G Categories Features Filmmaker of the Month February 27, 2023 Glass shatters the modern superheroic mode to moving effect M. Night Shyamalan closes the Eastrail 117 trilogy with a deliberate anticlimax and deep empathy in place of spectacle, and the results are striking.
& Categories Movies May 23, 2020 “Promare” is a constantly gorgeous, largely joyous action anime TRIGGER's debut feature boasts a bevy of color palettes and visual styles that come to life in the new home release from Shout! Factory.
& Categories Filmmaker of the Month Movies April 28, 2020 “Spider-Man: Far From Home” forces Peter Parker to grow up The latest Marvel film to date is more than a mid-sized follow up to Avengers: Endgame -- it establishes Peter Parker as the beating heart of the new MCU.
& Categories Filmmaker of the Month Movies April 26, 2020 “Avengers: Endgame” is nothing short of a miracle The culmination of Marvel's 11-year gameplan is a cinematic juggling act whose success is an unlikely achievement.
T Categories Movies January 22, 2020 The Disappearance of My Mother Review: Sight Unseen Son Onscreen Beniamino Barrese's new doc is an intriguing dichotomy that lacks enough self-awareness and comprehension of its themes.
L Categories Movies January 14, 2020 Les Misérables Review: France Is Dead, Vive la France Ladj Ly's feature debut mines neorealism to solid effect, but its contrivances prevent it from making a fully-realized social comment.
& Categories Movies January 7, 2020 “1917” Takes a Long, Thin Look at War Sam Mendes' WWI epic is an astounding technical achievement, but loses its soul on the way to razzle-dazzle.
M Categories Interviews Podcasts Right on Cue January 7, 2020 Matt Morton on Using Old-School Tech to Score “Apollo 11” Apollo 11 composer Matt Morton discusses how he used period-appropriate synthesizers to craft a tense score to mankind's first walk on the moon.
J Categories Movies January 7, 2020 Just Mercy Review: Conviction Brought Down by Convention Destin Daniel Cretton's legal drama has its moments of impact and an impressive cast, but it's far too lopsided to stick the landing.
I Categories Movies January 2, 2020 Invisible Life Review: A Truthful, Timeless Tragedy Karim Aïnouz's latest is an ambitious adaptation of two women separated by the patriarchy and the loneliness of family.
