It’s finally here! Festival season is upon us! And while we now generally know which films will be in the race, we will soon know exactly which films will impress, which will fall flat, and who will soon be marching their way to Oscar glory. And...
There is a common misconception amongst awards prognosticators that The Music Categories are the hardest awards to predict in advance. After all, you can guess what movies are coming out, and which ones will appeal to voters, with a certain...
With the fall festival season starting later this week, perhaps it’s time to turn to the stupidest categories to predict this early in the season: the Features. While Animated, Documentary, and International Feature are supposed to be equals to...
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...
You know, it’s funny. A few months ago I started working on a massive, multi-part look at the implosion of Netflix. While writing it, I thought to myself, “Man, there’s just no way any studio bungles everything so badly like this ever again.”...
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...
If I had to guess, comedian Jo Koy and director Jay Chandrasekhar have a mission to bring back the mid-aughts comedy. You know the type: a predictable set-up where the goal is solely to let the star vamp with an ending that’s all heart, no brain...
Sometimes a film lives and dies by the motto “Go Big or Go Home.” Such is the case with Resurrection, the debut film by Andrew Semans. Resurrection is a dark, intense film that blends the psychological thriller and real-world dilemmas with a dash...
It’s hard to discuss Lena Dunham, in any context, because of her role in the zeitgeist. While early critiques came in the form of conservative backlash to her breakthrough show Girls, as well as later alt-right fueled conspiracies, Dunham has not...
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