Based on Nikolai Leskov’s novella Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (and adapted by Alice Birch), Lady Macbeth confirms something that probably wasn’t that difficult to figure out: Things were pretty awful for British […]
The End is Nigh is an insidious platformer by Edmund McMillen and Tyler Glaiel. McMillen is known for his contributions to indie games Super Meat Boy and The Binding of Isaac. The […]
In a setup that sounds remarkably familiar, four women (known collectively as the Flossy Posse) who have been friends since high school decide to take a much needed trip together after not […]
This is a very silly movie, and if you are someone who prefers your science-fiction stories more on the serious side, you’re probably going to dislike it immensely. But if you appreciate world-building, splashy […]
For all the talk of critics showing up to this movie or that one with “knives sharpened,” I think there are a handful of filmmakers for whom critics show up wearing crisp […]
What the hell was that? First off, when you put “From the director of Annabelle,” I’m assuming that’s not meant to be some type of warning that this new film is going […]
Minor story spoilers follow: Minecraft: Story Mode – Season Two is the follow up to 2015/2016’s Minecraft: Story Mode. Developed by Telltale Games, which is a veritable factory of story-driven adventure games, […]
My favorite film from Sundance and probably my favorite of the year so far, director David (Pete’s Dragon) Lowery’s A Ghost Story, brings together the filmmaker’s Ain’t Them Bodies Saints co-stars Casey […]
Returning to the era of World War II Germany, Downfall director Oliver Hirschbiegel brings us the true story of a ordinary German citizen who did something few did; he fought back. Written […]
As spirited and seemingly out of control as The Little Hours gets, it also commits itself to the period and the religious doctrine of the time, and it’s that authenticity that lends […]
Though it hadn’t seen nationwide release until today, The Big Sick is already all over the news. The film features Kumail Nanjiani, a Pakistani-born stand-up comedian who came up in the comedy world via our own fair […]
Probably the place that makes the most sense to watch this work is on a monitor hanging in an art museum—a place where many of the manifestos on art being recited in […]