“‘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 →

“‘Gunpowder Milkshake’: You Can Have A ‘John Wick’-Style Milkshake As A Treat, But It’s Not Much Of A Coherent Movie”

I cannot think of two words less-suited to follow one after the other, and also I cannot think of a movie title that conveys “ass kicking” better than this. Continue reading →

“‘Pig’: Nic Cage Does Sad ‘John Wick’-Style Revenge As If It Were Directed By Kelly Reichardt”

Other acceptable director comparison: Hal Ashby. Continue reading →

“‘Down With The King’: Grammy-Nominated Artist Freddie Gibbs Gets Disenchanted With The Rap Game & Checks Out”

But up with Diego Ongaro and Freddie Gibbs and Bob Tarasuk. Continue reading →

“Shahad Ameen’s Beautiful, Fantastical ‘Scales’ Picks Away at the Patriarchy”

For anyone in search of a “Luca” alternative. Continue reading →

“‘Love Spreads’: Eiza González & Alia Shawkat Consider What’s Worth Sacrificing To Make A Great Album”

Like strawberry jam. Or Nutella. Or in some cases a plague. There’s so much love here, and it’s catching. Continue reading →

“‘Zola’ Turns A Twitter Nightmare Into High Art”

No nightmare like a Twitter nightmare, because one you put a Twitter nightmare out there, it’s online forever via screenshotting! Continue reading →

“Sit Back and Enjoy Oblivion with ‘The Forever Purge'”

Do you have the urge…to purge? Continue reading →

“‘Gaia’ Is The Trippy Pandemic Eco-Horror Of 2021 That Won’t Leave You Lost In The Earth”

Call me a pilgrim to Gomorrah if you will, for though I did not compose this title, I do embrace and endorse it. Continue reading →