How the hell did I miss the news that House By the Cemetery had finally hit Kanopy? It was never listed among the new releases; thank...

Ventured out to Metrograph to catch a screening of Long Day’s Journey into Night. The initial setup of this Chinese cinematic tone poem...

Logged on to Kanopy to watch Vital, a Japanese love story with a dark twist (hardly shocking, considering it was directed by Shinya...

Went to Village East Cinema to catch a screening of Penguin Highway, one of the most unique animated coming-of-age stories I’ve ever...

Celebrated the completion of a pilot I’ve been working on with an Asian cinema double feature: The Fate of Lee Khan: The films of Chinese...

[The following review contains SPOILERS! You have been warned.] My recent binge of Harmony Korine’s filmography has been leading up to...

A married merchant falls in love with a courtesan. Meddling family members conspire to tear them apart. Unable to find happiness in...

Steve Ditko has developed a reputation within the comic book community as a bit of a curmudgeon, but nobody–fan, professional, or...

Continuing my long-overdue binge of Harmony Korine’s body of work, I ventured out to Metrograph for a late-night screening of Julien...

Caught a screening of Ramen Shop at IFC Center. Calling a movie “Ozu-esque” has become a film criticism cliche at this point, but the...

Us: Jordan Peele’s followup to Get Out (which I have not yet seen, though I intend to remedy that situation very soon) is satire in its...

Watched Robin and Marian. The works of Richard Lester tend to be pretty hit or miss: his collaborations with The Beatles are fantastic,...

Went to Metrograph to catch a screening of The Juniper Tree (a.k.a. the big screen debut of a pre-Sugarcubes Björk). This is one of those...

In the spirit of constructive criticism, I would like to propose a scenario that would address several of the concerns I raised in my...

Like many other cinematic genres, the documentary has developed a familiar formula over time: talking heads intercut with archive...

I saw Captain Marvel last Saturday, but it’s taken me a few days to completely digest the experience. After much deliberation, I’ve...

Synopsis: Following the completion of a job in New York City, the aging (but no less deadly) assassin known as Golgo 13 (Ken Watanabe) is...

After years of financial hardship and mooching off his more successful brother, mild-mannered inventor Stu Pickles (James McAvoy) is...

New York City. The not too distant future. With the economy caught in a downward spiral and cheap rides easily available via the Chau4U...

Continued my long overdue Kanopy binge with a screening of Cops vs. Thugs. Director Kinji Fukasaku—who also helmed Battles Without Honor...