‘Queer’ is unhinged Luca Guadagnino. Following a loitering, pathetic queer man looking for sex at any cost. He desperately needs companionship and ends up developing an honest relationship with a young man, Eugene (Drew Starkey, but the story ends up a more interpersonal journey of self-discovery for both characters. … More Daniel Craig is at his best in Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Queer’
The depth of a man’s heart is captured in the creative process of acting. The cathartic power of letting go and vulnerability. It’s a film that reaches through only a place of love and tenderness into a world of pain and sorrow, endless, everyday sorrow. It’s a magnificently warm story of men, sharing complete openness with one another. … More ‘Sing Sing’ is poetry in motion
The depths of Pansy’s (Marianne Jean-Baptiste) neuroticism and narcissism is captured in such a raw state by Jean-Baptiste’s masterful performance. Awe-inspiring, tour-de-force as the tornado that barrels through every situation. A Mike Leigh script that sits down and asks the difficult questions of why so much anger and pain. Leigh, subtly but effectively showcases what has made Pansy one of the most spittingly bitter characters in film history. … More Mike Leigh and Marianne Jean-Baptiste a perfect pairing: Hard Truths Review (2024)
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
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