Civil War, more so than anything else, is an anti-war film, but it’s one of the few with the guts to acknowledge that human beings
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Blackout is a Wolfman Story With a Brain and a Heart
Many years ago, when I was a wee lad of 17, I attended a double feature of Larry Fessenden movies with the filmmaker in attendance.
Coup de Chance has Woody Allen working in familiar territory with renewed energy
Coup de Chance is the title of the latest from octogenarian filmmaker Woody Allen. Translated from French, the language spoken across the entirety of the
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire is too much and not enough
“Did you ever think that maybe this movie wasn’t made for you?” It’s a common rhetorical question, typically put forth to shut down unthoughtful criticism
Femme is a prime slice of contemporary exploitation cinema
One of my favorite annual events is the Exhumed FIlms Ex-fest, in which the titular programming collective assembles 12 straight hours of exploitation films, each
Problemista is bizarre, funny, and…educational
Not only is Problemista a very funny comedy, but it’s one of the better ruminations on the modern immigrant experience I’ve seen. Written and directed
Love Lies Bleeding is a star-making thriller unlike anything you’ve seen before
To watch Love Lies Bleeding is to watch one of its leads, Katy O’Brian, become a superstar in real time. She shares the screen with
Frogman is a found footage frightfest that isn’t afraid to get weird
The charm wielded by the “Cryptid Town” is indeed bizarre, appealing simultaneously to our sense of wonder and our wallets. The marriage of imagination and
The Holdovers is a new American classic (and is currently available on blu-ray)
Until very recently I was all in on Cillian Murphy taking home this year’s Best Actor Oscar. All of the nominees are deserving, but his
Dune: Part Two is so good that it side-stepped my extreme distaste for sand
It’s pretty awesome that Dune, a famously hard-to-adapt science fiction novel, is finally getting the proper film treatment commensurate to the amount of detail and