Joji Koyama and Tujiko Noriko’s Kuro isn’t just a movie; it’s a mystery, a mood, an intangible atmosphere of alien dread and ethereal beauty. You don’t just watch it; you give yourself over to it so it can infect your…
Movie Review: The Son of Joseph
If Robert Bresson had an obsession with hands as metaphors and symbols, then Eugène Green displays a similar preoccupation with feet in his new film The Son of Joseph. There are many static, ground level shots of feet walking into…
Movie Review: Live by Night
Ben Affleck has proven himself to be a competent director. He usually knows just what kind of look and feel he wants in regards to his films, which is why Live by Night is so hard to swallow. It’s a…
Movie Review: Underworld Blood Wars
Despite the second film in the franchise bearing the subtitle of “Evolution”, the Underworld franchise has been stuck in a creative rut since its inception. The fifth movie (surprisingly) is once again centered on a centuries old conflict between vampires…
Movie Review: The Ardennes
When I finished Robin Pront’s The Ardennes, I knew I needed to sleep on it. I simply felt too many conflicting emotions. Did I like the film and its bizarre genre pastiches? Its intense Clint Eastwood/Coen Brothers color-grading that submerged…
TYF’s Best Films of 2016
Yesterday you got to see the outcome of our polled best films of 2016. Today, check out below our staffs individual lists for the best films of 2016. We’re all across the spectrum here, from Deadpool to Toni Erdmann and each individual list is…
Movie Review: A Monster Calls
Often times the harshest reality of growing up is the realization that we are, by nature, flawed human beings. The dawning understanding that our parents are not infallible superhumans, that we are not impervious to harm is something that can…