In this post-Trump pandemic era, one of the groups suffering the most has certainly been the kids. Having witnessed the worst of humankind these last few years, children are wondering about their place in the world and if things can…
TIFF 2019 Movie Review: Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker is the Anti-Hero We Never Needed
After Joker, is there any way Joaquin Phoenix could shock more with a performance? Probably only by playing a healthy, well-adjusted person. To say he has made a career out of playing darker, complicated characters is like saying tornadoes have…
Joaquin Phoenix Impresses in Joker’s First Teaser Trailer
The world had its first look at Todd Phillips’ new Joker film less than a year ago and fans were immediately bewildered, terrified and intrigued by it. There wasn’t much to nibble on back then, but that all changed today…
The Sisters Brothers Movie Review: An uneven but often engaging take on deconstructing the Western
In the same scheme in which Jacques Audiard’s Palm d’Or-winning migrant drama Dheepan metamorphizes into a hazy and violent stupor in it’s the final moments, his first foray into the western genre does something similar but this time in reverse.…
Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot Review: A Mediocre Work of Astounding Ableism
There comes a point during director Gus Van Sant’s Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot where main character John Callahan (Joaquin Phoenix) attends an AA meeting and brings up his disability. It’s a fact of his life that…
You Were Never Really Here Movie Review: Lynne Ramsay and Joaquin Phoenix make for a perfect pair
You Were Never Really Here , a slow burning, psychological thriller, delivers a brutal look into the life of a tormented hired gun named Joe (Joaquin Phoenix). Director Lynne Ramsay (We Need to Talk About Kevin) understands how to wound her…
Sundance 2018 Review: You Were Never Really Here
As a slow burn psychological thriller, You Were Never Really Here delivers a brutal look into the life of a tormented hired gun named Joe (Joaquin Phoenix). Director Lynne Ramsay (We Need to Talk About Kevin) understands how to wound…