Review: ‘Poor Things’Emma Stone Grows Up In Yorgos Lanthimos' Surreal Feminist Fairy Tale
Poor Things is being compared to Frankenstein a lot. While its novel of the same name (written by Alasdair Gray) is meant to be...
Review: ‘Dear Evan Hansen’Try-Hard Adaption Of The Broadway Musical Isn't The Inspiration It Thinks...
Cancel culture works fast these days. Properties that were once considered beacons of art a few years ago are now being questioned for their...
Review: ‘New Year’Tensions Rise In This Stripped Down Holiday Melodrama
The new independent holiday drama, New Year, cashes in on this year’s cinematic trend: being shot in black and white. Like the delightful and...
Review: ‘Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical’Emma Thompson Stars In A Chaotic Musical Adaptation Of...
Ask any 90s millennial what their favorite movie was as a kid and chances are they would say Danny DeVito’s Matilda. Close to 30...
Sundance 2020 Review: ‘The Climb’ Finds The Funny in Toxic Friendships
Having friends as an adult is not as easy as it is when you are a kid. Your life is more complicated, social norms...
Middleburg Review: ‘Parallel Mothers’Penélope Cruz Leads Pedro Almodóvar's Disjointed 23rd Film
Renowned Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóva is deconstructing legacy and motherhood in his latest stylized melodrama Parallel Mothers. His seven-time collaborator Penélope Cruz and relative...
Review: ‘The Sky Is Everywhere’Josephine Decker Visually Explores Grief In A24's New Coming Of...
In the 2010s, nothing quite rocked the independent film world like a coming-of-age tale about an emotionally charged teenager based on an acclaimed Young...
Review: ‘Night Raiders’Taika Waititi-Produced Futuristic Fable Tells Of Past And Present Atrocities
In a time where children are taken from their parents by the government and schooled to forget their language and culture, Niska (Elle-Maija Tailfeathers)...
Review: ‘Blow the Man Down’Small-Town Crime Comedy Is A Breath Of Fresh Air
Earlier this week, I said what every film critic says eventually, “I’m over what I’ve been seeing. I need a breath of fresh air.”...
Sundance Review: ‘Aliens Abducted My Parents And Now I Feel Kinda Left Out’The...
Aliens Abducted My Parents and Now I Feel Kinda Left Out is easily the best-titled movie at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. It’s silly,...