In a series of single cooped-up takes Steven Soderbergh gives us a ghost’s eye view of a family slowly coming undone.
Category: Reviews
Sundance 2024 Notebook: Love Lies Bleeding
Between this and last year’s Magazine Dreams, someone in the Sundance programming department sure has a thing for bodybuilder body horror.
Sundance 2024 Notebook: Sasquatch Sunset
After sitting through two hours of the Zellner brother’s long-awaited, dialogue-free, scatalogical feature, I have come to the conclusion that the quotidian existence of America’s favorite hairy cryptozooid is perhaps a topic best left enshrouded in eternal mystery.
Sundance 2024 Notebook: The American Society of Magical Negroes
Conjuring something between Hogwarts and Kingsman, Kobi Libii imagines an “American Society of Magical Negroes” as a real world organization behind the “supportive black friend” trope.
Sundance 2024 Notebook: Stress Positions
Remember 2020? Theda Hammel’s period piece finds John Early as Terry Goon (lol), a harried, incompetent, Covid-conscious caretaker for his exoticized model nephew who’s recovering in isolation from a broken leg.
Sundance 2024 Notebook: Veni Vidi Vici
Opening with an Ayn Rand quote, Daniel Hoesl and Julia Niemann’s family portrait of ultra-rich Austrian Psychos who quite literally get away with murder is almost too severe to be considered satire.
Glazer’s The Zone of Interest oozed apathy amidst horror
The commandant of the Nazi encampment Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, along with his wife and children live idealistic lives. They reside in a sweetly comfortable home surrounded by a beautiful flower garden, a dog always running underfoot and a swimming hole within walking distance.
Tony’s Favorite Films of 2023
In 2022 it felt like moviegoing came (almost) all the way back (for the seemingly dwindling number of people who were willing to go into the theaters). As the year winds to a close, we’re sharing lists of our favorite films we’ve seen (so far).
American Fiction is the satire American liberals need right now
Cord Jefferson’s wildly entertaining, and biting, satire American Fiction will probably make any white person who has ever taken a selfie with a Toni Morrison or bell hooks book at least a little squeamish. This movie deals with race, identity, agency, who has control over their own stories. It’s an absorbing movie that never feels heavy handed and has one of the most memorable lead characters I’ve seen in quite a while.
Morgen’s Favorite Films of 2023
As per usual, I was cramming in as many movies as I could so I had a chance to actually create a top ten that is accurate and I’m pretty proud of. That being said this is totally relative to each individual, but hopefully it’ll give you a place to start when you’re looking for some fantastic films to spend your precious time watching. I’ve got comedy, action, supernatural fun and even a frightening, energy barfing behemoth; so whatever your mood or taste, there’s something here for you.