Chicago-based filmmaker Alex Phillips continues to entrench himself in underground and transgressive cinema with his sophomore feature, Anything That Moves. After 2022’s All Jacked Up and Full of Worms, about people eating and getting high on these slithery creatures, he sought another potentially polarizing idea in the vein of a …
$POSITIONS is the debut feature by Brandon Daley, after his three short films: Savasana (2015), Chicken Tuesdays (2017), and Technology Lake: Meditations on Death and Sex (2019). In his first feature directorial effort, the director explores the world of cryptocurrencies and the allure of making easy money online. He sets …
A horror-comedy that perfectly evokes the schlocky charm and madness of B-movies has been a rare sight since the last decade, save of course for Shin’ichirō Ueda’s 2017 low-budget film-within-a-film comedy, One Cut of the Dead, the last ingenious and delightfully funny effort I could name and recommend. Something you …
There are movies, and there are movies, and then there are the wild and experimental films that use the cinematic form to tell a story in a way that only filmmaking can. Buffet Infinity is one of this third type. Set in a small town in Alberta, Canada, Buffet Infinity …
Over the decades, slapstick comedy and deadpan humor have become increasingly rare. In a cinematic landscape where physical satire and innocent laughter have given way to biting irony or postmodern self-referential humor, the return of the The Naked Gun franchise feels like a breath of fresh air… or, forgive me, …
Before the review begins: an apology. I originally misgendered Murderbot in my reviews of the previous four episodes, which have now been corrected. A publicist got in touch to inform us that Murderbot has no gender; I should not have presumed the gender of the human actor playing it had …
There are films that, regardless of their cinematic quality, earn a very special place in the hearts of audiences. Happy Gilmore (1996), starring Adam Sandler and co-written with Tim Herlihy, is one such case. Much like many of Sandler’s comedies from the ’90s and early 2000s, it didn’t stand out …
In Irish folklore, the presence of a banshee symbolises the impending death of a family member. On Inisherin, a small island off the coast of Ireland, where everyone knows everyone, everyone is family. No one in this macabre comedy is safe from the wail of The Banshees of Inisherin. April …
One of the neatest tricks Carême has pulled over the course of this fine first season is erasing Napoleon. He is there, when he needs to be, but he never speaks and the face of the actor playing him is rarely shown. The focus on the power games swirling around …
After all the machinations of the previous episode it’s no wonder this course of Carême chooses a different focus for all its power struggles. The episode takes place entirely within Talleyrand’s (Jérémie Renier) estate and revolves around Hortense (Lily Taieb) unexpectedly going into labour. For those of you not keeping …
During Jamie Adams’ whimsical, flimsy romance, She is Love, a character is told while reading a script that “the less you rehearse it, the better it will be”. This, it turns out, is Adams’ motif. The film and script is crafted through non-traditional methods. The cast and himself will propose …
When Squid Game, the South Korean survival drama series created by Hwang Dong-hyuk, debuted in 2021, it took the world by storm, topping Netflix’s most-watched list barely two weeks in, and at one point becoming “the most in-demand show in the world, with 79 times as much audience interest as …
Adults, the latest twentysomething hangout comedy offered by FX/Hulu, might just be the television equivalent of TikTok brainrot: chaotic, nearly cringe, and specifically tailored for a Gen Z audience. But it’s a series that functions beyond matching Gen Z’s freak. Executive produced by comedian Nick Kroll and co-written by Tonight …
The British director Mike Leigh is one of the most quintessential British filmmakers. His style consists of improvisations, and the film’s shooting focuses on the natural reactions and emotions of his actor’s reminiscing of the theatrical approach to acting. His realistic approach offers a deep connection between the public and …
In 2021, while the world was still heavily facing the COVID-19 pandemic, the Sundance Film Festival introduced its hybrid version with drive-ins in different states of the country, an online option, and the traditional Park City venue in Utah. Coming off a year of complicated production for the film industry. …
Nearly six minutes into We Are Pat, a hybrid documentary from Tribeca alum Rowan Haber, our gaze fixates on a graphic in pink and blue gradient featuring a photograph of the director’s toddler self—naked, sporting a cute red eyewear, and waving their hand—juxtaposed with a larger photograph of Pat, the …
Comfort television can be a grey area for many viewers. What one may find comforting could be dull and trite to others. That’s what makes some television series hard to connect with for some viewers. Particularly, this can be attributed to shows about the entertainment industry. With the common TV-watcher …
Hacks season 4 has come to a close, and what a ride it has been! I admit, I lost faith early in the process, but the writers were able to pull off a solid season of television. The finale, Heaven, is a bit of a come-down after the highs of …
Failure To Launch is loaded with talent and a romantic comedy that was at the tail end of the classic late 1990s and early 2000s explosion in the genre. It stars Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew McConaughey as the leads. Sarah Jessica Parker had just come off the long-running Sex …
In her debut feature premiering at this year’s Tribeca, Lillian T. Mehrel narrates about the relationship between a mother and daughter in Honeyjoon. In the film, June (Ayden Mayeri) and Lela (Amira Casar) travel to Açores in Portugal to celebrate the first anniversary of the family patriarch’s death. In their …