“On Becoming a Guinea Fowl” is a transcendent cultural commentary that digs deep into the clashes between deep religious tradition and generational trauma.
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I want to be clear: I did not go into “Captain America: Brave New World” with a stuffy old critic’s…
The 2025 Sundance Film Festival wrapped up its virtual run late Sunday evening 2/2/2025, thus concluding the festival run. I…
The Midnight section of the Sundance Film Festival is usual ripe with horror and thriller gems that endure throughout the…
“Better Man” may be conventional on paper, but its unconventional packaging delivers a wallop of entertainment often missing from these kinds of things.
“The Brutalist” is a beautiful, profound, devastating journey that shatters our preconceived notions of experience and ideals of the American dream, utilizing the core of architecture as the construction and deconstruction of both the film’s themes and its characters.
“Nickel Boys” is a masterpiece unmatched and moving in ways that stir the soul, rips you apart and rather than put you back together again, leaves you with yourself to decide what you’re going to do next. It doesn’t get better than this, folks.
“Lord of the Rings: War of the Rohirrim” may be a middling return to middle earth, but it is better than most and better than most would expect, standing tall above its previous counter parts and only below the original trilogy.
The awards season is upon us, which means every film from every studio is in full campaign mode. This means…
Longing has never felt so visceral, and “Queer” brings that to life with incredible visual flare and powerful, daring performances.
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