Paul William Scott Anderson’s fifteenth film “In the Lost Lands” combines his signature post-apocalyptic charm with fantastical set pieces, and a bare-bones script that throws everything on the table....

I’d like to preface this review with something Belgian director Chantal Akerman once said about mainstream audiences’ responses to her avant-garde films: “When most people go to the movies, the...

There were many concerns going into Bong Joon-ho’s “Mickey 17.” His return to filmmaking after his landmark 2019 drama “Parasite” was to be a dark sci-fi comedy under Warner Brothers, an adaptation...

Of every video game that I’ve sunk hundreds of hours into and pulled plenty of all-nighters on with friends over the years, few have as dear a place in my heart as Grand Theft Auto V. The second-bestselling...

Leigh Whannell’s “Wolf Man” takes a daring swing in the reinvention of the classic creature feature, a similar swing he took with mad scientists in his 2020 Blumhouse reboot, “The Invisible Man.”...

Much of modern comedy filmmaking is too concerned with being “funny.” Comedy filmmakers, talented as they can be, often default to aimless riffing in fear of losing a potential joke. In the process,...

There’s an emotional beat in David Leitch’s “The Fall Guy” in which Colt Seavers (Ryan Gosling) mourns the failure of a romantic relationship from his past. He sits in his car, unable to access...

I’d like to pay tribute to the trailer editors out there. A good trailer serves as a mood piece that occupies a non-linear narrative; it has immense value as an exercise in form. While definitely not...

There is always something distinctly exciting about going in to view a fresh filmmaker’s very critically acclaimed directorial debut. There’s always the lingering possibility that whoever this new...

“Tenet” opens with an opera house heist mission. The packed, maskless audience on-screen makes for an apprehensive mood within the Covid context. An interesting duality that only presents itself when...

Walking through the halls of The Haldwell School for Boarding and Day School, students of the 5 factions lurk in the social shadows, wait for a reason to pounce in order to preserve their power and control...