Uncle Peckerhead (2020 | USA | 96 minutes | Matthew John Lawrence) With his sophomore feature film Uncle Peckerhead, writer/director Matthew John Lawrence …
Author: Tony Kay
Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani keep The Lovebirds from Plummeting
The Lovebirds (2020 | United States | 86 minutes| Michael Showalter) It’s a cliché, but it’s a cliché for a reason: Dying …
Little Things–and Brian Dennehy–Mean a Lot in Driveways
Driveways (2019|United States|83 minutes|Andrew Ahn) Character actor Brian Dennehy, who passed away last month at the age of 81, was a durable …
Three Decades Have Only Confirmed the Shelf Life of a Cult Director’s Lost Film
Shelf Life (1993 | USA | 84 minutes | Paul Bartel) Of all the directors who got their start with exploitation film …
Future Shock is Delivered with Blunt Force in The Platform
The Platform (2019 | Spain | 94 minutes | Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia) For anyone who’s even a passing fan of science fiction and …
Give Yourself Some Time to Blow the Man Down
Blow the Man Down (2019 | USA | 90 minutes | Bridget Savage Cole and Danielle Crudy) Blow the Man Down (streaming …
Lending a Helping Hand to our Local Indie Movie Houses
There’s little point in restating the obvious, but I will anyway. We’re in the midst of a crisis, the magnitude of which …
Should You Heed The Call of The Wild?
The Call of the Wild (2020 | USA |100 minutes |Chris Sanders) The brand-new The Call of the Wild marks at least the …
Birds of Prey, an Alternate Take: Emancipation via Live-Action Cartoon
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020 | USA | 109 min | Cathy Yan) Birds of …
Guy Ritchie adds The Gentlemen to His Crime Cinema Rap Sheet
The Gentlemen (2020 | Great Britain | 110 minutes | Guy Ritchie) Guy Ritchie’s canon as a film director has alternately run …