Jim Jarmusch’s The Dead Don’t Die is a zombie movie for people who just want to chill out for a bit. Entering the fray as the 2010’s undead craze starts to crawl into the grave, it rolls its eyes at t…
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote Movie Review: Genuine emotion makes up for a lack of clarity
On one hand, expectations were relatively low for The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. It’s actually quite astounding that Terry Gilliam’s infamously troubled production has finally made its way into theat…
BlacKkKlansman Movie Review: Spike Lee delivers a powerful film for our time
Little subtlety can be found in BlacKkKlansman as Spike Lee draws harrowing parallels between the past and the here and now. In the 1970s, an African American detective of the Colorado Springs police …
Opinion: Family will be the Key to Kylo Ren’s Redemption Arc
Family has always been a key theme in Star Wars. Whether it’s Luke trying to save his father from evil or Anakin trying to save his wife from death, it’s safe to say that it’s the primary foundation o…
Movie Review: Logan Lucky
Has the word “fun” been used often to describe Steven Soderbergh’s movies? The Oscar-winning writer/director has had one of the most efficient work ethics in Hollywood, jumping between studio-friendly…
Movie Review: Silence
Like a good deal of Martin Scorsese’s films, Silence handles the subject of faith in a complex and humanistic way; the legendary American filmmaker transmutes the torment, humiliation and suffering of…
Movie Review: Paterson
Paterson is an odd Jarmuschian stream of consciousness with an unmistakable feel for the ordinary. A few days in the life of bus driver Paterson (played timidly and earnestly by Adam Driver), in the c…