All my reviews of new releases
New Releases
While the 21st century has been marked by impressive auteurs getting sucked up by a Hollywood obsessed with franchises, never to return to their prior form, this year has already provided a few counterpoints. Although Chloé Zhao was probably always more likely to emerge than most, given just how much
Pop Culture Maniacs
With Longlegs, director Osgood Perkins burst onto the scene. It may have been his fourth movie, but it represented a stark evolution of his style into something more technically precise, more tonally playful, while still staring into the darkness. That shift, combined with Neon's brilliant marketing and audience
New Releases
"Bloodlust Is our birthright. Set it free!"
New Releases
"Babies are hard. I feel like we don't talk about that enough." "It's all people ever talk about."
Pop Culture Maniacs
The first movie from Eli Roth's new production studio, The Horror Section, was Jimmy and Stiggs, a jaw dropping descent into goopy, neon madness. It was a perfect midnight movie that nonetheless played the multiplex. That was all it took to convince me that seeking out the studio&
New Releases
"All we've lost. All that's been done to us. We're setting that right again."
New Releases
"You and me know, Finny, that fear is just the beginning."
New Releases
Have you ever wondered what it's like to experience a creepy house as a dog?
New Releases
"Maybe what emerges from the unknown isn’t so scary. What if [AI's] major malfunction is just benevolence?"
New Releases
"How many McDonald's robberies would it take to afford a mid-size family home in the suburbs? Turns out, 45."
Pop Culture Maniacs
"Romans make Romans."
New Releases
"Winning is the most incredible feeling in the world."