Review by Cole Clay Shooting a narrative film at the Olympics seems like an impossible task, but not for filmmakers Jeremy Teicher and Alexi Pappas (TRACKTOWN) who had unprecedented access to the Olympic village at the 2018 Pyeongchang games in South Korea. They...
Review by Cole Clay Before you read any further, VILLAINS is a darkly comic blast. This home invasion thriller has some twists and turns, but its predictability doesn’t get in the way of the comedy, the performances and the filmmaking craft of directing duo Dan Berk...
Review by Cole Clay LITTLE MONSTERS is a well-intentioned zom-com from Australian Abe Forsythe (DOWN UNDER). He mixes a soft-to-the-touch plucky tone with yet another dark zombie film. The catch, this time, is Lupita Nyong’o is a kindergarten teacher who has to...
Via Preston Barta AUSTIN – Friday saw the world premiere of Jordan Peele’s much-anticipated follow-up to GET OUT, titled US. We were there on the red carpet at the South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, TX, to talk to writer-director Jordan Peele, star Shahadi...
Review by Cole Clay Stepping into the orbit of filmmaker Harmony Korine may not be a welcoming task for many filmgoers, but those willing to take a dive into the depravity of his brand of hedonistic trash will find comfort in the sea of faces, and places he brings to...
Review by Cole Clay Seth Rogen has made a successful brand for himself as a movie star existing in spaces that allows for a loose improvisational feel, and those get laughs and sell tickets, but he is most successful when he’s playing at the heartstrings. His...
Review by Preston Barta WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS (2019 TV series) Ep. 1-4 TV-MA, 30 minutes per episode. Creator: Jemaine Clement Cast: Kayvan Novak, Harvey Guillén, Natasia Demetriou, Matt Berry, Mark Proksch and Beanie Feldstein AUSTIN – What a remarkable journey...
Review by Cole Clay The age-old saying, you are your own worst enemy, has been said time and time again. If we don’t watch out we will always get in the way of ourselves. This notion is taken quite literally in the writer/director Jordan Peele’s (GET OUT) sophomore...
Greetings again from the darkness. So much trust goes into a marriage. We try to choose someone we can imagine growing old with, and also whose morals are in line with our own … especially if raising kids is part of the plan. Of course sometimes things don’t work out...
By Preston Barta Film Critic AUSTIN — One of the toughest things to overcome when dating is slowly uncovering the secrets in our past. Everyone has relationship baggage and things they did they aren’t proud of. I mean, isn’t it more comfortable to believe your partner...