“The 25 Best Movies of 2019 (So Far)”

June is the time of year when we all get too antsy in the pantsy and can’t help talking about what’s best in pop culture. The bad news is that there’s not a lot in pop culture worth getting worked up about in 2019. Continue reading →

Review: Annabelle Comes Home, 2019, dir. Gary Dauberman

She’s home! Annabelle, she’s home! That’s…that’s really not good, whose home did she come to? Yours? Mine? Hopefully yours. Sorry, I want to live. Continue reading →

“10 Underrated Movies You Can Stream Right Now”

Because not all great movies run in theaters, or they do, but they’re not in theaters now, or when they DID run in theaters, it wasn’t at a theater near you. Look, these are all good movies, is what we’re saying. Continue reading →

Review: Fruit Bats, “Gold Past Life”

It’s a deer! On a beach! Only in Michigan, I’m telling you. Continue reading →

“The 10 Best Horror Movies of 2019 (So Far)”

And it took a good bit of legwork to actually get to ten, let me tell you! Continue reading →

Review: The Dead Don’t Die, 2019, dir. Jim Jarmusch

A movie about zombies by one of the coolest filmmakers out there, starring a ton of people I like, should be a slam dunk, but then…what if it isn’t? Continue reading →

“One Of The Biggest Horror Movie Scares Of The Year Happens During A Game Of ‘Never Have I Ever'”

Good, patiently executed scares are a gift from the movie gods, and so’re opportunities to hash it out with the people responsible for putting those scares together. Continue reading →

Best of Criterion’s New Releases, May 2019

Two French masters, a Montanan master, and an Austrian master all walk into the Criterion Collection and that’s it, that’s the joke. Continue reading →

Review: Calexico and Iron & Wine, “Years to Burn”

I don’t know what I can say about this record that I don’t already say in the kicker to my review, but gosh I guess I’ll try. Continue reading →

Review: Funan, 2019, dir. Denis Do

A stunning, low key bit of animation from a descendant of unspeakable atrocity. Amazingly, he’s up to speaking about it. Continue reading →

Review: The Perfection, 2019, dir. Richard Shepard

You got your body horror in my psychological thriller! Except that it’s all horror, even when it’s too over-written for its own good. Pft. Continue reading →

Review: Yeasayer, “Erotic Reruns”

Well, as long as the reruns are erotic, then I don’t mind if I do. Continue reading →

“Deadwood: The Movie Made Good On Al Swearengen’s Loose Ends”

Here’re a few stray f**kin’ thoughts about that “Deadwood” movie those c**ksuckers at HBO finally f**kin’ put out for all of us regular b*stards to watch last month. Continue reading →

Review: Thee Oh Sees, “Thee Hounds of Foggy Notion”

A portal back in time to when Oh Sees were Thee Oh Sees and they hadn’t released quite as many albums as they have to date. Continue reading →

“Films by Women: Four Movies to Watch from May (2019)”

Knock down that house and let the sunshine in! But mind the souvenirs! And don’t sing if someone else is singing! Continue reading →