In a series of single cooped-up takes Steven Soderbergh gives us a ghost’s eye view of a family slowly coming undone.
Year: 2025
Nickel Boys is an audacious act of interpretation
RaMell Ross’s exquisitely-shot close first-person perspective makes for an audacious act of interpretation of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel about an idealistic student unjustly incarcerated in a racist reform school through a cruel twist of fate.
Does Wolf Man deliver enough bite for modern audiences?
Wolf Man (2024 | USA | 103 minutes | Leigh Whannell) When director Leigh Whannell was tapped by Universal Pictures a few …
Despite some great performances, Pedro Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door underwhelms
On paper, the movie hits all of my receptors. The location is gorgeous, the acting is phenomenal, and I’m not sure anyone has ever worn anything cooler in a movie than that yellow suit Tilda Swinton wears.
Better Man is the greatest movie ever made about a singing and dancing monkey
Musicals live and die by music and that is where Better Man succeeds. Most musicals are lucky if they have one or two show-stopping scenes. Better Man has at least five.
Harbin is a dark and intense story, one among many, of Korea’s fight for independence
In 1909 a small band of Korean independence fighters including protagonist Ahn Jung-geun (Hyun Bin) plot to assassinate Japan’s first Prime Minister Itō Hirobumi. Their goal was to take a big step toward Korean independence and pull their country out from underneath Japan’s harsh rule. Hirobumi had just rejected Korea’s attempt at annexation, so in response a small group of Korean soldiers hatched a plan to eliminate this new threat.
Chris’s Favorite Films of 2024
As the year winds to a close, we’re sharing lists of our favorite films we’ve seen (so far).
Morgen’s Favorite Films of 2024
As the year winds to a close, we’re sharing lists of our favorite films we’ve seen (so far).