Everyone responds to trauma differently. For some, joking about terrible events is the only way to cope, even if those jokes […]
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Of all Shakespeare’s plays, Titus Andronicus is undoubtedly the most brutal, and possibly the most overlooked. Its bloodshed is constant: filicide, […]
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Invisible Life is both an appropriate movie to watch right now and the kind of thing that could make the quarantine […]
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Political documentaries are always tough to critique from a purely cinema-based standpoint, if only because the format is usually superseded by […]
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Slipperiness is the only constant in Polish director Malgorzata Szumowska’s English-language debut, which ably straddles the border between drama and horror. […]
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I selected Hud as the inaugural entry for “Classics Corner,” a new weekly feature spotlighting a pre-1980 film newly available on […]
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Right now, inspiring stories feel like a vitamin supplement. To get through these uncertain times, we’re going to need to hear […]
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An eerily prescient expression of our current “sheltering in place” reality, Vivarium is a clever, deeply disturbing speculative fiction. Its stylized […]
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Good intentions do not a good movie make. While the true story behind the World War II drama Resistance is inspiring, […]
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When considering your viewing options during an extended period stuck at home, a strange kind of freedom emerges. Usually weeknights and […]
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Every month, there are dozens of movies released to VOD and streaming that barely make a dent in the pop-culture consciousness, […]
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When you’re in this line of work, you’ll occasionally write a piece about how a film you’ve just seen connects to […]
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