Disclaimer: I’ve come to learn that my theater played this film without subtitles, of which there is clearly meant to be a fair amount. I thought it was a stylistic choice in all honesty due to how the film is framed. So while I don’t believe I missed too much, and still greatly enjoyed the […]
THE SUBSTANCE: Another Masterful Genre Exercise From Coralie Fargeat
Many of the most acclaimed bedtime fables are anything but subtle; and there’s a good reason for that. After all, the story in question exists as a means to deliver a moral or a value to its audience. The same can be said about cautionary sci-fi tales. Even many of the greatest genre movies around […]
The Criterion Collection Grows – October 2024 Releases
The Criterion Collection expanded my cinematic knowledge immensely when I discovered it many years ago in college. In the time since, it has only continued to encourage my exploring of all that cinema has to offer. It also kickstarted my love for collecting a wide range of movies, to ensure that I always had something […]
The Criterion Collection Grows – July 2024 Releases
The Criterion Collection expanded my cinematic knowledge immensely when I discovered it many years ago in college. In the time since, it has only continued to encourage my exploring of all that cinema has to offer. It also kickstarted my love for collecting a wide range of movies, to ensure that I always had something […]
THE BIKERIDERS Is A Cinematic Throwback With Flaws
I must admit from the outset that I’m not at all familiar with the work of Jeff Nichols. But just hearing a minuscule amount about his latest film, The Bikeriders, I found myself intrigued. And who wouldn’t be? You have three wildly exciting actors leading the film. Two of them are performers who we’ve been […]
The Criterion Collection Grows – June 2024 Releases
The Criterion Collection expanded my cinematic knowledge immensely when I discovered it many years ago in college. In the time since, it has only continued to encourage my exploring of all that cinema has to offer. It also kickstarted my love for collecting a wide range of movies, to ensure that I always had something […]