This teaser trailer for Assassination Nation, a thriller from Sam Levinson, writer/director of HBO’s Wizard of Lies, is genius. The film features a line-up of important young artists, 2 of which are Hari Nef, one of the best parts of Transparent Season 2, and Suki Waterhous the kickass star of the gloriously bizarre postapocalyptic feminist film The Bad Batch. Levinson’s film appears […]
The Holiness of Movies
Movies can teach us (everything)
The Catcher Was a Spy review: Paul Rudd Can’t Save This Movie
There are great baseball movies and there are great spy movies. This is neither.
The Yellow Birds review: Han Solo and Wade Watts Get Real Sad and Stuff
Senselessly horrible.
Hearts Beat Loud review: You Don’t Need This Movie But You’ll Probably Enjoy It
Brett Haley’s little film Hearts Beat Loud has been advertised in the trailers as “the feel good movie we need right now.” To be honest, I don’t know if we need it right now, but it is certainly enjoyable. The greatest moment in the film happens in the very first scene. The character played by […]
You Were Never Really Here review: Lynne Ramsay and the Cinema of Trauma
Ramsay takes another step towards perfection.
Ready Player One review: Spielberg Playing to His Pop Culture Strengths
Everybody wants to belong.
Isle of Dogs review: Wes Anderson reaches new levels of focus and creativity
And just maybe made a masterpiece.
The Death of Stalin review: Tragedy Plus Time
Armando Iannucci’s The Death of Stalin is a nasty little film. I am intentionally using the word “nasty” here and not throwing it around like our current president did when referring to former Secretary Clinton. The dictionary definition of nasty is: “highly unpleasant, especially to the senses; physically nauseating or behaving in an unpleasant or […]
Before Isle of Dogs Hits Theaters, Let’s Talk About Wes Anderson
Appreciate the work of one of film’s most recognizable auteurs.
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