Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story Is A Powerful Piece of Filmmaking
In many ways, it feels like Noah Baumbach has been working his whole career to…
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Both Marielle Heller and Tom Hanks Bring Their A-Game For A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Though he’s plastered all over the marketing, Tom Hanks’ Fred Rogers is not the lead…
Greta Gerwig’s Little Women Takes An Iconic Story And Makes It Brand-New
Why should we do another Little Women movie? Now, one could simply respond to that…
Edward Norton’s Motherless Brooklyn is an Undercooked Film Noir Homage
You can’t help but root for Motherless Brooklyn, that rare modern-day adult-drama movie released by…
Phillip Youmans Makes A Thoughtful Filmmaking Debut With Burning Cane
When I was seventeen years old, I was attending a Texas High School and struggling…
The Cast and Characters Are What Really Make Terminator: Dark Fate A Delightful Surprise
Here we go again. A robot has traveled back in time to kill a person…
Prepare For Cinematic Bliss With Parasite
Please forgive the vagueness of certain parts of this review of Parasite, as you’re bound…
The Lighthouse Is Like If Phantom Thread and Fritz Lang Had A Twisted Horror Movie Baby
You know how a recurring job interview question is “Where do you see yourself in…
Getting An Actual Injury Is More Pleasant Than Watching Wounds
Even the most cell phone adverse people on the planet would never be able to…
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil Is At Its Best When It’s Weird and Original
Another live-action Disney remake, cool! We haven’t gotten any of those this year. Despite being…