“‘The Feast’ Review: Lee Haven Jones Mixes Various Horror Tastes To Create A Delightfully Welsh Fright”

A feast for the soul…of Wales. This excerpt was the best I could do, I apologize. Continue reading →

“Wendell B. Harris, Jr.’s Extraordinary ‘Chameleon Street’ Still Strikes A Nerve 30 Years Later”

A street that looks like every other street. Because…chameleon. Get it? Continue reading →

“Adam Ethan Crow’s Haunted Airbnb Story ‘Lair’ Needs Stronger Layers”

Welcome to Adam Ethan Crow’s Airbnb LAIR. Continue reading →

“‘Julia’ Looms as Large as the Chef Herself”

Oh, to grow up in the time of Julia Child. Continue reading →

“Solving the Case of ‘Horror Noire'”

I’m not sure I agree 100% with your police work there, movie. Continue reading →

“Matthias Schweighöfer’s ‘Army of Thieves’ Replaces Zombie Chaos with Deep-Rooted Joy”

Armies by definition have 5 people in them, and now you know. Continue reading →

“The ‘Luzzu’ May Be Sinking, But Alex Camilleri’s Wonderful Debut Stays Afloat”

Luzzu? I hardly KNOW yo- Continue reading →

“‘Costa Brava, Lebanon’ Is A Stellar Near-Future Family Drama”

Sounds like a lovely place to visit, except for all the goddamn trash. Continue reading →

“‘Saloum’ Is A Kinetic, Genre-Bending Revenge Story [TIFF Review]”

This movie kicks ass. Continue reading →

“‘Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash’: An Offbeat Martial Arts Romance That Really Wants To Become A Cult Classic [TIFF Review]”

Look, people are gonna like this more than me and that’s fine; no matter what, we all agree that this movie has the best title of any movie released in like the last 20 years. Continue reading →

“Ease Your COVID Anxiety with Natalie Morales’ Charming Slice of Screenlife, ‘Language Lessons'”

Here’s a lesson in filmmaking language: It’s hard to make a screenlife movie interesting. But this one is! Continue reading →

“Aubrey Plaza and Michael Caine’s ‘Best Sellers’ Is Straight from the Bargain Bin”

“Best” sellers? More like “not the best” sellers, oh yeah, there’s that sweet burn I’m lookin’ for. Continue reading →

“Check In At ‘The Nowhere Inn’ With Annie Clark & Carrie Brownstein

God, yes, meta-docs, just inject that right into my veins, please. Continue reading →

“‘Wild Indian’s Generational Pain Is Scattershot But True”

See, the title works because of racism. Continue reading →

“‘Anne at 13,000 Ft.’s Plummeting Breakdown Might Rob You of Breath

13,000 is, and I’m getting really technical here, a whole lot of goddamn feet to be at. Continue reading →

“Finance Bro Body Horror ‘Mosquito State’ Is Buzzy, Annoying In Turn”

Bzzzzz bzzzzz bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz eeeeeeeeee bzzzzz Continue reading →

“‘The Last Matinee’s Seedy Slasher Spills Guts and Is Sharper than It Seems”

A good movie that reminds us maybe the movies aren’t always the safest place to be, especially when a killer is killing people in the audience dead. Continue reading →

“‘Sweet Girl’: Jason Momoa Takes On The Pharma Industry & Loses… Badly”

Momoa, more problems. Continue reading →

“Cuddle Up with ‘Teddy’s’ Outsider Angst”

Not that kind of Teddy, or the other kind of Teddy. It’s just a guy named Teddy. Life is boring sometimes. But this movie isn’t! Continue reading →

“‘How It Ends’ Can’t End Soon Enough”

God grant me the serenity to accept things I cannot change, but also please, PLEASE explain to me why people still make movies like this one. Continue reading →