I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and New Year! Boy, I know I did. I’m sure you’ve seen my litany of reviews by this point, and while most of those happened to be films I’d watched a month or two ago, I did see Uncut Gems in the past week...
An unpredictable race just got even more unpredictable as the 77th Golden Globe Awards hid a wild night of film awards behind a litany of predictable television prizes.
Well folks, it’s finally time! The first major awards show of the season is here as Ricky Gervais leads us through the 77th Golden Globe Awards! As I write this, the stars are already hitting the red carpet and chatting with the pestering...
You may have noticed an annual staple of The Sacred Wall was conspicuously absent during the past year. You see, despite all intentions to finish my Best of 2018 lists from last year, forces outside my control – and oftentimes in my control –...
It’s time once again, boys and girls, for the Golden Globe Awards! Brought to you by Ricky Gervais for the fifth time, the Golden Globes are well known for a variety of reasons: they’re the official start to Oscar season, they bribe a litany of...
In an era where IP and cookie-cutter formulas are becoming ever-more present, it’s always refreshing to see someone with as clear a vision as Benny and Josh Safdie. While their previous films (Good Time in particular) have been relatively cold...
I’ve written multiple times on this site that my favorite type of documentary are the ones where they set out with one plan in mind, only to uncover something greater along the way. The way 2016’s Tickled set out to investigate a weird message...
It may come as a massive shock to you all, but I am a massive Frozen fan. I saw the animated blockbuster five times in theaters, and will never forget the magic of seeing Disney return to its roots with a good old-fashioned musical extravaganza...
In an era where the political divide has ruined everything from entertainment to religion, where cinema is dumbed down to a common denominator of big robots punching each other, and where morality seems ever forgotten in a quest to be right, it’s...
It is a right of passage for New York intellectual creatives to turn their autobiographies into a wordy, play-like film of pain, loss, and love. The most famous example, of course, is Woody Allen’s Annie Hall. Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story is an...
Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski have come to be known in Hollywood as the cult whisperers. Known for their talented ability to take weird-but-true stories and turn them into comedic goldmines, they have brought the stories of Ed Wood, Larry...
David Eggers’ The Lighthouse is many things. It is a batsh*t insane journey into human insanity. It is a treatise on isolation and challenged masculinity. It is a stark, beautifully shot horror that will challenge you to marvel at it whilst...
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