Lying about your grandma’s mortality seems like a bad idea, except when the bad idea ends up forming the basis of a really good movie. Continue reading
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Review: The Nightingale, 2019, dir. Jennifer Kent
A movie about the most vengeful bird of all! Also, genocide and sexual violence. 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
“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
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
“Godzilla: King of the Monsters Is An Unlikely Climate Change Movie”
*insert Godzilla roar noise* 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
“How ‘John Wick 3’ Brings A Shadowy World Into Focus”
Man, if you think killing John Wick’s dog is a bad move, wait ’til you try killing him and also killing everyone he knows and also taking away his safe harbor. Continue reading
“On The Distinct Humanism Of Zhang Yimou’s Monochrome ‘Shadow'”
What’s a Zhang Yimou movie without lots of color? Well…it’s “Shadow.” 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
“5 Movies to See at IFFBoston 2019”
Andy likes an Alex Ross Perry movie, and it’s all thanks to Independent Film Festival Boston! (Well: Also, it’s thanks to Alex Ross Perry.) 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
“Penny Lane Explores the Questioning Behind the Question Mark in Hail Satan?”
Not the Kiernan Shipka version of “hail Satan!”, but a kinder, gentler, more politically conscious version. 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
