BOY KILLS WORLD gets a little too goofy but always kicks ass
by Alex Rudolph, Staff Writer
The main problem with Boy Kills World is that we no longer live in a world where studios crank out a half-dozen movies like it every month.
by Alex Rudolph, Staff Writer
The main problem with Boy Kills World is that we no longer live in a world where studios crank out a half-dozen movies like it every month.
by Tina Kakadelis, Staff Writer
Humane marks the feature directorial debut of Caitlin Cronenberg who, like the rest of her family, weaves a tangled, chilling, family-drama thriller
by Ryan Silberstein, Managing Editor, Red Herring
In Luca Guadagnino’s latest film, Challengers, tennis becomes a malleable metaphor for the way we try to externalize our internal desires and the distance between ourselves and the people we feel closest to.
by Ryan Silberstein, Managing Editor, Red Herring
The filmmakers clearly have a lot of affection for the classic monster movies and understand what made them scary to audiences almost a century ago.
by Megan Robinson, Staff Writer
Chicken for Linda! is about mess. The messes we make and clean up, the messy people we all are deep down, and the messy emotions we face every single day.
by Alex Rudolph, Staff Writer
I felt like I had watched somebody use their loved one's death to sell supplements. It hurt. It'll hurt for a while.
by Ian Hrabe, Staff Writer
Sasquatch Sunset is the sort of a movie you see on Netflix, remember how you heard about it when it came out, throw it on for 10 minutes, and then say, "Welp, glad I didn't pay to see that one in the theater."
by Clayton Hayes, Staff Writer
Director’s Company x2 is Japan Society’s double-feature homage to the pioneering independent production company that operated in Japan for a decade, from 1982 to 1992,
by Gena Radcliffe, Staff Writer
Beyond the whimsical practical effects, and the fact that not a single word of dialogue is spoken other than occasional grunts and shouts, the real miracle of Hundreds of Beavers is that this extremely simple plot successfully carries an entire feature-length film.
by Megan Robinson, Staff Writer
Arcadian tells and shows very little, in the end. Rather than reflecting this intentionally confusing apocalypse in the small family of father and sons, it feels instead insular and lacking in pathos.
by Clayton Hayes, Staff Writer
Omen is exploring the cultural legacy of Belgian colonialism in Central Africa, though its approach is far from conventional.
by Alex Rudolph, Staff Writer
Enter the Clones of Bruce is a hugely fun celebration of the genuinely strange movies that little studios slapped together in the years after Bruce Lee died and the kung fu throne was, sadly, vacant.
by Megan Robinson, Staff Writer
Femme asks Jules and viewers alike how much they can take of the squirming, complicated mix of revenge and romance.
by Tori Potenza, Staff Writer
This film is a reminder of the beautiful carefree nature of our teenage years which are so short and fleeting.
by Jo Rempel, Staff Writer
Either you die the People’s Joker (isn’t there enough trans death in the world?) or live long enough to see yourself become Todd Philips.
by Ian Hrabe, Staff Writer
The Greatest Hits is an intensely middle-of-the-road indie movie that makes a fun premise as one-note as humanly possible.
by "Doc" Hunter Bush, contributor & podcast czar
Cymande are a band you likely aren't aware you've heard before. They're a secret handshake; if you recognize the samples within songs by the likes of The Fugees, Wu-Tang Clan, De La Soul, Gang Starr, MF Doom, Heavy D & the Boyz, Akhenaton, Dan the Automator, Queen Latifah and many more, you're in the club.
by Tori Potenza, Staff Writer
This is a gorgeous genre film with an important social message that is literally covered in the blood, sweat, and tears of a passionate filmmaker and it leaves you wanting to watch it again as soon as the credits start to roll.
by Stacey Osbeck, Staff Writer
Which led the documentarians to ask: what happened to Kim’s Video? Where are all those films now? And who is the elusive Yongman Kim?
by Ryan Silberstein, Managing Editor, Red Herring
If King of the Monsters is “Stairway to Heaven,” The New Empire is “Running With The Devil.”