Review: Tale of Tales (2015) ★★★★
Anthologies have a very unsteady place in the history of cinema and film criticism. More often than not, films that
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Review: Brigsby Bear (2017) ★★★
Having watched Kyle Mooney’s Youtube channel and subsequent success on Saturday Night Live, I can say without reservation that he
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Review: The Wailing (곡성, 2016) ★★
The Wailing is one of those horror films that reels you in with a moody atmosphere and a promising story,
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Case Study: Elements of Horror in Take Me to the River
Genre is, as it relates to filmmaking, an unspoken agreement between filmmaker and viewer. While genres are used to categorize
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Review: Good Bye, Lenin! (2003) ★★★½
I am generally not a fan of sentimental films. That is not to say that I think films should lack
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Review: The Room (2003) ★
The upcoming release of James Franco’s The Disaster Artist (2017) has breathed new life into the mystique surrounding Tommy Wiseau’s
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Review: Villa Amalia (2009) ★★★★
One of the great things about watching a film starring Isabelle Huppert is that we, as audience members, never fully
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Review: The Holy Mountain (1973) ★★★★
There are few films that embody the rejection of traditional artistic methods and Western moral presuppositions more than Alejandro Jodorowsky’s
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10 Lesser-Known Postmodern Films
What is a Postmodern Film? While postmodernism encompasses a cultural, political, scientific, philosophical, and artistic reaction to modernity, it does
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Review: The Beguiled (2017) ★★
I try not to judge films too much by their trailers. In fact, while I do like watching trailers before
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Review: Blade Runner 2049 (2017) ★★★½
Though I’m not a diehard fan of the original Blade Runner (1982), there’s no denying that it has developed a
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Review: In Secret (2013) ★★½
In Secret, directed by Charlie Stratton and based on the 1867 novel Thérèse Raquin by Émile Zola, tells the story
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Review: Stephen King’s It (2017) ★★★
I think it is important to judge Andy Muschietti’s It on its own merit, rather than making a comparison to
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Review: Special Treatment (Sans queue ni tête, 2010) ★★★
There is no doubt that Isabelle Huppert is an extraordinarily talented actress and a modern staple of French cinema. From
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Review: The Death of Louis XIV ( 2016) ★★★★
There is something to be said for filmmakers who take a leap of faith with regard to form and editing.
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The Rise and Fall of Danny Boyle: From Shallow Grave to T2
Danny Boyle has had a prolific career spanning three decades, earning one Academy Award win, three nominations, and great success
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Review: Mother! (Darren Aronofsky, 2017) ★★★★
Before going to the theater to see Darren Aronofsky’s Mother!, I thought I knew what to expect. I had read
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