Like many a follow-up to a bona fide cult classic, Tokyo: The Last War  (sequel to Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis ) is widely considered to...

Hit Man  features a multitude of compelling themes, meditating on the conflict between public and private personae, the subjective nature...

Master Gardner  opens with the quintessential Paul Schrader image: a character in an otherwise empty room hunched over a writing desk,...

[ The following review contains SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! ] I’m trying to remove the term “body horror” from my film criticism...

How to describe She Is Conann ? The film resists literalist readings, eschewing traditional narrative in favor of concocting a...

[ The following review contains MAJOR SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! ] Near the conclusion of Isabel Sandoval’s quietly beautiful Lingua...

Prior to seeing DAN DA DAN: First Encounter —a special theatrical premiere event for Science SARU’s latest anime series, presented by...

Stuart Gordon’s From Beyond  wastes little time. After treating the audience to approximately thirty seconds of Jeffrey Combs turning...

Well, they’ve finally designed a web game that appeals specifically to my interests—and I am thoroughly addicted. Cine2Nerdle  is...

The Tempest  epitomizes my favorite flavor of Shakespeare adaptation: lean, revisionist, and minimalistic (a musical number or two...

Disco Elysium  is a rare and precious gem indeed: a video game that utilizes the language of the medium to its full potential....

Ryuichi Sakamoto: Opus  is innovative in the elegant simplicity of its style and structure. It’s not a traditional documentary, lacking...

The Greasy Strangler . Aggressively weird. Mostly dug its vibe (kinda reminded me of Frank Henenlotter’s work). Never want to see or...

Sam Raimi’s greatest strength as a director has always been his sincerity. Although there is certainly a degree of humor in his...

[ The following review contains MAJOR SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! ] For an otherwise typical summer blockbuster, Alien: Romulus  has...

[ The following review contains MINOR SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! ] Never let the two lives touch. Trap  is a film about identity....

I should have my head examined for sleeping on Mikey and Nicky for so long; it’s the exact flavor of old school indie cinema that I...

Despite its title, Twisters isn’t really about tornadoes. Don’t get me wrong; they serve a vitally important narrative function. They are...

Conquest is dark even by the usual standards of the dark fantasy genre. Armies of savage beast-men roam the untamed wilderness,...

[The following review contains MINOR SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!] Japan Cuts frequently programs movies about amateur filmmakers—a...