Babygirl Pulls A Switcharoo
Halina Reijn’s Babygirl aims to be a smart sexy erotic drama. The film succeeds in making its leads look sexy but fails to be the erotic thriller of the season…
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- nickel boys
- January 29, 2025
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Nickel Boys Wants To Put You In Hell
Nickel Boys, RaMell Ross’s directorial debut, is based on a Colson Whitehead book of the same name. RaMell Ross has been behind the camera before, but never for a feature…
- bicycle thieves
- January 28, 2025
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The Criterion 40: Bicycle Thieves
The 1948 film Bicycle Thieves is a dark and sad tale of a man losing all that he holds dear. It hearkens back to other classic tales like It’s A…
Presence: A Ghost Story in Reverse
Presence takes the classic ghost story movie and turns it on its head. Rather than following a family getting spooked by an afterlife entity, we follow the action from the…
- flight risk
- January 24, 2025
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Flight Risk Needs A Pilot
Mel Gibson’s newest film Flight Risk is a far cry from some of the actor/director’s greatest hits. While polarizing, there are some truly great films in Gibson’s directorial filmography. From…
- all that jazz
- January 21, 2025
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The Criterion 40: All That Jazz
By the time All That Jazz released in 1979, Bob Fossee was already a legend of the film and play industry. He had made a name for himself acting and…
- the brutalist
- January 17, 2025
- 2 Comments
The Brutalist: Monumental Says Everyone
A lot of superlatives have been thrown around when describing Brady Corbet’s newest film The Brutalist. But one word has come to define and surmise both the film and the…
- January 17, 2025
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Wolf Man Is Too Much Metaphor, Too Little Monster
Leigh Whannell’s newest film Wolf Man is both a technical achievement and a narrative bore. This pseudo-remake of the well-known lycanthrope legend starts off strong before diving into too many…
- the last showgirl
- January 15, 2025
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The Last Showgirl: A Life Well-Wasted
Gia Coppola’s latest film The Last Showgirl is a fascinating look at life in the arts. Well, not exactly the arts. But maybe arts adjacent? Unlike Paul Verhoeven’s inscrutable Showgirls,…
- tokyo story
- January 13, 2025
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The Criterion 40: Tokyo Story
Tokyo Story was not a success on its initial release, especially with international audiences. The film is highly specific to Japanese culture and is slowly paced. It’s not until about…
