The man with the megaphone walks the alleyways, his mechanical voice echoing off the buildings. “Cigarettes are forbidden. Music is forbidden.” In the outskirts men with automatic weapons blast apart local fetishes, their clay bodies bursting over the sand. “Women…
Movie Review – “Wild Tales”
I remember how frustrated I felt the evening of the 2015 Academy Awards when Paweł Pawlikowski’s Ida (2013) took home the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. I found the film hopelessly generic and derivative of about half a dozen…
Movie Review – ‘The Lobster’
I keep seeing people describe Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Lobster as a comedy. Though many elements are undeniably comedic, The Lobster belongs first and foremost to the horror genre; a fact all the more impressive considering it never seeks to deliberately…
First Trailer for ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them’ Released
Potterheads rejoice!! After months of waiting, it’s finally here!!! The first trailer for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them was released today. The trailer only gives a glimpse of this new branch in the wizarding world, but it’s enough…
Ally’s Movie Review: Macbeth
In what could arguably be called Shakespeare’s bleakest tragedy, Michael Fassbender shines as the mad king Macbeth. While the rest of Macbeth flounders a bit in trying to find its footing in what kind of film it wants to be, Fassbender is…
Watch: Teaser Trailer for Laika’s Upcoming ‘Kubo and the Two Strings’
From animation studio LAIKA (Coraline and ParaNorman), comes it’s next innovative stop motion film sure to entertain audiences. Set in a magical version of Japan, Kubo and the Two Strings is an action-adventure that tells the story of a kindhearted,…
Movie Review – ‘Bleeding Heart’
Would it be impolite to point out a filmmaker’s excellence as a director while also chastising their mediocrity as a writer? Perhaps, but thankfully I’m spared such a conundrum with Diane Bell’s Bleeding Heart, a surprisingly powerful thriller about an…