With ‘Avengers: Endgame,’ Marvel’s heroes shut up and play the hits
“Either it’s all a joke or none of it is,” Bruce Banner quips about his time travel research, inadvertantly diagnosing the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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Category Archives: Film & Television
Claire Denis shoots the moon with her terrifying, tender ‘High Life’
Denis’ vision of space as a lifeless ocean where dead bodies sink like rocks and her attention to corporeal bodies.
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Serving a life sentence in the final frontier: An interview with ‘High Life’ director Claire Denis
“A country where the power of being a bad seed means you cannot exist anymore; there is no chance to be saved,” Denis said. “And, me, I always have a little problem with that. I think there should be a second chance.”
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‘The Chaperone’ is tepid, vaguely charming period piece from ‘Downton Abbey’ creator
In “The Chaperone,” Louise and Norma initially butt heads, clashing in their ideas about womanhood, independence and the future.
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Smells like trying too hard: ‘Teen Spirit’ fails to deliver at every turn
The film, while at times visually interesting, scarcely graduates beyond vibrant lights, inexplicable horse shots and a hardly compelling underdog of a protagonist.
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New ‘Hellboy’ reboot is a putrid, empty husk of franchise’s previous installments
Where the del Toro films were empathetic, slowly building a rapport between characters, this “Hellboy” film is hollow, with little development to be found in between bad, bad jokes and eye-gouging fight scenes.
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A minor pleasure, Laika Studios is capable of much more than ‘Missing Link’
“Missing Link” never displays an ambition to be more than pleasant company, but its hearty success makes it a tonic against the hyperactive babel that crowds the market.
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Kamasi Washington’s short film ‘As Told to G/D Thyself’ is innovative, genre-defying companion piece to musician’s latest work
The film begins in a lush soundscape of piano and strings, cosmic in scope and paired with a fantastical opening scene. A lone figure floats adrift.
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‘American Relapse’ exposes flaws of American drug recovery industry
“American Relapse” follows the lives of recovering addicts Allie Severino and Frank “Frankie” Holmes as they attempt to bring struggling addicts into detox and recovery programs throughout Delray Beach, Florida.
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‘Pet Sematary’ is scary enough to make you hate cats
For the most part, 2019’s “Pet Sematary” justifies its reincarnation with elevated performances and nausea-inducing visuals acting as the foundation for a film rooted in real-life horrors.
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