When Mary Harron’s American Psycho hit theaters twenty years ago, it sent shockwaves through mainstream cinema. It was daring, intelligent, and […]
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Tigertail is the feature directorial debut of Alan Yang, who until now has been known more for his visually adventurous work […]
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Once again, we’re taking a look at some of the movies on the fringes of the packed VOD and streaming release […]
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In the midst of an unprecedented global pandemic, many of us are grappling with worry and fear. Being forced to forgo […]
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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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“I’m not a field agent,” he insists. “I just read books.” And while that might be true, he’s going to have […]
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Of all the strange things to be found throughout the films of David Lynch, one of the most startling comes at […]
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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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“Jo, captivated, watches type being set,” observes Greta Gerwig of her protagonist in the final pages of her screenplay for Little […]
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In his biblical tome Nightmare USA: The Untold Story of the Exploitation Independents, author Stephen Thrower likens exploitation films to “the […]
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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documentaries are always tough to critique from a purely cinema-based standpoint, if only because the format is usually superseded by […]
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