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Film Review – Killers of the Flower Moon
It is remarkable that Martin Scorsese – now entering his ninth decade of life – continues to push the art of cinema in new and interesting ways. Since 1976, with the release of Taxi Driver, Scorsese has stood at the top of the filmmaking world – a title…
READ MOREFilm Review – The Burial
The Burial (2023) is a throwback courtroom dramedy that doesn’t veer off too far from what we have seen before. The tropes are all there: The surprise witnesses, impassioned testimony, lawyers standing up to yell “Objection!” while the judge hammers their gavel, etc. Within the grand…
READ MOREFilm Review – Totally Killer
Now here is a movie that wears its influences on its sleeve like a badge of honor. Totally Killer (2023) makes no secret that it pulls from sci-fi and horror films, specifically time travel stories and slasher flicks. It goes so far as to mention Back to the…
READ MOREFilm Review – Reptile
On paper, Reptile (2023) checks off all the boxes of your classic murder mystery: a twisty, convoluted plot with plenty of wrong turns and dead ends, a detective doggedly pursuing the case just as the rest of his life is on the brink of collapse, a mounting…
READ MOREFilm Review – Flora and Son
Ever since his critically acclaimed Once (2007), writer/director John Carney has routinely come back to explore the connective power of music. Whether it’s in Begin Again (2013) or Sing Street (2016), Carney has taken a deliberately sentimental approach in how music can heal, inspire, and draw empathy. He basks so deeply in this…
READ MOREFilm Review – No One Will Save You
No One Will Save You (2023) is one of the most effective sci-fi thrillers of recent memory. Written and directed by Brian Duffield, this is a lean, taut, and confident alien invasion movie. It gets down to business right away, only amplifying the tension the further along…
READ MOREFilm Review – El Conde
El Conde (2023) operates on two fronts. On one hand, it is a beautifully gruesome horror fantasy, in which we dive once more into the world of blood sucking vampires. On the other, it is a biting (ba dum!) satire of Chile’s most ruthless dictator, Augusto Pinochet.…
READ MOREFilm Review – Sitting in Bars with Cake
The title of Sitting in Bars with Cake (2023) is a little bit of a misnomer. Yes, it does in fact feature people sitting in bars eating cake. The film is an adaptation of the book by writer Audrey Shulman (who also wrote the screenplay), which detailed a year…
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