In this dispatch: Ink, Mr. Nelson, Did You…
No Money No Honey Long before the term “vlogger” or “influencer” entered the lexicon, it was unique, if not outright strange, to document one’s everyday…
There is a sort of integrity in making a film as doggedly mediocre as Without Blood. Adapted from Alessandro Baricco’s 2002 novel, Senza Sangue, by…
In this dispatch: Love of Your Life, Drifter…
Japanese director Shinya Tsukamoto forged his legendary cult status with ultraviolent, psychosexual Japanese films like Tetsuo: The Iron Man, Tokyo Fist, and A Snake in…
“Intergenerational trauma” is a phrase that comes up often as a therapeutic buzzword, but less often is it talked about in systemic terms. When Colette…
In 2020, HBO began airing one of the funniest and most significant docuseries in the history of the form, How To With John Wilson, in…
Jonatan Etzler’s Bad Apples takes place somewhere in the United Kingdom, most likely a studio somewhere near Bristol, though it may as well be mistaken…
In this dispatch: Wild Horse Nine, Ha-Chan…
Aardman Animations has long been the last oddball left in an increasingly homogenized world of American animation. Founded by Peter Lord and David Sproxton over…
A stunning bird’s-eye view of the Pacific Northwest’s sprawling vistas appears several times over in The Weight, Padraic McKinley’s tense, atmospheric Depression-era thriller; it’s the…
During a published 2025 conversation with Barry Jenkins, Charles Burnett takes a moment to acknowledge the L.A. Rebellion. This cinematic movement, which he helped spearhead,…
A secret screening is always exciting. As part of Muscle Distribution’s recent Musclefest, a weekend of queer and transgressive film screenings at The Roxy Cinema…
In this dispatch: Trash Mountain, Idda…
The novelist Salman Rushdie never wanted to become the world’s symbol for free speech against oppressive regimes. He just wanted to be a writer, and…
There’s no shortage of films that tackle generational differences, particularly parental figures and their often limiting expectations for their children. From Zac Efron in Disney…
All you need before attending Muscle Distribution’s Musclefest, a four-night screening series at the Roxy Cinema in mid-September, is a general belief that we don’t…
There’s a certain irony to Padraic McKinley’s new film being called The Weight. Set during the Great Depression and starring Ethan Hawke as one of…
Ah Pulp: national treasures, indie disco floor-fillers, perennial smartarse answer to “Blur vs Oasis.” And in frontman Jarvis Cocker, they had the gawky underdog turned…
The magic is gone. That much is impossible to ignore. Practical Magic 2 is little more than reheated nostalgia bait, though Warner Bros. would like…
Powwow People, the new documentary from Ho-Chunk / Pechanga director Sky Hopinka is somewhat more straightforward than the experimental filmmaking that first gained Hopinka notoriety.…