Category: Looking Back

The final moments of Wildlife and A Star is Born involve an acknowledgment of the camera. In Wildlife, that moment is […]

Based on my own research. Films included only if they played theatrically. Corrections and additions are welcome (@ me). For comparison’s […]

Jason Reitman is never as good as when he’s collaborating with screenwriter Diablo Cody; bonus points if the film in question […]

If you’ve heard anything about Xavier Legrand’s Custody — admittedly, it’s possible you haven’t — it’s likely writer/director Xavier Legrand’s elevator pitch […]

Probably because I was one myself once, I have little tolerance for movies that center on chest-thumping, self-pitying suburban teen boys. […]

The Commuter, Jaume Collet-Serra’s fourth collaboration with Liam Neeson, is a two-fisted Hitchcock riff with enough personality, humor, and righteous anger […]

The filmmaking duo of Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead have consistently proven they know how to work within budget limitations to […]

Three Identical Strangers is not an airplane movie. I didn’t know that when I swiped past Rampage, Blockers and the one […]

Writer/director Kiyoshi Kurosawa has proven to be a master of dread-filled horror with films like Cure (1997) and Pulse (2001), and […]

It’s a weird truth that for an activity that’s over 150 years old, there are fewer than 10 movies about the […]

Andrea Riseborough did some terrific work in 2018, but my pick for her finest role is the title character in Nancy, […]