Spoiler Alert, the latest film from Michael Showalter (who we interviewed for this film), is based on Michael Ausiello’s best-selling memoir. In it, Ausiello details the real-life relationship between himself and his partner; a story both life-affirming and painfully tragic. The chances of their being a dry eye during a screening of this film seems […]
Author: Alex Papaioannou
MEMORIA Asks Its Viewers To Truly Experience Life Through Blurred Experience
You’re woken up in the middle of the night to a sound. A loud bang. Deeply unsettling, you get up to locate the source but the search is fruitless. Unsure of what happened, you look out the window before sitting down and contemplating what it is that you just heard. Dreams do find their way […]
RED ROCKET Is A Beautiful Film About An Ugly Human
Sean Baker has made many films about a variety of subjects. More specifically, he has made many films about many types of people. Tangerine is a film about a transgender sex worker. The Florida Project revolves around a mother and daughter living in a motel on the verge of homelessness. Prince of Broadway is about […]
NIGHTMARE ALLEY Is Guillermo del Toro Telling His Audience To Self-Reflect
Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley is a dreadful film in the best way possible. Set in the late 30s to early 40s, del Toro ditched his literal use of monsters for something much more devious; the devilish nature of humanity. In a time during which many of us were in solitude for over a year […]
C’MON C’MON Is A Touching Look To The Past, Present and Future
The human condition and existence is deeply fragile, overly complicated, and rarely ever gentle to all of us. Each one of us experiences their own unique path which can be fun, stressful, scary, and so much more all at once. But as tough as it is and and confusing as it can be, its beauty […]
PIG Is A Somber Three-Course Reflection on Life Itself
We often take for granted many things in life, but perhaps none more than food. Sure, the phone always eats first and people are regularly meeting for lunch, a quick bite or debating favorite snacks like we do on the podcast, but even then, it really feels like surface level appreciation. We eat food because […]