Written by Taylor Baker "...a reinterpretation for a new generation, showing that while time turns things don’t change too much. As the film unfolds, its secret societies, larger-than-life characters, and cartoonish grandiosity give way to a fable steeped in realism … Continue reading.
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.
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.
Written by Eric Zhu "The disruption of daily routine that the darkness inspires, and the corresponding subversion of cinematic legibility, are what enable the film’s expansive sprawl. Perhaps the intimate nocturnal atmosphere is also..."… Continue reading.
Written by Eric Zhu "Operating simultaneously as urban revenge thriller, space opera, and a Japanese version of a wuxia flick, Toyoda treats each genre vernacular as part of the same overarching prison. Attempting to liberate the film from narrative, he … Continue reading.
Written by Eric Zhu "Despite the references to real-world tensions, “QueerPanorama” exists in a punishingly claustrophobic headspace. This is most obvious in the barren abstraction of Cheung’s apartment, where Cheung’s arrested development is on..."… Continue reading.
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.
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.
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.
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.
