The ramblings of a wannabe cineaste. Join me as I dissect the art of storytelling in films, comics, TV shows, and video games.
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Review: The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot
The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot is probably the most attention-grabbing title I’ve ever encountered. It makes several...
Review: I Want to Eat Your Pancreas
Let’s address the elephant in the room right off the bat: I Want to Eat Your Pancreas is an extremely bizarre title for an animated...
Review - Oscar-Nominated Shorts 2019: Animation
Caught my second ever screening of IFC Center’s annual Oscar Animated Shorts Showcase. Once again, this year’s nominees (with one major...
Review: News from Home
At its core, all of Chantal Akerman’s most renowned work is about observation. This is true of Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080...
Review: Free Solo
Free Solo is a fantastic documentary, both breathtakingly beautiful and heart-stoppingly harrowing; it’s an absolute sin that “Best...
Review: Café Lumière
Tonight, Metrograph continued its Hou Hsiao-hsien retrospective with a screening of Café Lumière, a film commissioned to commemorate the...
Review: The Brothers Bloom
Recently, Rian Johnson has developed a reputation as the director that singlehandedly ruined Star Wars forever. And I think that’s...
Review: Three Times
Caught a screening of Three Times. True to its title, this immaculately-crafted Taiwanese anthology film is split into three episodes,...
Review: Glass
[WARNING: The following review contains SPOILERS!] Despite the caustic critical reception it’s attracted, I think Glass is a perfectly...
Review: Cold War
Following this morning’s announcement of this year’s Oscar nominees, I realized that I have a lot of catching up to do. I decided to...
Review: Don't Torture a Duckling
Since it’s currently about sixteen degrees Fahrenheit outside, I decided to stay indoors and enjoy one of my Christmas gifts: Don’t...
Review: Two Thousand Maniacs!
Popped in another Christmas present (though I purchased this one myself, using an Amazon gift card—thanks, Tom the DP): Arrow Video’s...
Review: True Stories
Out of all the movies I received as Christmas gifts, I was most excited to watch True Stories. I’ve been dying to experience this...
Review - Dragon Ball Super: Broly
[This review contains SPOILERS. You have been warned.] Dragon Ball Super: Broly feels like the culmination of everything that the...
Review: Seoul Station
Logged on to Kanopy to watch Seoul Station, the animated sequel/spinoff to Train to Busan. Despite sharing some narrative DNA with its...
Review: Flavors of Youth
Finally got around to watching Flavors of Youth, an animated anthology film from CoMix Wave, the studio behind much of Makoto Shinkai’s...
Review: Bumblebee
Bumblebee represents what the live action Transformers franchise should have been from day one: unapologetic popcorn entertainment with...
Review: Trees Lounge
Caught a screening of Trees Lounge at IFC Center. While a lesser actor-turned-director might have found the challenge of juggling on- and...
Review: A Memorial Day and the Bell of Life (Zatoichi, Episode 3)
Zatoichi tales written and/or directed by series star Shinatro Katsu himself (particularly the borderline nihilistic Zatoichi in...





















