Film Reviews
Andrew Patterson’s The Vast of Night begins inside a bit of a gimmick. Slowly maneuvering towards a television set located in the center of an impeccably decorated 50’s style living room, the film about to unfurl before us is introduced as … Continue reading Review: ‘The Vast of Night’
There’s a pivotal scene in Coky Giedroyc’s How To Build A Girl that asks the viewer to suspend disbelief when 16-year-old music critic Dolly Wilde sits down for her first real interview with a thriving British pop singer. She breathlessly … Continue reading Review: ‘How To Build A Girl’
In the moment, she doesn’t know what to do. But it’s only a moment, and then she steadies her nerves and takes immediate action. Rather than call for help, Leigh Tiller (Bethany Anne Lind) decides to clean up her own … Continue reading Review: ‘Blood on Her Name’ Reinvents the Noir Playbook
As The Shining showed us almost 40 years ago, nothing good ever comes from a deteriorating mind in an isolated, snow-bound place. In Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz’s new horror film The Lodge, substituting for Jack Nicholson’s crumbling facade into … Continue reading Review: ‘The Lodge,’ Long on Atmosphere, Short on Everything Else
Mackenzie Davis, Finn Wolfhard, Brooklynn Prince and Joely Richardson star in the mystery thriller, directed by Floria Sigismondi. A new governess arrives to care for two children who have been recently orphaned. Slowly and steadily, she learns that a frightening … Continue reading Review: ‘The Turning’ Gets Under the Skin
Shinkai Makoto’s followup to the smash-hit animated feature ‘Your Name’ takes an even more fantastical approach to a coming-of-age tale. Loneliness and desperation mark Hodaka’s path as he enters into the big city for the first time. Sixteen years of … Continue reading Review: ‘Weathering With You,’ Whether Rain or Shine
