9
BLACKKKLANSMAN Review
BlacKkKlansman is Spike Lee’s best film since 2002’s 25th Hour and his most vital and challenging since well before that.
Posted by: Blake Crane
9
5
ANT-MAN AND THE WASP Review
The adventure is swallowed up by exhausting attempts at humor that don’t land nearly often enough. In terms of the Marvel films being episodic, Ant-Man and the Wasp is a forgettable mid-season replacement sitcom.
Posted by: Blake Crane
4
THE RUSSIAN BRIDE Review
Stuck somewhere between a gothic Hammer-horror throwback and trashy revenge-sploitation, The Russian Bride has trouble fully committing to a style or a story.
Posted by: Blake Crane
7
Cinepocalypse 2018: EMPATHY, INC. Review
Our world is in desperate need of more empathy, but the commoditized version presented in the thought-provoking Empathy, Inc. probably isn’t the way go, even if it were possible.
Posted by: Blake Crane
8
Cinepocalypse 2018: THE DEVIL’S DOORWAY Review
The boxy aspect ratio with rounded corners, 16mm sheen that makes each frame look like a historic photograph, and believable issues with sound – like occasionally muffled dialogue – also act as pleasing counterbalances to the typical found-footage tricks.
Posted by: Blake Crane
7
Cinepocalypse 2018: SATAN’S SLAVES Review
Like its influences, Satan’s Slaves uses strong characters, an emphasis on mood and a few alarming jolts of violence to earn an uneasiness that lingers.
Posted by: Blake Crane
7.5
Cinepocalypse 2018: THE DOMESTICS Review
The Domestics creates an interesting, totally whacked-out environment that recalls many doomsday movies (including Doomsday), but the realized universe and setting of agrarian Wisconsin are original enough, with the marriage drama and political subtext peppering in some flavor along the way.
Posted by: Blake Crane
8
MOONRISE Criterion Blu-ray Review
Based on the quality of the film and Criterion’s immaculate audio/visual exhibition, Moonrise is definitely recommended, I just wish there were more supplements to dive into.
Posted by: Blake Crane
6
AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR Review
Avengers: Infinity War changes everything...maybe.
Posted by: Blake Crane
3
TRAFFIK Review
Watching Traffik is a bit like being stuck in rush hour congestion. You’re bored; you begin to question the decisions that led you there; and you’re just waiting to get through it.
Posted by: Blake Crane
5
WILDLING Review
With curious fluctuations in tone, questionable motivations, a dull look and jagged editing that takes us out of potentially affecting moments, this tall tale feels slight.
Posted by: Blake Crane
8
A QUIET PLACE Review
A Quiet Place is an airtight thriller that will leave you breathless.
Posted by: Blake Crane
8
What The Fest!? 2018: LOWLIFE Review
Lowlife is a wild, entertaining ride, lo-fi warts and all.
Posted by: Blake Crane
10
THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC Criterion Blu-ray Review
If you haven’t seen, or if you want multiple ways to revisit the classic with pristine video and audio (or no audio at all), I can’t recommend Criterion’s The Passion of Joan of Arc Blu-ray highly enough.
Posted by: Blake Crane
4
THE STRANGERS: PREY AT NIGHT
The clichés lay waste to a scenario and setting rife with possibilities, leaving Prey at Night a forgettable knockoff that won’t have the staying power of its predecessor or any of the genre classics it futilely copies.
Posted by: Blake Crane
