I find it important sometimes to walk into the viewing of a film, in this case my living room, almost completely blind. For big budget affairs I know it is hard, nigh, nearly impossible to accomplish …
Destroyer Movie Review: Director Karyn Kusama can’t save an unfocused script
Karyn Kusama, a formidable master of atmosphere, is no stranger to warring tones. Jennifer’s Body married comedy, scares and a before its time message of a teen girls ability to weaponize her se…
TYF’s 20 Best Films of 2018
Every year when we get to this point there’s a mixture of dread and excitement concerning the compiling of this list [and I’m sure my fellow editors would agree]. On the one hand, it’…
Welcome to Marwen Movie Review: An embarrassing disaster all around
Who was the Hollywood screenwriter, producer, or bigwig who saw Jeff Malmberg’s Marwencol (2010)—a bruising, heart-breaking film about trauma —and thought yes, this will make a perfect dramedic fantas…
Movie Review: Vox Lux is a Soulless Character Study
The “rags to riches” story is one that has been done more times than we can count. Just this year, we’ve had A Star is Born and Bohemian Rhapsody to showcase the consequences of international stardom.…
Finding Her Voice: The Love Witch [Podcast]
Hello and welcome to TYF’s newest podcast series, Finding Her Voice. Joined by editor in chief Gabrielle Bondi and film and television writer AJ Caulfield, we’ve come together to highlight…
A World Without Rules: The Dark Knight 10 Years Later
Comic book movies were nothing new by the time that The Dark Knight came around in 2008. The subgenre had already established its place with the great successes of X-Men and Spider-Man, and the sequel…