REVIEW: Climax (2018) dir. Gaspar Noé
Climax is a movie told in parts—in movements , if you will. The “dance horror” movie, from director Gaspar Noé, begins with…
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REVIEW: Greta (2018) dir. Neil Jordan
As a rule, I’ve never been much of a believer in the concept of the “guilty pleasure”; I don’t see much percentage…
REVIEW: How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019) dir. Dean DeBlois
It feels like a small miracle that Dreamworks Animation, purveyors of such ‘classics’ as Shrek the Third and the Penguins of Madagascar, has produced one of…
REVIEW: La Flor (2018) dir. Mariano Llinás
How can one describe La Flor? It’s a movie with a 14-hour runtime. It’s a movie screened over three nights, the longest…
REVIEW: Liyana (2017) dir. Aaron & Amanda Kopp
In a 2009 TED talk, Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie presented “The Danger of a Single Story,” which implicated the vast amounts…
REVIEW: American Dharma (2018) dir. Errol Morris
“People keep asking me, ‘Why did you make this movie?’” said Errol Morris, the award-winning documentarian, following a preview screening of his…
REVIEW: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse (2018) dir. Bobb Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, & Rodney Rothman
You can be forgiven for rolling your eyes at yet another Spider-Man movie. The latest actor to don the suit, Tom Holland,…
REVIEW: Shoplifters (2018) dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda
In the loud, prosperous explosion of Asian media representation and discussion this year, one may notice the backbone of family embedded in…
REVIEW: The Favourite (2018) dir. Yorgos Lanthimos
Yorgos Lanthimos does not do normal. What, at first glance, could seem like a standard costume drama about a long dead monarch,…
REVIEW: Prospect (2018) dir. Christopher Caldwell & Zeek Earl
There’s been a dry spell of good sci-fi movie offerings at the cinema of late … well… in general, actually. So, with…
REVIEW: Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018) dir. Rich Moore
To start, I must say that no matter what I do, this review will be biased. Wreck-It Ralph is one of my…
REVIEW: The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot (2018) dir. Robert D....
As hard as it is to believe, it’s now been over a decade since the release of Grindhouse, Quentin Tarantino and Robert…
