Fantasia 2019 Fantasia 2019: “SHe” Cobbles Together Patriarchal Hell on Heels Zhou Shengwei turns shoes into symbols for the systemic oppression of women in capitalist systems in this dizzying, expressionistic experiment.
Fantasia 2019 Fantasia 2019: “The Wonderland” Is a Sweet Ghibli-Esque Fantasy Keiichi Hara's candy-colored fairy tale is certainly a feast for the eyes, even if its story is skin deep.
Sword of Trust Review: Mumblecore Meets Civil War The South rises again thanks to the effortless comic charms of Lynn Shelton and Marc Maron.
Fantasia 2019 Fantasia 2019: “Porno” Goes For The Crotch The horror comedy tackles sexual repression amidst plenty of penis gore.
Fantasia 2019 Fantasia 2019: “Critters Attack!” Pretty Much Bites The latest in the horror-comedy franchise is a cynical, half-hearted dud.
Features Are You Not Scared Enough?: “The Blair Witch Project” Turns 20 The no budget fake documentary that ushered in the "found footage" craze still holds up, like it or not.
Features The Tarantino-Heavy “Four Rooms” Needs a ‘Do Not Disturb’ Sign Even with segments by 90s indie luminaries like Robert Rodriguez, Allison Anders and Quentin Tarantino, Four Rooms is too herky-jerk to work.
TV “Frankenstein’s Monster’s Monster, Frankenstein” Review: It’s (Barely) Alive David Harbour & a game cast try their best, but can't save this rush job of a Netflix mockumentary.
Columns “True Lies” is a Messy Deconstruction of the Alpha-Male Action Hero 2019 is a year chock-full of James Cameron film anniversaries, and we start with one of his more flawed, but deconstructionist action flicks.
Fantasia 2019 Fantasia 2019: “Come To Daddy” Mixes Genres To Thrilling Effect Elijah Wood has a rough few days in Ant Timpson's directorial feature debut.
Review: “Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love” Is Hardly A Thousand Kisses Deep The one and only Leonard Cohen turns flat in Nick Broomfield’s latest, and it brings down his better half as a result.
Fantasia 2019 Fantasia 2019: “Little Monsters” Is The Perfect Blend of Laughs, Gore and Taylor Swift Abe Forsythe's Aussie horror comedy strands a school field trip in the middle of a zombie apocalypse, to delightful results.
Fantasia 2019 Fantasia 2019: “Sons of Denmark” Haunts With Timely Political Violence Ulaa Salim's tense, complex political thriller shines a light on the very modern terrors of far-right nationalism, and the radical violence that rises in response.
“The Farewell” is A Poignantly Funny Goodbye Culture clash and end-of-life issues collide in Lulu Wang's scintillatingly heartfelt drama "based on an actual lie."
Fantasia 2019 The Art of Self-Defense Review: Black Belt or Red Pill? Jesse Eisenberg is a twerp falling down the toxic-masculinity rabbit hole in Riley Stearns' insightful black comedy.
TV Younger Recap: “An Inside Glob” Delivers Milk, Garlic And Matron Lit The truth about Mercury is out as Kelsey catches Charles and Zane in the act.
Björk’s Acting Debut “The Juniper Tree” Is a Beautifully Grimm Fairy Tale Nietzchka Keene's adaptation of the Grimm fairy tale is a haunting black-and-white showcase for Björk.
Fantasia 2019 Fantasia 2019: “Sadako” is a Middling Return to the Ring Franchise Fantasia kicks off its opening night with an atmospheric, if slightly subdued, entry in the Ringu series.
Features “From Dusk Till Dawn” and Tarantino the Actor Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino's grindhouse vampire thriller is a fascinating but flawed glimpse into their collaboration.
The Lion King Review: This Pride Is a Sin Never has something looked so photorealistic and felt so fake.
Features “Nocturama”, Or How Watching A Movie In 2019 is Hell Streaming services grant unprecedented access to films normally outside the reach of most moviegoers. But can the technical experience of watching them do them a disservice?