Review: The X From Outer Space
Yesterday, I watched Shochiku’s Goke, Body Snatcher From Hell, a haunting, cynical, and brutally honest examination of human behavior–and...
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Yesterday, I watched Shochiku’s Goke, Body Snatcher From Hell, a haunting, cynical, and brutally honest examination of human behavior–and...
The flight is far from uneventful. Blood-red clouds envelop the plane. Seemingly suicidal birds smash themselves against the windows by...
As Studio Ghibli restructures in the wake of co-founder Hayao Miyazaki’s… “retirement,” several of its former employees (including...
The Secret World of Arrietty (scripted by veteran animator Hayao Miyazaki and directed by first-timer Hiromasa Yonebayashi) once again...
On something of a whim (thanks to a sudden and aggressive marketing push by MoviePass), I headed over to Union Square to catch a...
Caught a screening of The Flute and the Arrow at Metrograph. I’d never heard of it before, but it’s old and foreign, which always piques...
Popped over to FilmStruck to watch Gray’s Anatomy, a captivating monologue by famed oral storyteller Spalding Gray. As is often the case...
Caught a screening of a documentary called Ascent at Film Forum. Honestly, the description on the website didn’t quite convince me that...
Earlier this week, while browsing Film Forum’s website, I discovered a little movie called Manifesto, and it sounded so delightfully...
Saw two films today: First Man: Caught this one in IMAX—the ideal format for the experience, not only for the spectacle, but for the more...
How bad has my addiction to Japanese cinema gotten, you ask? Tonight, I ventured all the way out to Yonkers to catch an 11:00 p.m....
On a whim, I ventured out to IFC Center for a late night screening of Andrei Tarkovsky’s Stalker. I’d never felt a strong desire to see...
When I saw the trailer for Free Fire about a month back, I thought it looked interesting, but maybe not “movie theater prices”...
Woke up feeling a bit under the weather. Nevertheless, I dragged myself out to the Times Square AMC to catch a screening of The Belko...
It’s been a while since I last saw some good, old fashioned body horror, and although it’s understated compared to the works of...
This afternoon, I went to IFC to catch a screening of The Lure, a dark, modern-day Polish fairytale. I first read about this one a few...
Taking a break from the Big Apple to spend some quality time with my family in Florida. To celebrate my homecoming, my brother introduced...
With my free trial period of FilmStruck quickly coming to an end, I finally got around to watching An Inn in Tokyo, one of Yasujiro Ozu’s...
Went to Village East Cinema for a screening of Liz and the Blue Bird, the latest animated film from Japanese director Naoko Yamada, who...
Saturday: Went to Village East Cinema for a screening of A Silent Voice, an animated adaptation of a popular manga series about a...