Review: No Time to Die Is a Fitting, if Slightly Too Long, Farewell to the Best Bond of the Franchise
I spent a long time trying to figure out how to tackle a review of a film that is less a traditional James Bond movie and more a victory lap, […]
Interview: Australian Actor Danielle Macdonald on Becoming an Opera Fan for Falling for Figaro, Working with a Legend and Living Your Dream
At the beginning of the last decade, 30-year-old actor Danielle Macdonald packed up her belongings and moved from her native Australia to Los Angeles in the hopes of finding acting […]
Review: With the Franchise Return, V/H/S/94 Brings Back the Scares with a Few New Filmmakers in the Mix
In the early part of the 2010s, the world was treated to a trio of horror anthology films under the V/H/S banner (V/H/S, V/H/S/2, and V/H/S: Viral), which gave us […]
Review: Teen Slasher There’s Someone Inside Your House Gives Audiences a Reason to Care
Staying in the wheelhouse of horror films that focus on high schoolers, Netflix’s latest horror entry is There’s Someone Inside Your House, based on Stephanie Perkins’ New York Times best-selling […]
Review: In Titane, French Filmmaker Julia Ducournau Tops Even Herself in This Brutal, Intense and Powerful Film
In 2016’s Raw, her feature directorial debut, French filmmaker Julia Ducournau created an intense thriller in every sense of the word—intense visuals accompanied an intensely emotional story about a new […]
Review: My Name is Pauli Murray Is a Fitting Tribute to an American Icon with a Legacy in Activism, Art and More
One of the best parts of attending a film festival (and there are many) is finding yourself with a few unscheduled hours and no pressing plans: it’s that rare window […]
Review: Teen Vampire Thriller Black As Night Is As Serious About Scares As It Is Political Commentary
Marking the return of the Welcome to the Blumhouse series of horrors films on Amazon Prime Video this week are two new films (with two more to follow next week), […]
Review: Little Girl, a Sweet, Sensitive Story of a Family’s Battle for Their Trans Daughter’s Acceptance
Little Girl, a 2020 documentary about a young French trans girl, would be a good introduction to what it means to feel you were born in the wrong body. It’s […]
Review: Venom: Let There Be Carnage Makes Silly Work of Tom Hardy’s Marvel Super-Villain
The best thing I can say about this sequel to 2018’s super-villain movie Venom is that Venom: Let There Be Carnage is a better movie than that sloppy, unfunny and ugly […]
Review: American Remake The Guilty Is a Tense, Effective Drama with Another Strong Performance from Jake Gyllenhaal
Closely following the one-man plot of its 2018 Danish source material (which went on to become Denmark’s Oscar contender that year), The Guilty finds a way to be both faithful […]
Review: The Many Saints of Newark Is a Welcome—and Fitting—Addition to “The Sopranos” World of Crime, Family and Loyalty
Editor’s note: yes, the series is 20 years old, however mild plot spoilers are included in this review. If you’ve never seen “The Sopranos,” you’ve been warned. “The Sopranos,” arguably […]
Review: Ben Whishaw Makes a Brutal, Intense Surge a Thrilling, Captivating Whirlwind
British actor Ben Whishaw has amassed an impressive filmography over his 20 years or so as a regularly working actor. From independent period dramas like Jane Campion’s sultry, romantic Bright […]