O'GRADY FILM

Onward isn’t Pixar’s best effort (it’s difficult to compete with the likes of WALL-E, Up, and Toy Story 3), but it’s definitely the company’s most imaginativ...

Ventured out to Metrograph to catch a screening of the gorgeous new 4K restoration of Fruit Chan’s Made in Hong Kong. This stylish, anarchic, nihilistic neo-...

[Despite my best efforts, the following review contains MINOR SPOILERS (though most of them are only by implication); consider yourself duly warned!] Caught ...

Ventured out to Japan Society to catch a screening of Poem, the third and final installment in director Akio Jissoji’s Buddhist Trilogy (newly digitally-rema...

Although I’m still recovering from a severe cold, I ventured out to Village East Cinema to catch a screening of Keiichi Hara’s The Wonderland (alternatively ...

My brother gifted me a one-year subscription to the Criterion Channel for Christmas, and since I was stuck in bed with a nasty cold all day, I decided to fin...

Characters created by H. P. Lovecraft tend to be driven irrevocably mad by incomprehensible cosmic knowledge. Nicolas Cage excels at portraying balls-to-the-w...

[The following essay contains SPOILERS; you have been warned!] Both fans and critics of Netflix’s recent adaptation of Andrzej Sapkowski’s The Witcher seem t...

[WARNING: This review may contain VERY MINOR SPOILERS!] Ventured out to IFC Center to catch a screening of Weathering with You, yet another romantic melodram...

1917 is a breathtaking technical achievement. Producing a “single-take” movie (even one as obviously stitched-together as this—not a criticism, merely an obs...

Well, after roughly 117 hours, I have finally conquered Persona 5. My initial impression still stands: this is one of the most thematically rich video games ...

Started playing Persona 5 on the PS4. I’m only a few hours deep, but I’m digging it so far. In terms of gameplay, it follows the classic JRPG formula, from t...

[The following review contains VERY MINOR SPOILERS; you have been warned!] Much like the cosmos itself, developer Mobius Digital’s Outer Wilds is a beautiful...

The Mandalorian represents everything that I love about Star Wars. From the shadowy hallways of Jabba the Hutt’s palace to the bustling stands of Mos Espa’s ...

[SPOILERS BELOW! You have been warned.] I know it’s faithful to the source material, but Muschietti really shouldn’t have brought back Henry Bowers—and not j...

[The following review contains MAJOR SPOILERS; you have been warned!] Well, to quote the late Orson Krennic: “We were on the verge of greatness. We were this...

Following Rutger Hauer’s death earlier this year, I bought several of his more obscure films, and tonight, I finally got around to watching one of them: Fles...

Nowadays, Wait Until Dark is seldom ranked among the best thrillers ever made, even though it absolutely earns a spot on such a list. Directed by Terence You...

“Tokyo Stories”, Japan Society’s special showcase of Japanese movies made by foreigners, has entered its final weekend. Despite my exhaustion following a par...

[The following review contains minor SPOILERS; you have been warned!] Knives Out is about as far from a conventional murder mystery as you can get. Of course...