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...

Despite its apparent lack of narrative complexity, it’s difficult to properly classify Yong-ki Jeong’s The Ghost Station . Is it a...

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....

Batman: Caped Crusader  does not aspire to be the definitive interpretation of the eponymous superhero, nor is it a postmodern...

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,...