A movie about the most vengeful bird of all! Also, genocide and sexual violence. Continue reading
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“‘Nightmare Cinema’ Shows Off The True Range Of The Horror Genre”
Horror is the style right now, and if you’re trying to get into it but don’t know what kind of horror you like, here’s a movie for you. 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
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
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: Asako I & II, 2019, dir. Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Finally, what we’ve all been asking for this year: A doppelganger movie that isn’t distinctly a horror movie, and also doesn’t really stick to a single genre, either. Continue reading
Review: The Souvenir, 2019, dir. Joanna Hogg
One of the most under-appreciated filmmakers in the world has released what’s already looking like her most-appreciated film, and Andy has mixed thoughts. (On the reaction to the film, not the film itself.) Continue reading
Review: Ask Dr. Ruth, 2019, dir. Ryan White
Upfront: This movie is about sex. My review of this movie is about sex. Everything is about sex. It’s necessary to get that out of the way to numb your delicate prudish American sensibilities. Continue reading
Review: Body at Brighton Rock, 2019, dir. Roxanne Benjamin
An instructional film about what to do when you’re alone on a mountain overlook and there’s a corpse and possibly also a ghost or a bear. Continue reading
Review: Hagazussa: A Heathen’s Curse, 2019, dir. Lukas Feigelfeld
Let’s go back to an oldie but a goodie by discussing a newbie that is also a goodie! And also a grossie! Continue reading
Review: Family, 2019, dir. Laura Steinel
A movie about Insane Clown Posse, except the good news is that you don’t have to like Insane Clown Posse to enjoy or even understand the movie! Luck you. Continue reading
Review: Ramen Shop, 2019, dir. Eric Khoo
Watch as Andy makes the likely ill-advised move of taking a potshot at one of 2018’s most beloved movies by holding it to a standard it was never interested in meeting! Continue reading
Review: The Juniper Tree, 1990, dir. Nietzchka Keene
Can a movie made in 1990 that’s only just now being released in theaters REALLY be called a 1990 movie? Maybe. But also maybe not. How about both? Either way, it’s a damn masterpiece. Continue reading
Review: Black Mother, 2019, dir. Khalik Allah
A free association (sort of) visual essay documentary film about Jamaica in 2019, Jamaica in the 1800s, and how the latter has shaped the former into a land of beautiful contradictions. Continue reading
“Captain Marvel Review: How Brie Larson’s Training Shaped Carol Danvers”
Happy “Captain Marvel” weekend! In the first of Andy’s *three pieces* about the new Marvel movie, an appreciation for Brie Larson and her fondness of baked goods and weight training, and how all of that hard work (and not hard work) reflects on the screen. Continue reading
Review: Woman at War, 2019, dir. Benedikt Erlingsson
Don’t let the list of very long, nigh-unpronouncable Icelandic names overwhelm or intimidate you away from seeing this excellent Icelandic dark comedy. (“Dark comedy” in Iceland is kinda like easy viewing, though.) Continue reading
Review: The Hole in the Ground, 2019, dir. Lee Cronin
Sometimes you pay (literally, you, not me) to see a movie, and you get exactly what the title promises. Take “The Hole in the Ground.” It’s about a hole. In the ground. Boom, value. Continue reading
