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 …
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 doe…
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 …
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 A…
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 Abou…
Movie Review: ‘Irrational Man’
An oncoming train will kill five people; if you switch the track, only one person will die. As the engineer of the train, what should you do? You could appeal to utilitarian ethics, but what if the …
Movie Review: ‘Inherent Vice’ is Lost in the Haze
It’s easy to see why Thomas Pynchon’s 2009 novel Inherent Vice attracted the great auteur Paul Thomas Anderson, even if it is generally accepted that the novels of Pynchon are “unada…