They say first impressions are everything in life. Minotaur, the latest film from now-exiled Russian filmmaker Andrey Zvyagintsev, features two incredibly memorable examples of initial introductions. The first is the audience’s introduction to the Morozov family, the unit at the center of this film. Each member of the Morozov family, be it father, mother, son, […]
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Blurring Cinematic Lines With TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA
How easily can we find ourselves transported from reality into fantasy? It’s this act of magic that Jane Schoenbrun explores in their latest film, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma. And this immaculately titled slasher wastes no time delving right into the potential escape the viewer of a film faces anytime we decide to […]
NYFF63 – THE MASTERMIND Is A Beautiful, Thrilling & Sad Heist Film
The Mastermind, celebrating its New York premiere at the 63rd New York Film Festival, had all the makings of excellence purely upon its announcement. A 70s-set heist film starring Josh O’Connor? The autumnal Northeast American landscape serves as its backdrop? That’s what the movies are all about. Should the film solely have delivered the promise […]
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 […]