‘All the Old Knives’ review: Chris Pine and Thandiwe Newton are double-crossing star-crossed lovers in potboiler that takes too long to heat up [Grade: B-]
Though the the political crime thriller genre may no longer be as booming as it was in the decade following 9/11, the world of international... Read More
Film Reviews
‘Marcel the Shell with Shoes On’ review: Takes a foothold on your heart and never lets go [Grade: A-] | SXSW
As time has gone on, and you grow up, one starts to notice that we live in a cynical, harsh world lacking the impulse to... Read More
‘Bodies Bodies Bodies’ review: A committed, youthful ensemble isn’t enough to keep this horror house party going [Grade: C] | SXSW
Tell me if you have heard this one before? A group of friends, who haven’t seen each other in a while, are trapped in a... Read More
‘Deep Water’ review: Adrian Lyne delivers an erratic thriller that puts us in a state of Ana-fflecktic shock [Grade: D]
For a director who has only made nine films in forty-two years, Adrian Lyne has mastered the art of choosing a lane and staying in... Read More
‘Apollo 10 ½: A Space Age Childhood’ review: To nostalgia and beyond [Grade: B] | SXSW
Over the last couple of years, we have seen directors take themselves back to times in their lives, and retell events or stories of their... Read More
‘The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent’ review: Being Nic Fucking Cage [Grade: B+] | SXSW
“Who is Nicolas Cage?” It was the final question to our interview we had a couple of months back with the veteran, legendary actor in... Read More
‘The Lost City’ review: Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum charm in a cute but stale retread of familiar jungle territory [Grade: B-] | SXSW
The phrase “they don’t make them like they used to” is floated around a lot with modern art, whether it is movies, books, television, or... Read More
‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ review: The Daniels return with an off-the-wall multiverse where Michelle Yeoh delivers her best work to date [Grade: B+] | SXSW
Life is full of difficult choices that define who we are and what our future will be. Once they are made, there is no going... Read More
‘The Batman’ review: Robert Pattinson delivers the definitive take on the caped crusader in Matt Reeves’ brooding, epic comic book crime thriller [Grade: A]
Evolution is the change of characteristics or attributes over time that builds upon the past iterations to create something better than we’ve experienced before in... Read More
‘Three Months’ review: Troye Sivan’s return to acting is in a coming of age movie with real potential [Grade: B-]
Three brutally slow, painfully lethargic months is how long Caleb (a flourishing Troye Sivan), the young Jewish man at the heart of this coming-of-age movie,... Read More
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 144 – ‘A Matter of Life and Death (Powell and Pressburger, 1946) with Special Guest Jesse Nussman 
Association of Motion Picture Sound (AMPS) Television and Nonfiction Nominations Announced: ‘Adolescence,’ ‘Black Mirror,’ ‘Slow Horses’ and More 
Trailer Watch: ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day,’ ‘Dune: Part Three,’ Disclosure Day,’ ‘Wild Horse Nine’ 
‘Anima’ Review: Sydney Chandler and Takehiro Hira Ground Brian Tetsuro Ivie’s Low-Fi Sci-Fi Road Movie [B+] SXSW