Written by Taylor Baker 60/100 Barry Levinson, director of Rain Man and Good Morning Vietnam, picks up the camera again to depict a biographical film entitled The Survivor. Which offers a look back at Harry Haft (played by a very … Continue reading.
Written by Alexander Reams 92/100 Back in 1996, the character formerly known as Batman was in a weird place, on the silver screen we received interpretations that included the infamous and nightmare-inducing “bat-nipples”, and in the comics, he was becoming … Continue reading.
Written by Anna Harrison 90/100 West Side Story, from the moment of its premiere, etched itself into the annals of musical theater history; now, fifty years later, even without the upcoming Steven Spielberg remake looming over us, the words and … Continue reading.
Written by Michael Clawson 60/100 A revenge thriller more determined to deliver exploitation kicks than psychological nuance, Sentinelle is generic but brisk, and solidly anchored by its lead, Olga Kurylenko. With committed, engaging intensity, Kurylenko plays Klara, a French soldier … Continue reading.
Written by Anna Harrison In these retrospectives, Anna will be looking back on the Marvel Cinematic Universe, providing context around the films, criticizing them, pointing out their groundwork for the future, and telling everyone her favorite scene, because her opinion … Continue reading.
Written by Patrick Hao 74/100 Asghar Farhadi has a knack for making stories about characters who are neither moral nor immoral people. Rather, his people are forced to make desperate choices by the external pressures placed upon them by the … Continue reading.
Written by Michael Clawson 70/100 When their car breaks down on their way back to the city, a young, white artist couple, Anna and Tyler, are helped by a middle-aged black man named Clip (“as in audio clip”, he says), … Continue reading.
Written by Patrick Hao 67/100 Radu Jude sets out to disarm the audience with the opening three minutes of Bad Luck Banging and Looney Porn. For the art-house faithful watching, he begins his film with a “climax.” Well… a man … Continue reading.
Written by Taylor Baker 20/100 Adam McKay leapt into our home viewing shelves in the late 2000s with his numerous film team-ups with previous Gary Sanchez business partner and creative collaborator Will Ferrell in entries like Anchorman, Step Brothers, and … Continue reading.
Written by Michael Clawson 100/100 Cooled-down melodrama: with performances perfectly calibrated to be heightened but not histrionic, Haynes very often takes the camera and backs away, shooting through windows and doorways to actively avoid magnifying the emotion of a scene. … Continue reading.
