What defines our identity? What separates us from other people? What makes the relationship between two women unique, and how do women relate their identity to other women? Many films been built upon these questions and themes, but only a small handful have gone all the way to tell stories about female identity that involve […]
Every year, A24 becomes a seemingly bigger name. The biggest studio productions somehow just keep on making more money and end up burying some smaller and worthwhile smaller movie, but no one is forgetting about A24. They are synonymous with quality. It has gotten to the point where people will go out to see a […]
Sound the horns! ‘The Northman’, Robert Eggers’ brawny and bloody Viking epic has finally arrived with much fanfare. Flexing one of the best ensembles in recent memory (Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicole Kidman, Willem Dafoe) and a $90 million price tag, the film is without a doubt his biggest undertaking yet, as well as one of a […]
Over the last few years, people have had to shutter away from one another, and find their entertainment at home on small screens. In the process, it made us realize just how much of a privilege it is to sit in a large dark room with strangers, put under the spell of the moving image. […]
As always, 2021 offered up an assortment of horror movie hits. Services like Shudder allowed indie horror movies to find a home, while theatrical releases increased as society began to recover from the effects of a global pandemic. Basically, horror fans had a smorgasbord of subgenres to choose from, and this list aims to shine […]
Few directors can drop music into their films quite as deftly as Quentin Tarantino, who wields his home album collection with the expertise of Zatoichi handling his walking stick. This is the man who edited Uma Thurman dancing to Urge Overkill and slicing up to Santa Esmeralda—and Michael Madsen doing both to Stealers Wheel. Even […]