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…
Film Review
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: 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: BlacKkKlansman (2018) dir. Spike Lee
In 2016, Spike Lee was awarded an honorary lifetime achievement Oscar at the 88th annual Academy Awards. It was, of course, richly…
REVIEW: Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc
The mundane becomes divine.
REVIEW: Disobedience (2018) dir. Sebastián Lelio
A Passionate Rachel Weisz Performance Can’t Overcome Disobedience’s Melodrama Fresh off his Best Foreign Language Film Oscar for A Fantastic Woman, Sebastián…
REVIEW: Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018) dir. Steven S. DeKnight
I saw Guillermo del Toro’s original Pacific Rim movie opening weekend with a co-worker and his little brother. We were hyped out…
REVIEW: Call Me By Your Name (2017) dir. Luca Guadagnino
Damn, did this movie sneak up on me afterward
REVIEW: The Post (2017) dir. Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg directed The Post while editing his film Ready Player One, but you’d never know his attention was divided. The Post…
REVIEW: Wonder Woman (2017) dir. Patty Jenkins
Wonder Woman is a movie of staggering beauty. There are so many exceptional sequences and moments, from intimate conversations to explosive fights…
