“I’m Thinking of Ending Things” Review: Charlie Kaufman Returns with Another Existential Masterpiece
Few filmmakers have fallen farther down the rabbit hole of existentialism than Charlie Kaufman. The screenwriter/director has penned some of the most thought-provoking and original films ever made, having been nominated for two of his scripts and one of his directorial efforts at the Academy Awards, as well as winning Best Original Screenplay for 2004’s
“Tenet” Review: The Brain-Bending Magic of Cinema is Back
Few names are more synonymous with modern cinema than Christopher Nolan. The acclaimed British auteur has amassed an enormous empire of epic studio action blockbusters with the craft of an arthouse film, focusing on the technical mastery of his craft and pushing the envelope of non-linear storytelling with a persistent obsession with time. “Memento” is
“The Painted Bird” Review: A Cold-Blooded Masterwork of Vicious Trauma
Ever since the beginning of humanity, terrible suffering has plagued countless lives. Film has always been a way to express torment too unimaginable to put to words, and it is only natural that stories of war would fall into that category. From Andrei Tarkovsky’s “Ivan’s Childhood”, to Volker Schlöndorff’s “The Tin Drum”, to Elem Klimov’s
“Unknown Gems”: 3 Underrated Movies I Love
If you find yourself thumbing through your streaming services and saying “I’ve seen that” over and over again, we’ve got you covered. From time to time our writers are going to recommend some hidden gems and films that mabye didn’t hit big when they were initinally released, but are well worth watching regardless. I focused
The Meticulous Magnificence of “Midsommar”
Every decade, hundreds of amazing films are released. And at the absolute peak of these films, there are those two or three filmmakers that emerge that you will absolutely fall in love with. For me, one of those filmmakers is Ari Aster. His brand of emotionally devastating and dramatic character studies wrapped up in the