If you were to judge a movie by its poster, then you might expect The Bikeriders to be anchored by Austin Butler’s brooding, wild-haired motorcycle fiend. His name is Benny, and though he’s an integral part of the narrative, Benny … Continue reading THE BIKERIDERS
The specter of death hangs over everyone and everything. In the movie Tuesday by writer-director Daina Oniunas-Pusić, that specter takes the form of a size-shifting parrot—a filthy, scarred one with a deep and terrifying voice supplied by Arinzé Kene. How … Continue reading TUESDAY
I don’t remember when I started puberty or when I became aware that something was happening, but I distinctly remember a recurring fantasy throughout the process of wanting to condense six or seven years of hormonal, physical, and mental growth … Continue reading INSIDE OUT 2
Few cinematic forms benefited from the advent of digital technology like the documentary. And not just in cost and access to equipment but in the proliferation of digital archives directors can draw upon. Add social media’s connective power to track … Continue reading THE BEACH BOYS and LET IT BE
The child comes from the land of abundance. There is greenery, fruit, water, animals—an entire civilization living and working together inside this Edenic enclave surrounded by hot desert. That hot desert is what’s left of Australia, possibly the world, after … Continue reading FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA
The place is filled with glowing neon lights, loud noises, and whirling games. Families play and celebrate birthday parties, but down the center aisle shuffles an old-timer apologizing to everyone and no one for their behavior. It’s a new medication, … Continue reading I SAW THE TV GLOW
Something must have been in the water in 1960. All around the world, filmmakers, either at the beginning, middle, or the end of their careers, swung for the fences. In Japan, Akira Kurosawa spun Shakespeare’s Hamlet into a corporate thriller with … Continue reading PEEPING TOM
A letter has arrived at the Swan residence, a despicable letter riddled with obscenities and sexual vulgarity. It’s the 19th of its kind, and each one has scandalized dear old Victoria Swan (Gemma Jones), her stiff-upper-lip of a husband, Edward … Continue reading WICKED LITTLE LETTERS
Everything was going so well. He had the girl of his dreams and the job of a lifetime. Both were filled with the promise of bigger and better things, and both the boy and the girl saw each other in … Continue reading THE FALL GUY
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