Written by Taylor Baker "Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone reteam in another period piece wherein Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is feminized and used as a looking glass to interrogate society and corporeality. “Poor Things” sees Bella Baxter (Emma Stone) under..."… Continue reading.
Written by Alexander Reams "Kaurismäki paces the film with such skill over the brisk 80-minute runtime, which makes the film feel like a fleetful memory that each character seems to live in. The memories of life before these..."… Continue reading.
Written by Nick McCann "“Godzilla Minus One” is one of the year’s most thematically potent and dramatically engaging spectacles. True to the character, Godzilla is as much of a destructive presence as he is representative of man’s folly."… Continue reading.
Taylor Baker joined Dakota Arsenault on the Contra Zoom Podcast to discuss the 1953 Henri-Georges Clouzot film "The Wages of Fear" and the 1977 William Friedkin film "Sorcerer."… Continue reading.
Written by Michael Clawson "As a grim study of toxic masculinity and misogynistic rage, “Saturn Bowling” is more than a little unsettling. Its brutal displays of sexual violence deliver a genuine shock, and Patricia Muzuy’s clinical direction instills..."… Continue reading.
Written by Patrick Hao "Yet, in the last five years, starting with the wedding comedy “The Week Of,” Sandler’s original comedies for Netflix have paradoxically matured their juvenility in a way that has evolved the Sandler persona to a new … Continue reading.
Written by Anna Harrison "Fennell, it seems, wants to have her cake and eat it too: while she attempts to layer in shades of gray to Ollie, the film’s final “twist” (if it can be called that) seems to unravel … Continue reading.
Written by Anna Harrison "Well, while “Ballad” may not reach the highs of the first two films, it has more going for it than a cash grab, which is more than you can say about the boneheaded decision to split … Continue reading.
Written by Nick McCann "As it begins, “The Holdovers” fully embraces being a whole-hearted throwback. It goes beyond the filmstock cinematography and analog sound. There’s a cozy, easy-going progression that..."… Continue reading.
Written by Anna Harrison "The once-untouchable behemoth has been beset by a literal plague and increasingly diminished returns, and now it seems the norm has become mediocrity at best and mind-numbing at worst with only glimpses of the old..."… Continue reading.
