In her previous documentary, The Seer and the Unseen, director Sara Dosa adopted an almost magical-realism-like approach to telling the real-life story of an Icelandic woman who spoke on behalf […]
In a week filled with oddities at the movie theater, few are stranger in my mind than the feature debut from writer/director Anna Gutto, Paradise Highway, which features two Academy […]
Brace yourself. We’re on the verge of being bombarded with higher-profile feature films about the perils of being a 20-something, raised on social media, with a skewed/warped definition of what […]
Although B.J. Novak is best known for playing Ryan Howard on “The Office” for eight seasons, he’s also been racking up TV writing and directing credits for a great deal […]
On certain rare occasions when a filmmaker adapts a book or play and essentially films everything in that source material, people will say that the director simply “shot the book/play.” […]
How is it possible that some of my favorite DC movies of late have been their animated offerings? Four years ago, we were treated to Teen Titans GO! To the […]
On the edge of a peat bog in the North of the Netherlands is an isolated town called Moloch, where a local stumbles upon the well-preserved body of a woman, […]
I suppose it wouldn’t take that much of a suspension of belief to assume the government would hire professional killers to do its dirty work from time to time; I […]
At the risk of sounding like a broken record, when it comes to music documentaries, I always prefer to watch ones about acts or music styles that I’m less familiar […]
Although it may take a while to realize it, Nope, the latest work from writer/director Jordan Peele (Get Out, Us), will eventually reveal itself to be two different stories joined […]
In the world of Jane Austen adaptations, there’s always room for creativity. From Hulu’s recent Fire Island, reimagining Pride & Prejudice on the gay party island, to my personal favorite, […]
Based on the 1958 novel by nearly the same name (the book drops the H for a bit of added working-class cockney flair), Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris is only […]