& Categories Movies January 9, 2020 “Underwater” Is a Deep-Sea Dive Into Mediocrity Kristen Stewart battles a sinking sealab and aquatic beasties in this drab, but workable deep-sea thriller.
T Categories Features Movies December 19, 2022 The 25 Best Films of 2022 From After Yang to Top Gun, we break down our favorite movies of the year.
C Categories Movies Reviews June 3, 2022 Crimes of the Future offers up the human body as grotesque & beautiful art David Cronenberg returns to form in an elliptical and fascinating look at a dystopia where self-mutilation replaces sex
T Categories Features Movies December 17, 2021 The Top 25 Films of 2021 From Annette to Zola, we break down the best movies of the year.
I Categories Features Movies November 24, 2021 In Spencer, food is a weapon to control and torment Pablo Larraín’s sympathetic “fable” about Diana, Princess of Wales, also compassionately addresses the secret shame of eating disorders.
A Categories Movies Reviews November 17, 2021 Andrew Garfield is a supernova in tick tick BOOM! Lin-Manuel Miranda's adaptation of RENT creator Jonathan Larson's semi-autobiography boasts fantastic tunes, solid direction, frustrating storytelling, and one of the year's finest lead performances.
C Categories CIFF 2021 Festivals Movies Reviews October 25, 2021 CIFF 2021: Spencer, Acts of Love, House of Snails, and More Five of the Chicago International Film Festival's fiction features find truth through craft and performance.
T Categories Features Interviews October 21, 2021 The Syed Family Xmas Eve Game Night offers relief from the overwhelming white heteronormity of the holiday rom-com Kausar Mohammed and Fawzia Mirza discuss the mold-breaking short The Syed Family Xmas Eve Game Night and where it could go from here.
I Categories Features Filmmaker of the Month Movies December 18, 2020 Inside the uncomfortably small world of “Panic Room” One of David Fincher's more straightforward suspense thrillers, Panic Room finds that greed always levels the playing ground.
& Categories Features Movies November 25, 2020 “Happiest Season” and its winter wonderland of whiteness Clea DuVall's queer holiday rom-com makes the yuletide gay, but can't escape the blind spots of its wealthy, white characters.
