Review: “Shirley”: The Masterful Resurgence of Cinema Regurgitance
The pattern of filmed biopics is a dire and desolate one. Ever since the 78th Academy Awards in 2005, when the manipulative and dull film “Crash” won Best Picture for its shallow depiction of racial tension, filmmaker Spike Lee coined the term “Oscar bait”, a type of film that studios saw the potential of producing
“DEVS”: Reinvigorating Science Fiction on A Quantum Level
As long as science fiction has been created for the silver screen, artists have used the genre as a means of exploring existentialist concepts too scary for the human mind to process. “What does it mean to be alive?” “Do living beings have free will?” “Is the universe predetermined, as we live out a laundry
Review: “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” – Eliza Hittman
To blend the utter brutality and unforgiving nature of the real world with the tender emotion of a person in crisis is a difficult task to beckon of anyone. The deft touch of Eliza Hittman was perfectly suited for “Never Rarely Sometimes Always”, the solemn odyssey of a lonesome teenage girl searching to regain control
Review: “The Lodge” – Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz
If the harsh corners and thick wooden doors are not confining enough, then the rampant torrents of snow that befall the resident of the titular holiday getaway would surely cause anyone to doubt their sanity. This supposition does not even take into account the roguish misbehavior of grim forces, whether those be the products of
Review: Capone – Josh Trank
There is a fine line between haunting and laughable and Josh Trank’s “Capone” toes that line bunglingly. Some of the images certainly transport the viewer into a wicked nightmare, as Al “Fonz” Capone (Tom Hardy) waddles his way through a dreamscape rife with cascading jet black and steel gray balloons, violent acts of savagery, ravenous