James Gunn vs. the Superhero Movie: THE SUICIDE SQUAD (2021)
There’s a tonal challenge to making fun of superhero tropes while keeping an emotional investment…
Film on the Internet: DEAD CALM
An old school suspense film that combines psychological horror and survival thrills, Phillip Noyce’s Dead…
Exploring 1,001 MOVIES YOU MUST SEE BEFORE YOU DIE
There’s a definite overlap in people who enjoy movies and people who enjoy cataloging things.…
Film on the Internet: PRESUMED INNOCENT
Harrison Ford is the cipher at the heart of Alan J. Pakula’s Presumed Innocent, a…
I THINK YOU SHOULD LEAVE, Season Two
I Think You Should Leave‘s first season was released without much fanfare– beyond those of…
Film on the Internet: THE FIVE-YEAR ENGAGEMENT
The Five-Year Engagement is technically a romantic comedy, but–like a lot of Apatow-adjacent projects–it’s more…
Film on the Internet: ROUNDERS
John Dahl’s pacey, insightful Rounders is about a young man, but it has the weight…
Roland Saint-Laurent on HEIL HONEY, I’M HOME!
Originally published on Failure Walk with Me The problem with trying to do a faithful parody…
Film on the Internet: ULEE’S GOLD
Ulee’s Gold–and there’s an almost daringly noncommercial title for you–is intimate but intense. It zooms…
Film on the Internet: BATMAN BEGINS
Batman Begins is the film in which Batman begins, and you know what? It takes…