Ed. Note: This past February, I had the opportunity to virtually attend the Sundance Film Festival. I watched a total of ten films over the course of three days. And while scheduling did not permit me to run them in February, I did have a chance...
In the world of horror, one of the foremost producers of high-quality terror has to be A24. From Hereditary and Midsommar to Climax and The Lighthouse (not to mention The VVitch, In Fabric, and Saint Maud), A24 has released one of the better...
It was sort of inevitable that we would be seeing a Harvey W*instein film sooner rather than later. Hollywood loves a good story, especially one where they (eventually) “do the right thing” and out a monster. And despite immediacy only ever...
A genre that really doesn’t exist in Hollywood anymore is the gonzo comedy. Sort of a go-for-broke approach, the gonzo comedy exists as a series of loosely-connected ideas where the filmmakers lean so far into the stupidity of the idea, often...
And the beat goes on. We’re only a few days removed from Nomadland’s utter domination of the longest awards season ever, and it’s time to look forward to the future. 2021 is going to be one of the weirdest Oscars of all time, as the eligibility...
By this point almost everyone is aware that last Sunday’s Academy Awards ceremony was met with…let’s say mixed results. The production team, led by legendary director Steven Soderbergh, took some major risks in the ceremony, and many, if not most...
The Western genre is the story of America’s foundation, or at least the way we like to tell it. This has always been the case from the early days of Hollywood, when filmmakers like John Ford told tall tales of brave white pioneers traversing...
In all my years of watching the Oscars, I have never seen a show so simultaneously predictable (dare I say, boring?) and chaotic at the same time. While Chloé Zhao’s powerful Nomadland won the top prize of Best Picture, as was expected, the rest...
It’s finally over, everyone. After a helluva rough year, and an extra two months tacked on to the season, we’ve finally arrived at Hollywood’s biggest night. Who will emerge victorious in Best Picture – can anything stop...
It’s finally time. After the longest Oscar season in two decades, we’re finally approaching the tail end. This Sunday, we will know, officially, who the best film of the year was in a year of craziness and uncertainty. And while many (ok, most)...
Sigh. Well, it’s your favorite time of the year, you jackals. The Worst Films of 2020. Now, I honestly considered retiring this list after last year. Negativity is too rampant in film criticism, and punishing directors for trying their best and...
Every once in a while, there’s a film that begs the question: is an idea enough to carry a film? Because sometimes, a film’s core conceit and metaphor fall completely flat, but the execution is so entertaining, you’re willing to overlook it. Such...
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