Moon, 66 Questions
The first feature film from writer-director Jacqueline Lentzou, Moon, 66 Questions tells the story a young woman, Artemis (Sofia Kokkali), who cares for her father Paris (Lazaros Georgakopoulos), who’s...
View ArticleMurina
Julija has learned, in her 17 years of life, a quick way to deal with just about any problem: jump into the sea. Again and again, in a variety of situations, she turns to this getaway strategy, despite...
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Revisit: Love & Basketball
How often must women sacrifice in romantic dramas? Whether it be a piece of themselves or an entire dream of the future, Hollywood has long presented us the long-suffering wife who got pregnant too...
View ArticleThe Road to Galena
The screenplay for The Road to Galena is littered with characters who are more interesting and idiosyncratic than writer/director Joe Hall – making his feature debut in both roles – seems to realize....
View ArticleStreaming Hell: Brain Damage
Frank Henenlotter’s first two movies are thematically joined at the hip. Each film revolves around a young man struggling to contain a dark secret that spills over into absurd body horror, and both...
View ArticleThe Killer
As if to immediately set expectations, the very first frames of The Killer is a hatchet flipping through the air, effortlessly dodged, followed shortly by gushing neck wound via said hatchet used...
View ArticleMrs. Harris Goes to Paris
The premise of Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris might seem like the creakiest bedspring on the cobwebbiest frame: A woman travels to Paris (obviously) to buy a dress designed by iconic fashion designer...
View ArticleShe Will
If a film could thrive on atmosphere alone, She Will would be one of the finer psychological thrillers of the year. Visually and sonically, the elements for a compelling cinematic experience are there....
View ArticleThe Gray Man
The Gray Man, the new spy thriller on Netflix, suggests the streaming company does not think much of its audience. Sure, it is the most expensive film Netflix ever produced, with a whopping $200...
View ArticleAmerican Carnage
The screenplay for American Carnage, written by brothers Diego and Julio Hallivis (and directed by the former), begins with a genuinely provocative, timely and frightening idea: in the not-so-distant...
View ArticleRevisit: Collateral
After more than 40 years in the movie star business, 2022 somehow finds Tom Cruise at the top of his game, with Top Gun: Maverick earning both critical acclaim and historic box office returns around...
View ArticleKarmalink
You could almost call it Boonmee’s Nephew Who Recalls Past Lives. Set in a near future Phnom Pehn in which augmented reality seems to only exacerbate the gap between rich and poor, Karmalink, from...
View ArticleCriminally Underrated: Doctor Mordrid
It would be uncharitable to name names, but unlike some of his competitors in the field of low budget cinema, Charles Band, maestro of Full Moon Films, has always understood that delivering actual...
View ArticleQueen of Glory
Nana Mensah has been paying her dues in small roles in TV shows and independent films for 13 years now. She has risen to comparative prominence in recent years playing characters like Dr. Camila...
View ArticleOeuvre: Scorsese: Who’s That Knocking at My Door
In 2019, amid all the brouhaha about The Irishman finally reuniting legendary director Martin Scorsese with two of the cast members most celebrated for their collaborations with him, namely Robert De...
View ArticleNope
In a paradoxical way, Jordan Peele must run from his own success. No matter the metric, his 2017 feature debut Get Out was a monster hit. A critical and commercial phenomenon, the film nabbed Peele an...
View ArticleMy Donkey, My Lover & I
Writer-director Caroline Vignal’s rom-com adventure originally earned the pastoral marquee Antoinette dans les Cévennes; American arthouse audiences are lured with the more suggestive My Donkey, My...
View ArticleRediscover: Only Yesterday
Although Only Yesterday was released more than three decades ago, its compassionate tale of a young woman adrift, struggling to find her life’s path, remains startlingly pertinent to many...
View ArticleMy Old School
Many of us, in some aspect of our lives, could probably benefit from a do-over. With the advantage of hindsight, who doesn’t have something in their past that they would do differently the second time...
View ArticleAlone Together
The word is still out on whether films that attempt to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic are being released too soon. Dealing with trauma may be one reason for the very existence of art, but the...
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