Watched Goodbye CP, which is currently screening as part of Japan Society’s latest online retrospective—a showcase of the...

[The following review contains MINOR SPOILERS! And also a couple of CUSS WORDS! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!] Zeus is a zombie king. He is...

In recent years, Western theatrical animation has shifted almost entirely to computer-generated imagery, essentially abandoning...

To be completely honest, I hadn’t initially planned on watching Tokyo Paralympics: Festival of Love and Glory; if I had, I could have...

Watched The Chrysanthemum and the Guillotine, my second online screening in Japan Society’s “Aim for the Best: Sports in Japanese Cinema”...

From Wayne Campbell to Austin Powers to Shrek, Mike Myers has a talent for creating cultural icons. As undeniably influential as those...

While I understood the necessity of the decision (considering the whole “ongoing global pandemic” thing), I was absolutely crushed when...

About Endlessness opens with an image of a pair of embracing lovers floating above a sea of gray clouds. In comparison with this moment...

My busy work schedule prevented me from catching At Eternity’s Gate during its initial theatrical run back in 2018. Fortunately, the film...

The Kanto region has fallen into chaos. Unusually powerful Pokémon have been appearing in the wild with alarming frequency, often outside...

Years ago, Christine Brown (Alison Lohman) was literally dragged to Hell by the forces of darkness—leaving behind her severely...

Watched Minari via A24’s online “screening room”—certainly not my preferred viewing method, but it’s still safer than venturing out to...

With the (allegedly) COVID-safe telecast of the 2021 Oscars ceremony looming, I decided to finally make an effort to catch up on this...

[The following essay contains MAJOR SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!] On Saint Patrick’s Day, I watched Fatal Deviation—which proudly...

Once you’ve seen enough documentaries, it becomes nearly impossible to ignore the genre’s inherent artificiality; its entire purpose,...

[The following review contains MAJOR SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!] It’s remarkable how changing a single ingredient can significantly...

[The following essay contains MAJOR SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!] Things change, Harold. Don't get nostalgic. Look to the future....

The Long Good Friday is the perfect anti-mystery story. The plot revolves around Harold Shand (played by Bob Hoskins at his brutish...

Mars Attacks! absolutely terrified me when it was first released. Actually, that’s a bit of an understatement. It would be more accurate...

[The following review contains MINOR SPOILERS; YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!] It took me way too long to discover Grosse Pointe Blank. Which...