I was really taken with Sam Barlow’s interactive narrative Her Story when it was released in 2015, but is the much anticipated followup, Telling Lies, as gripping? Maybe not, but it’s much more ambitious and tells an enthralling story nonetheless.
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With the overabundant DIY nature of the project, Chiu and friends have illustrated the power of art as community.
It’s always such a bummer to see the same crop of movies wind up on everyone’s top ten lists, so it pleases me to no end to find this year’s batch of mid-year lists featuring such a wide array of titles. Jordan
It’s tough to narrow it down to just five most anticipated films from this year’s Fantasia Festival in Montreal, but here’s my best attempt. With the lineup recently announced, there’s a metric ton of great genre cinema to choose from, but
Two strangers make a connection in the greatest city on earth in the latest short film from director Christopher Jason Bell (The Winds That Scatter). The film stars Ahmed Khawaja and Alex Beechko as two out-of-towners whose chance encounter sparks some good conversation
Did you know there was a video game adaptation of Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet‘s 1995 dark fairytale The City of Lost Children? I recently discovered this Playstation adventure game and simply had to check it out. It’s not good. Join me as
Our world is an ever-increasing hellscape, and The Last Drive-In is a bloody oasis in a desert of real life horrors that we can all take refuge in for a few hours every week.
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Sallitt tracks the triumphs and limitations of friendship with remarkable performances from Tallie Medel & Norma Kuhling.
If you’re not watching the Oscars on ABC tonight at 8PM EST (I don’t blame you), here you can take a look at all the winners as they’re announced. Who’s going to take home a statue in the most contentious
A day before the Oscars we have a smaller, more interesting (in my opinion) award ceremony with the Independent Spirit Awards. If you’re not watching on IFC or struggling to get the livestream to work on Facebook, you can take a look
In my introduction to last year’s Oscar predictions, I refer to the 2017–18 awards season as “one of the most tumultuous” in recent memory, a superlative that would almost seem too weak when discussing the events of this year. Each
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In Caleb Johnson's JOY KEVIN, Tallie Medel maximizes the film's scant runtime to deliver a powerhouse performance.
It’s time to finally put 2018 to bed with the final part of my top 50 films of the year. In case you missed the first half of my list, you can check it out here.
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Time for the second half of my Top 50 of 2018. Time to put an end to the longest year on record. If you missed the first half of this list (#50 – #26), it can be found here:
Continuing our 2018 wrap-up spectacular is Ken Bakely‘s top 10 films of 2018.
Continuing our year-end list extravaganza is Chris Luciantonio‘s top 20 films of 2018.
