The Furious
"Who are you, really?"
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Disclosure Day
"Don't be afraid of what you don't know."
Carolina Caroline
"How do you tell if you're good people pretending to be bad, or just bad people pretending to be good?"
Masters of the Universe
"By the power of Grayskull, I have the power!"
Backrooms
"We all have our loops."
Quick Hits: May 2026
A quieter month, but it included some of the best of the year, which took up all my oxygen.
Tuner
"Most of the pianos I fix never get played; they're just decorative. This one matters."
Blue Heron
For the first chunk of Sophy Romvari's semi-autobiographical debut feature, it's not entirely clear what shape the story will take. It's introduced by a woman filming a cute seaside town, with a line or two of voice-over (presumably spoken by her) indicating
I Love Boosters
"What you call fashion is really just making art out of life it fucking self."
Corporate Retreat
"We don't want your money. We want your transcendence."
Obsession
"All we have is time."
Is God Is
"Them twins burnin’. They been burnin’."
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Quick Hits: April 2026
With this, I'm caught up.
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Quick Hits: March 2026
A baker's dozen of my thoughts.
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Erupcja
"She told you Warsaw was the most romantic city in Poland? Not, like, Kraków?"
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Mother Mary
"This is what you do. You give people the gift of giving a shit about you."
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Fuze
Following the staggering success of Avatar in 2009, Sam Worthington disappeared into a labyrinth of anonymous thrillers and franchise starters (well, attempted franchise starters) and a few romance films. Most have been long since forgotten trash that he failed to elevate. Some did better than others at the box office,
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Quick Hits: February 2026
Five films, five locations, four different languages.
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Quick Hits: January 2026
Welcome to a new recurring feature! I'm at the theater just about every week of the year, frequently doubling or tripling up to make the most of each trip to the multiplex. Given this blog is a passion project, other areas of my life sometimes take precedent over
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The Christophers
"Never underestimate the internet prowess of a man who’s spent decades Googling himself."
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Exit 8
"Do not ignore any anomalies."
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Forbidden Fruits
Forbidden Fruits starts as a riff on Mean Girls, but set in a mall (somehow still thriving in 2026) at a store halfway between Forever 21 and Nordstrom, called "Forever Eden". The "Plastics" are replaced by the "Fruits", Apple (Lili Reinhart), Cherry (Victoria Pedretti)
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The Drama
At the center of The Drama is a provocation: what if just before getting married to the love of your life, you discovered something that completely changed your perception of who they are? If they told you something so shocking that it threatened to upend not just the engagement, but
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Alpha
Bursting onto the scene with a strong voice, a distinct style, and a fresh tale is a fantastic way to get yourself noticed. But if your follow up repeats (or even deepens) the same beats and style, you risk pigeonholing yourself as a certain kind of director. Some are perfectly