Review by Russell Whitehouse A woman sedates a rampaging tiger, then preaches that both man and tiger can live in peace when they’re both in their respective lands, rather than intruding on one another. This no-so-subtle anti-colonialism parable serves as the opening...
Review by David Ferguson Greetings again from the darkness. Bestowed with an Oscar nomination for Best Live Action Short Film, this story from Israeli director Guy Nattiv, who co-wrote the script with Sharon Maymon, is stunning and frightening in how much of a punch...
Review by James Lindorf It has been years, if not decades since'80s hair-metal band Sonic Grave had their last hit song, a power ballad they hate performing. Fighting to remain relevant, the band's manager books a set for them at the lesser known Noachella. All they...
The latest DC and Warner Bros. animated movie is Reign of the Supermen. This is a sequel to the 2018 movie The Death of Superman. It's been six months now since the events of the last movie where Superman gave his life to defeat Doomsday and save mankind. And...
Greetings again from the darkness. A seamless zoom shot through a young boy’s eye, a plunge into the deep blue sea, and up across the ocean onto a boat … that’s the very cool opening to writer-director Steven Knight’s latest film. It can be described as a 1990’s style...
Review by Caitlin Zeigler Lee Haze (Alexander Dreymon) is doing time for crimes that he committed with his girlfriend. The only thing that keeps him going is sending letters to her, but when he receives all of his letters back unopened, he wonders what’s going on. He...
Greetings again from the darkness. It makes perfect sense when you think about it. After three artsy prestige projects (CALL ME BY YOUR NAME, A BIGGER SPLASH, I AM LOVE), Oscar nominated Italian filmmaker Luca Guadagnino decides to let his freak flag fly. And what...
Greetings again from the darkness. THE STEPFORD WIVES was stocked with some men’s ideal of the perfect spouse … attractive, dutiful, always ready to serve. In director Bjorn Runge’s adaptation of the novel by Meg Wolitzer (screenplay by Jane Anderson), Joan Castleman...
Greetings again from the darkness. Life’s eternal mysteries include the question, how can one be a father when not yet a man? The feature film debut of writer-director Jason Raftopoulos focuses on fatherhood and the price of self-destructive behavior, while finally...
Review by James Lindorf From the mind of Writer and Director Joe Chappelle (Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers) comes An Acceptable Loss, a political thriller that was picked up for distribution by IFC Films. Libby Lamm (Tika Sumpter) was the ultimate patriot,...