A ball slides down the staircase, hitting a few steps and then bouncing off the floor to finally stop at a distance. In the first moments of Anatomy of a Fall, Justine Triet gives meaning to dropping by showing us how consequences are going to be – but it’s an empty platform for creating full …
Julianne Moore and Todd Haynes are one of those rare director-actor couples who are always the perfect fit. The last of these is May December, their fourth film together since 1995 (Safe followed Far from Heaven and Wonderstruck), and it’s almost heartbreaking that they didn’t make dozens more. Moore is in sync with Haynes’ domestic …
Oscar-winning writer-director Michel Gondry delivers in The Book of Solutions, a film whose personal passions spilling out on paper brings about a surreal return to his form. This is Gondry’s first feature film in eight years during which time he directed music videos as well as television shows and short films that further connected him …
These five movies, spanning decades and genres, all share one thing: they are all top funny movies that have stood the test of time. Superbad (2007) introduced us to a new era of comedy in the late 00s, showcasing the talents of Jonah Hill and Emma Stone. Easy A (2010) took a comedic look at …
Apples, a beautifully pensive Nikou’s debut feature film, came out at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. It was one of those films that were made before the pandemic and released during its peak. Apples is a movie about a world that is post-pandemic and where loners are taken into an institution to …
As far as brutality goes, Killers of the Flower Moon is brutal. Within a sequence of 206 minutes, the film encompasses a series of numerous killings that are rarely depicted in any other movie. Arguably, Martin Scorsese and screenwriter Eric Roth’s rendering of David Grann’s journalistic non-fiction book into textures and background tapestries is the …
To watch a film and ask, “Who is this for?” is to reduce the movie. Anybody can watch a film. However, marginalized communities rarely find films that mirror their own lives cultures, or values. One of the greatest gifts cinema can offer is an opportunity to open up your mind at the movies and see …
In the movie, Maestro (Bradley Cooper), Leonard Bernstein never lets a cigarette out of his mouth. It doesn’t matter if he’s playing the piano, on the phone, chatting to fans, or being interviewed, the energetic musician is rarely without one for more than a few minutes. Anxious crutch found in American composer’s tobacco which helps …
Movies like Malibu Horror Story, show that no subgenre is dying as horror movements and modern technology grow together. Found footage has transformed from the shaky cam to the computer-based “Screenlife” stories, deranged smartphone livestreams, or Scott Slone’s new take on slasher found footage – a blend of prime-time true crime program and interrupted documentary …
It seems quite odd to mourn the loss of something you had already lost – a second death. It’s a kind of mourning that frequently uncovers painful options, unfinished dialogues, and an entire array of “What if?”. That is where Adam (Faraz Ayub) begins his journey in Moin Hussain’s first full-length feature film, Sky Peals. …
