The Criterion 40: Repo Man
Finally, after looking at three foreign black-and-white films, we get a real killer movie. Alex Cox’s 1984 Repo Man. A movie about space aliens, car chases, and punk rock music.…
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- heart eyes
- February 7, 2025
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Heart Eyes Review: Love Stinks
Heart Eyes slashes into theaters just in time for Valentine’s Day. This film from Josh Ruben leans hard into romantic comedy but maybe a little too sincere for its own…
- the room next door
- February 3, 2025
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The Room Next Door Review
The Room Next Door is an odd film by all accounts. It boasts big names like Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore. It also comes from one of Spain’s most perplexing…
Companion is a Barbaric Break-Up Film
Over the years, many films have offered the same dystopian vision of the future as Companion. A totally subservient and incredibly gorgeous humanoid robot available solely for the user’s pleasure…
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…
- 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…
