Not being at all fluent in the writing or life stories of the Brontë sisters (Anne, Charlotte, or Wuthering Heights author Emily), I have no idea how much of the […]
I would never be so bold as to try to paint the new horror-comedy (I’m not sure how else to classify it) Cocaine Bear as any kind of masterpiece, but […]
Only a year after his striking, witchy debut feature You Won’t Be Alone, writer/director Goran Stolevski comes to us with a very different type of drama, set in the summer of […]
Without really meaning to, the character of Ant-Man has become something of a major player in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. After starring in two films that were largely disconnected from […]
A key element to most film noir crime dramas is that the plot is almost always impossible to follow (at least upon a single viewing), and in the end, it […]
I have a long history with Dave Franco that goes back to a time when I was invited to visit the New Orleans set of 21 Jump Street. The invite […]
Based on Palestinian-born author Sayed Kashua’s book of the same name, Let It Be Morning tells the story of Sami (Alex Bakri), a Palestinian-born Israeli citizen living in Jerusalem who […]
In a slight twist in the recent trend in movies to stick it to the rich, first-time director Benjamin Caron’s Sharper has nearly every character trying to stick it to […]
Whereas the original Magic Mike wasn’t afraid to explore the seedier side of male stripping and Magic Mike XXL leaned more into the joy of dancing and how power could […]
Perhaps it’s not so surprising that the new horror offering The Outwaters is being released in the immediate aftermath of the much-talked-about Skinamarink, since both films have an experimental visual […]
One of the higher-profile works at Sundance this year (at least in terms of star power) was director William Oldroyd’s (Lady Macbeth) noir-ish tale of a female friendship gone horribly […]
Rarely does a first-time director launch out of the gate with as much force and conviction as writer-director Chloe Domont does with Fair Play, a work that examines the power […]