You’re being chased by a silent killer who makes up for a slow-pace with persistence. This is the heart of what a slasher movie is, and while they are often maligned for basing their terror in bloodshed and a multitude…
Ally’s Movie Review: Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter
Ambient, mournful ,and starring a beautiful performance by Rinko Kikuchi, Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter directed by David Zellner would have made a damn near perfect short-film. Instead, at nearly two hours long, the film has a wonderful opening shot, a…
Ally’s Movie Review: The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
“Well, that was cute.” Those were my thoughts walking out of The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel where I had just been charmed by Dev Patel’s enthusiastic dancing and, in all honesty, that’s essentially where my thoughts stopped. It’s a nice film…
Ally’s Movie Review: Song of the Sea
Song of the Sea directed by Tomm Moore (The Secret of Kells) is unlike most of its contemporieis. With the closest comparison being his own prior work as well as Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away, his film brim full of wonder and…
Ally’s Movie Review: ’71
There is an image of this film that has burned itself into my memory. It’s one I cannot mention without spoiling an integral piece of the film, but it’s vital to the movements taken and to the encompassing themes which…
Ally’s Movie Review: Mommy
I could have sat and watched Mommy for another two hours and had been as enraptured and joyful as I’d been for the prior two. Mommy is masterpiece filmmaking in ensuring that the characters we are watching feel lived in,…
Ally’s Movie Review: Leviathan
Directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev, the Oscar-nominated Leviathan is a dark, meditative odyssey into the perilous and unforgiving depths of humanity. Focusing its attention on Koyla (Alexeï Serebriakov), a hot-tempered handyman who lives in a small fishing town near the Barents Sea…