One of the most interesting things that writer/director Christian Swegal does in his new film Sovereign is forgoing any introductory text scrawl or blatant exposition…
30 minutes into Jem Cohen’s new film Little, Big, and Far, the viewer watches a mostly vacant mall parking lot slowly descend into darkness. For…
Cynical perhaps, but it feels safe to assume in 2025 that a majority of Americans do not know that Rhodesia was a country, let alone…
There are two popular theories about the etymology of Prvić, a Croatian island in the Šibenik archipelago. The first theory relates to its closest proximity…
How do you solve a problem like Superman? This legendary IP has been sitting either unused or abused for the better part of 20 years, subject…
There probably isn’t a company on earth better associated with immediacy than Amazon. Unless one lives in the remotest regions of Canada or Alaska, there…
Thibault Emin’s Else begins with a series of undulating abstract images that suggest microscopic photography, a vaguely organic tapestry that evokes skin under a magnifying…
After the vaguely haunted house-esque shenanigans of Fallen Kingdom and the inexplicable focus on crop-eating superlocusts in Dominion, it appears the powers behind the Jurassic…
Despite having only arrived five years ago, 2020 feels in a lot of ways as if it were a century from another era, wherein a…
When David Lynch tragically passed away earlier this year, he left behind an unassailable body of work, which has been often imitated yet seldom replicated.…
Given the real-life horrors of a global pandemic and an increasingly hostile socio-political climate, it’s no wonder that post-apocalyptic fiction is as en vogue as…
Eva Victor wants you to know that the cat is okay. “I feel like we should have put out a PSA!” they tell me at…
Why is it that in the nation of Spain, a nation whose siestas evince a clear cultural supremacy over their efficiency-imprisoned neighbors, regularly invites very…
M3GAN wasn’t born — or built, or whatever — to play it safe. Gerard Johnstone’s 2022 tech-toy horror is, charitably, a good time, the sort…
For a film set on the Iberian Peninsula, it’s no surprise that the title Hot Milk raises some questions. Adapted from Deborah Levy’s novel of…
As a Latinx intersex sex worker, Ponyboi (River Gallo) is well-versed in the indignity of precarity: a simple exchange with a pharmacist, for instance, involves…
Dale Dickey is a beloved veteran character actor, having enjoyed a career that spans over 30 years of consistent, quality work. Typically inhabiting the souls…
Filmmakers Will Howarth and Tom McKeith are walking a fine line with their new feature film In Vitro, a low-key dramatic thriller that incorporates horror-tinged…
Until semi-recently, Formula 1 racing was only immensely popular pretty much all over the world except in the United States, but a combination of the…
The popular conception of sexuality in America has doubtless expanded since the turn of the century, but its depiction on mainstream screens somehow has not.…
Mani Ratnam is considered one of India’s finest directors, particularly among those working in the Tamil language, and is coming off a two-part critical and…