Written by Anna Harrison "In “The History of Sound,” silence is crucial. The moments where nothing is said far outweigh the ones filled with blathering, both in screentime and importance..."… Continue reading.
The History of Sound
Category: New Releases
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
Written by Anna Harrison "When I was twelve, I went to see “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” on Broadway, and then again the next year. I was at the peak of my “Harry Potter” phase, somewhat obsessed … Continue reading.
Twinless
Written by Anna Harrison "Grief is a strange thing. It can have you crying one minute and laughing the next, all in between shouting matches over who gets to inherit Grandma’s underwear. For Roman (Dylan O’Brien), it’s doubly strange, considering … Continue reading.
28 Years Later
Written by Taylor Baker ""28 Years Later" delves into something more profound; it operates more in the realm of John Huston and Billy Wilder, where world-building emerges organically from character development, enhanced by the director's signature techniques."… Continue reading.
Wick is Pain
Written by Taylor Baker ""Wick is Pain," settles all that noise into a straightforward documentary about the labor of love and behind-the-scenes feuds that turned a little indie action film into another conglomerate film universe with its numerous spin-offs."… Continue reading.
Eddington
Written by Taylor Baker "Ari Aster's “Eddington” arrives as a fever dream of American paranoia, where Amazon delivery trucks become harbingers of doom and COVID masks transform into tribal markings. Set within a heightened, hyperreal version of..."… Continue reading.
The Alto Knights
Written by Alexander Reams "Every moment of the fourth-wall interview is just a reminder of the laziness of “The Alto Knights,” when it so desperately wants to be in the same conversation as Scorsese, Coppola, Spielberg, Eastwood, and Miller’s late-career … Continue reading.
Bigger Than Life
Written by Michael Clawson "Melodrama gives way to domestic horror in Nicholas Ray’s phenomenal “Bigger Than Life,” a movie of feverish, boldly menacing visual style. Like Sam Fuller’s “The Naked Kiss,” the film points ahead to David Lynch’s surrealist suburban … Continue reading.
The Accountant 2
Written by Alexander Reams "The film's most significant shortcoming lies in its ultra-glossy digital cinematography from the usually reliable Seamus McGarvey. The switch from celluloid to digital results in a loss of the grime and texture that made the first … Continue reading.
The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Written by Anna Harrison "Finally, after years of misunderstandings, misfires, and misery, it’s happened: Marvel has made a good movie. Oh, sorry, I mean a good Fantastic Four movie. Right..."… Continue reading.