Exhibiting Forgiveness has a gorgeous look, focusing on Andre Holland’s canvasses to help aid the story around him. It’s a reconciliation film, as his father is brought back into the picture and he must understand forgiveness’s maturity. … More Exhibiting Forgiveness reconciling with pain
Robert Eggers has a true affinity for the 1922 version of Nosferatu. Egger’s modernizes FW Murnau’s vision visually and narratively to accentuate the brutish, limp Romania Count that possesses incredible supernatural powers. In terms of atmospherics, it has to be … More The Right Story at the Right Time for Robert Eggers: Nosferatu (2024)
Gleeful black-and-white indie cinema made for no less than $7,000. With limited cash flow, director Ryland Birckson Cole-Tews leans on his slapstick humor to tell a condensed story, but even then, some visual sequences of montage consist of fantastical psychedelic images and practical effects help fill out this movie. Cole-Tews, as director and star, leads … More Lake Michigan Monster (2022) a Midwestern Weird Gem
Eisenberg’s debut, A Real Pain, falls in line with the film school project. The tone of big emotion with the small-scale filmmaking counterbalances to make something cozy and explorative. … More A Real Pain (2024) is a small pain
I can’t say that I wasn’t entertained by Cameron Crowe’s off-the-wall approach to the romantic comedy but he makes several fatal mistakes that sink this. Starting with the casting of Campbell Scott as a romantic lead. … More Singles (1992) is Cameron Crowe Exploring Seattle’s Grunge Romance
Andrea Arnold’s best feature. Bird. It is a raw and powerful telling of a young girl (Nykiya Adams) getting lost in other people’s lives … More Bird (2024) Serves as Andrea Arnold’s Best Film
What is sold as a surrealist experience, a regular mother descends the dark rabbit hole of transitioning species but the premise fails to build on that concept … More Nightbitch (2024) fails to build on a promising premise
Three reviews in one. John Waters headlines with two revolting satires featuring off-putting characters that you’ll love. The third review, a documentary revolving around the culture and community of World of Warcraft and a persons secret life hidden from his family. … More Three For: Cry-Baby, Serial Mom and The Remarkable Life of Ibelin
John Waters’ worlds have a knack for accepting a person’s eccentricities no matter how severe or deranged. He creates characters that break nearly every societal convention on every conceivable level and yet, in his worldbuilding, it’s generally overlooked as being different or weird. It either blends into the background or is made to be so outrageously front-and-center … More Kathleen Turner diabolical turn in Serial Mom (1994)
Identity is a popular theme among contemporary filmmakers and from an anthropological perspective, it paints a bleak picture of humanity and our disconnect with the world. The population, by and large, doesn’t recognize themselves and looks for validation in a new identity. Of course, it would be impossible to live on the internet and not … More Adam Pearson and Sebastian Stan Transcend in A Different Man
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