The Twilight Sad’s output as of late, though steeped in undeniable skill and indulgence, has felt as though it was holding something back. While lush, immersive records like 2012’s No One Can Ever Kno…
Buffalo Boys Movie Review: An electrifying but familiar take on the Western
In recent years, there’s been an explosion of Westerns within the world of pop culture, with films and television using the unforgiving American frontier setting for tales ranging from straightforward…
Ashes in the Snow Movie Review: Even Bel Powley doesn’t shine bright enough to save this melodrama
Inspired by the harrowing true events dramatized in Ruta Sepetys’s best-selling 2011 novel set in the midst of Stalin’s genocide of the Baltic people, Ashes in the Snow (a title that’s a bit too on-th…
The Vanishing Movie Review: Director Kristoffer Nyholm creates a surprisingly eerie mystery
Using Scottish folklore as a speculative framing device for historical fanfiction, The Vanishing (formerly Keepers) tells the viewer right at the top that this is extremely loosely based on the story …
Vice Movie Review: Amidst the tonal chaos emerges an angry and distinct piece of work
Director Adam McKay never quite fits into the box that viewers try so adamantly to shove him into. After watching goofy, irreverent buddy comedies like Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy or Tallade…
Movie Review: The Second Time Around
Few genres leave older performers quite as alienated as the romantic comedy. If all you knew about human interactions came from what was shown in multiplexes, you’d most likely subscribe to the false …
Tyrel Movie Review: A genre bending examination of bro culture
The precise genre categorization of Sebastián Silva’s Tyrel is difficult to pin down in concrete terms, namely because it is based entirely on the specific cultural baggage each individual viewer brin…