Film Reviews

Film Review: ‘Godzilla vs Kong’ aims to blow up the box office with a showdown of all showdowns

First announced in the early 2010’s, the Monsterverse seemed poised to be Warner Brothers and Legendary’s next successful partnership with… Read More

March 29, 2021

Retrospective: How ‘Fargo’ put the Coen Brothers and Frances McDormand on the map, don’t cha know

The first Coen brothers movie I ever saw was Raising Arizona, and it hit me like a freight train. It… Read More

March 29, 2021

Film Review: ‘Six Minutes to Midnight’ wastes Oscar-winning actors in convoluted WWII drama

AUTHOR’S NOTE: 'Six Minutes to Midnight' stars Eddie Izzard, who self-identifies as “she/her.”  However, the role she plays is a… Read More

March 24, 2021

Interview: Megan Park, director of SXSW winner ‘The Fallout’ on the tricky line of exploring trauma without exploitation

Credit: Alex Evans In a March wracked by mass shootings in Atlanta and Boulder, it’s grotesquely fitting that writer-director Megan… Read More

March 23, 2021

SXSW Review: ‘Women Is Losers’ aims high but falls short despite winning performance from Lorenza Izzo

Set in 1960s and 1970s San Francisco, Women Is Losers, cannot be faulted for its ambition. With a higher production… Read More

March 23, 2021

Film Review: In ‘Nobody,’ Bob Odenkirk dips his wick into action hero status

Move over John Wick and make way for Hutch Mansell. Who? Everyone is soon going to become keenly aware of… Read More

March 22, 2021

SXSW Review: ‘I’m Fine (Thanks for Asking)’ is just, well, fine

Set during, yet never mentioning, the ongoing pandemic, I’m Fine (Thanks for Asking) follows widowed Danny (Kelley Kali), mother of… Read More

March 21, 2021

SXSW Review: ‘Ludi’ deftly explores identity and the American Dream with a breakout performance by Shein Mompremier

The greatest thing one can say about art is how it broadens their horizons. Director Edson Jean’s debut feature Ludi… Read More

March 21, 2021

SXSW Review: A weaker strain in the era of the COVID comedy, ‘Recovery’ doesn’t commit to the heart of the joke

Written by and starring Mallory Everton and Whitney Call, Recovery doesn’t make any mistake about its time and place. Set… Read More

March 21, 2021

SXSW Review: Despite a thrilling performance from Leah Purcell, ‘The Drover’s Wife’ never reaches its full potential

When we are little, we are told stories that mold our inspirations as human beings. Some tales are wrapped within… Read More

March 19, 2021

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