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Venice Review: Kevin Costner Is Going Strong With Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2
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How blessed are we to have a whole six hours of Kevin Costner’s mythopoetic Horizon already make their way to (some) audiences, especially when this project has been on his wish list since 1988? I often try to demystify festival...
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TIFF Review: Joseph Kahn’s Ick is a Riotous, Satirical Take on the Creature Feature
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The world is ending and nobody cares in Ick, Joseph Kahn’s latest genre offering after 2017’s Bodied and 2011’s Detention. Despite only making four features in 20 years, Kahn is ubiquitous in pop culture from his background in directing music...
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TIFF Review: David Gordon Green’s Nutcrackers is a Frustratingly Contrived Affair
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David Gordon Green’s career is one of the most unpredictable in Hollywood. Since his masterful and celebrated debut George Washington, he’s not been shy about planting a flag in a wide variety of films––dramedies, gritty thrillers, franchise horror reboots, political...
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Venice 2024 Review: QUEER Hypersexualizes William S. Burroughs’ Semiautobiography
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For his eagerness, Daniel Craig gets a pass taking on another gay role. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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‘My Old Ass’ Review: A Heartwarming Coming-of-Age Story with a High-Concept Twist
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Megan Park’s film achieves poignancy without stumbling into gooey sentimentality. The post ‘My Old Ass’ Review: A Heartwarming Coming-of-Age Story with a High-Concept Twist appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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FX’s “The Old Man” Starts to Lose Its Step in Season Two
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Season two of The Old Man is a more compelling character drama than anything else it's trying to be.
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A 9/11 Memory: A Historic Day, and Just Another One
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Whenever this day arrives, I think of how popular culture usually depicts momentous days in history as ones where ordinary life stands still, and the way it really is: the momentous thing happens, but there are also all of these...
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TIFF Review: Jason Reitman’s Saturday Night Has One Yearning for Aaron Sorkin’s Studio 60
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“Can satire save the Republic?”— May 2017 cover story of The Atlantic featuring Alec Baldwin as Donald Trump “Mad TV would have done a Barron Trump School Shooter skit the week after Columbine. Donald would show up in a diaper...
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‘Nightbitch’ Review: Marielle Heller’s Horror Comedy Heels When It Should Bark
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In spite of its righteous indignation, Nightbitch heels instead of getting too messy. The post ‘Nightbitch’ Review: Marielle Heller’s Horror Comedy Heels When It Should Bark appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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2024 TIFF Exclusive: Poster One-Sheet for Ana Endara’s ‘Beloved Tropic’ (Querido Trópico)
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This marks the world premiere week for Panama City-based Ana Endara‘s fiction feature debut at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival (Centerpiece programme selection) with it’s European premiere set for San Sebastian next week. After cutting her teeth in the...
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