There’s nothing wrong with mixing movie genres. In some cases, doing so can make a good movie into a great one. Think of Aliens, merging the cosmic technology of science-fiction with the macho body co…
The Art of Self-Defense Movie Review: Strange laughs with serious subtext
In a documentary talking about his time on Saturday Night Live, Will Ferrell talked about the difference between “funny-strange” and “funny-haha.” He referenced a sketch he did with Molly Shannon call…
Quentin Tarantino Comes Home in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
It’s been almost 30 years since Quentin Tarantino first hit the indie scene like a neutron bomb with his debut feature Reservoir Dogs (1992) and since then he’s made many names for himself. To some he…
Crawl Movie Review: Toothless alligator thriller bites
Sam Raimi has a knack for finding garbage. The writer/director has spent nearly 40 years discovering material that others deem trashy, waving his hands over it and magically morphing it into gold…
NYAFF Opening Night Review: Samurai Marathon races towards confusion
The New York Asian Film Festival returns for its eighteenth year, kicking off its annual celebration of some of the strangest, weirdest, and most eclectic filmmaking throughout Asia. The opening night…
Album Review: Prince – “Originals”
One of the many qualities that made Prince such an iconic figure in pop music was his work ethic. He just never stopped making music, whether he was on tour, making an album or whatever he was doing i…
The Last Black Man in San Francisco Movie Review: Home is the impossible dream in a gentrified nightmare
The Last Black Man in San Francisco speaks to a level of devastation that’s been discussed before, that of how racism, gentrification, and class converge over generations to leave entire neighbo…