& Categories Filmmaker of the Month Movies Reviews October 3, 2020 “It’s Murder!”: It’s the Sam Raimi Blueprint! One of Sam Raimi's early film-school shorts is a shaggy murder mystery soaked in future promise.
T Categories TV December 9, 2019 The Confession Killer Review: I Drink Your Milkshake Robert Kenner and Taki Oldham tackle the curious case of a man who's confessed to too many crimes.
C Categories TV August 29, 2019 Carnival Row Review: Amazon Loses Itself in Faerie Tales Brilliant production design and strong lead performances get bogged down in too much worldbuilding in Amazon's high-budget fantasy series.
& Categories Features Filmmaker of the Month Movies July 30, 2019 “The Hateful Eight” Gets One Thing Exactly Right The otherwise-spotty Hateful Eight still contains one of Tarantino's greatest sequences.
C Categories Cannes 2019 Festivals Movies May 23, 2019 Cannes Review: “Oh Mercy!” Fumbles Its Arthouse Murder Mystery Arnaud Desplechin shifts gears with an all-too-straightforward cop drama mired in cliche.
C Categories Movies May 8, 2019 Charlie Says Review: The Ultimate Bad Trip, Man Mary Harron's take on the Manson Family features strong performances, but brings little else to the true crime table.
W Categories Features Filmmaker of the Month Movies March 24, 2019 With “Sweeney Todd”, Tim Burton Ditched Whimsy for Pure, Masterful Macabre By channeling Burton's outsized whimsy into something darker, consistent, and more constrained, Sweeney Todd succeeds in ways his other adaptations fail.
T Categories TV January 10, 2019 TV Review: True Detective Season 3 is a Gritty Return to Form The HBO series returns to form with a solid third season starring Mahershala Ali.
