[NOTE: An official selection of the 2022 Seattle International Film Festival] Classic British work ethic is not dead, it never went away. And the pandemic only sought to further strengthen…
My mind was not prepared for the mad scientist cocktail that is Sam Raimi’s highly cerebral, heavily psychological melding into dimensions beyond our own. No stranger to the comic books…
I may be a critic, observer, and self-taught scholar of film. But that does not entirely excuse me from the process of filmmaking, I may just be more of the…
2022 is quickly shaping up into another rather exciting year for the realm of animation. Strictly as an art form, and not just a “genre” of film. If one were…
If you were to ask me how to describe the experience of viewing The Northman, the response would be very complicated. Walking out of it with a packed house full…
The communal experience of cinema is a most beautiful thing. In the past year, I’ve witnessed that idea claw its way back into our hearts, minds, and heavily masked faces….
The purely phantasmagorical, often misguided realms of author J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World are making a comeback. Not like they ever really disappeared from the public consciousness, the antics of Harry…
In his fourth decade of crafting glossy whip-rounds that tend to re-draw the lines of cinema more as entertainment than as an artful medium, or popcorn versus a snuck-in meal,…
As A24’s calmingly minimalist trailer will preclude, the utter beauty and lightning-like credence of Everything Everywhere All at Once can only achieve its own justice when experienced big. Preferably with…
How is it one of the more upbeat trends Disney has committed to in its recent history is a string of streaming-friendly films with their roots based in youth literature?…