Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: The Plot (and Point) of The Forgiven Gets Lost in Gross Class and Culture Clashes

A slightly gross treatise on white privilege, writer/director John Michael McDonagh’s (War on Everyone; Calvary) The Forgiven takes place over a long weekend in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco, […]

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Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: Women Isolated Physically and Emotionally Find Connection, Affection in The World to Come

The World to Come

He’s not even the star of this movie, but I have to say, Christopher Abbott has had a hell of a past 12 months as far as compelling performances go. […]

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Film, Film & TV, Review

Interview: Andrea Riseborough on Connection Through Brutal Annihilation, Working with Auteur Directors and Possessor‘s Psychological Anxieties

Possessor

In recent years, British actress Andrea Riseborough has been absolutely dominating the world of genre filmmaking, while also making a real name for herself in more mainstream works. Stateside, she […]

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Film, Film & TV, Review

Review: A Sharp Sci-Fi Premise Meets Brutal, Gruesome Thrills in Possessor

Possessor

The premise of Brandon Cronenberg’s Possessor is the sort of sci-fi make believe that’s so outlandish, a bit of comfort can be found in this otherwise unsettling, intense film. The sort […]

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