Written by Patrick Hao Generational trauma has become the buzz topic of movies in the past few months, especially those films that center around first-generation immigrants, and frankly, I am sick of it. In fact, “Umma” is the second generational … Continue reading.
Written by Taylor Baker Not that any film has the responsibility of being seamless, but on the trajectory of a story primarily about a single character for which the film is named, it isn't unreasonable to desire something that permeates… Continue reading.
Written by Michael Clawson Warm, snappy, and fanciful, Richard Linklater’s “Apollo 10 ½: A Space Age Childhood” blends memories of an adolescence in the suburbs of 1969 Houston with a yarn about a 10-year-old beating Neil Armstrong to the moon. … Continue reading.
Written by Taylor Baker To many cinephiles, Michael Bay is grotesque, a director known for bombasticity, commercialism (and commercials), and the progenitor of franchises like “Transformers” and “TMNT.” To many of the masses Michael Bay is an entertainer, they read … Continue reading.
Written by Taylor Baker Michael Morris’ “To Leslie'' presents the journey of a washed-up alcoholic named Leslie (Andrea Riseborough) who after winning the lottery blows her cash, abandons her child, and eeks out a meager existence going bottle to bottle … Continue reading.
Written by Alexander Reams There are those nights, nights that you remember with your friends, that live in the halls of glory in your mind. For many people, celebrating the millennium was one of those nights, the fear of Y2K … Continue reading.
Written by Jeff Sparks Starring Sophie Kennedy Clark, Emily Haigh, and Kate Dickie, “Sorority'' is the debut feature by director James Webber who adapted the film from his short called “Soror” which starred Dickie and… Continue reading.
Written by Anna Harrison There is something to be said for true craftsmanship. A proper suit cuts a certain silhouette that mass market reproductions can’t recreate… Continue reading.
Written by Patrick Hao The only thing hotter than the multiverse right now in American cinema is generational trauma, especially in narratives about the Asian diaspora. The Daniels, the filmmaking duo of Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert making their second … Continue reading.
Written by Anna Harrison Online dating is an unfortunate fact of life for many people—it’s a cesspool of the worst humanity has to offer, such as pictures of men in backwards baseball caps proudly holding whatever poor dead fish they … Continue reading.
