With her debut feature-length film celebrating a world premiere at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, writer/director Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet is ready to steal the hearts of her audience with Anaïs in Love. If one must take a journey of self-discovery, the countryside of Paris feels like the perfect locale to find oneself; Especially when surrounded by […]
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THE NORTHMAN: Robert Eggers’ Latest Is Bloody, Vengeful, and Stunningly Great
With The Northman, Robert Eggers takes “go big or go home” to new heights. Coming off the isolated paranoia and loneliness of The Lighthouse, Eggers presents his latest film, a sprawling epic rooted in Norse mythology as much as it is its titular character. On the quest for vengeance, Alexander Skarsgård’s Amleth has three prime […]
PETITE MAMAN Is A Bold And Inventive Spin on Grief and Time
If Céline Sciamma’s Portrait of a Lady On Fire is about seizing on a possible missed opportunity and never looking back, Petite Maman is concerned with wondering of all the opportunities that are yet to come. Rooted in the universally familiar emotions of grief and childhood curiosity, Sciamma is able to craft a dual-sided coming […]
SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 2 Learns From Some Mistakes, While Speeding Into A New Set
With 2020’s Sonic the Hedgehog, Paramount and Sega tapped into something special. Regardless of my personal thoughts on quality, the film was a smash hit that set records for video game movies and 2020 box office stats alike. Ben Schwartz as the titular speedy hero quickly charmed the Internet after a much-needed redesign, Jim Carrey […]
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE Is Filmmaking At Its Absolute Peak
If the latest project from filmmaking duo Daniels proves anything, it is that cinema is very much still alive and thriving. Quite frankly, this wouldn’t be possible without minds such as theirs. Following up 2016’s Swiss Army Man is no simple feat, but to seemingly quadruple down on the bold innovation that film brought forth […]
Ti West’s X Is Violent, Tender and Taboo
Early on in Ti West’s X, Mia Goth’s Maxine states that she hates blood and guts while holding down her lunch. If any of that claim resonates with you even remotely, this one isn’t for you by design. With this film, West revels in the low brow 70’s style use of blood, violence, and of […]