal...
‘A Quiet Place: Part II’ Review
In 2018, John Krasinski dazzled the world with a concept that is, in this day and age, seemingly unheard of: a midbudget original blockbuster unattached to IP that placed the emphasis on filmmaking and acting instead of special effects and brand...
‘Knocking’ Review (Sundance Review)
It hurts when you watch a movie with so much potential and talent whiff on what could and should be an easy home run. And yet, like “Casey At The Bat” himself, thus is the case with Knocking, Frida Kempff’s recent entry in the horror canon...
‘Me You Madness’ Review
True so-bad-they’re-good movies cannot be forged or willed into being. They are usually birthed by an insane auteur, possessing few talents but way too much money, and are earnestly nurtured into a ridiculous existence. Such was the case with...
‘Pig’ Review
Let the acting ability of Nicolas Cage never again be called into question! Despite a run from 1983 to 2002 that almost any other actor would envy, Cage’s career became a punchline due to an extended period where he began taking almost any role...
‘Mass’ Review (Sundance Review)
Writer/director Fran Kranz has done his homework when it comes to chamber pieces. His directorial debut Mass is a powerful coming-out party, a weighty text of complicated themes and emotions that offers towering performances while acknowledging...
‘The Many Saints of Newark’ Review
In 1999, David Chase changed television forever with The Sopranos. Equal parts a mobster epic, a satire, a sitcom, a morality tale, and a statement on America at the end of the millennium, The Sopranos won dozens of awards, ushered in a new era...
‘Titane’ Review
I can’t tell if I’d want to spend more than two hours inside of Julia Ducournau’s brain. Her 2016 film Raw was a seismic shock within the industry, telling a fascinating fable surrounded by graphic bouts of cannibalism (a good friend of mine is...
‘Venom: Let There Be Carnage’ Review
In 2018, Venom released in theaters, to a shockingly divided reaction. Critics lambasted it for being tonally and wildly uneven. Audiences loved it (to the tune of $800 million) for this very reason. And it’s hard to argue with either group on...
‘Censor’ Review
More than any other genre, horror has always raised the question of art’s reflection of the real world. Due to the terrifying, graphic depictions of life often depicted on the big screen, audiences, critics, and scholars have grappled with the...
‘Coda’ Review
I’m not going to sugarcoat things: 2021 has been an overall pretty dismal year in many regards. This proclamation extends to art, as I can count the number of films I’ve loved this year on one hand. When a year feels this overbearingly abysmal...