The films of Kelly Reichardt are oft described as “observational”—by us boldly original critics and by Reichardt herself—and it really is a fitting label. The way her camera lingers and…
With Your Name, Weathering with You, and now Suzume, Shinkai Makoto has achieved a distinctive artistic milestone: telling three spins on the same story but with such finesse each time…
Comic books and video games are fine and all, but it’s nice to see political theory, the most popular genre of all, get adapted for the movies. There are plenty…
Of all the big video game mascots, Mario lends himself to a movie adaptation perhaps the very least. Movies (usually) need characters and a story, two things Mario has done…
My experience with Dungeons & Dragons extends to fitfully DMing (that’s “dungeon mastering”—essentially curating and narrating the adventure, for those uninitiated) my first game with a group of other brand-new…
The main person of A Good Person, a young woman named Allison, doesn’t think she’s a good person (that’s why the movie’s called that). Her marriage, life, and self-esteem shattered…
It’s nice to see a real John Wick after the latest dispatch of imitators. In just the past year, we’ve seen vampire hunters, bullet train passengers, and Santa Claus don…
In a perfect world, the creative process behind a movie called Cocaine Bear would involve at least a little of the substance. I mean, for god’s sake, it’s a comedy…
The original Ant-Man and the Wasp remains one of the MCU’s finer offerings—a madcap, mostly standalone romp with a big heart on its sleeve, it was a decently fun reprieve…
The book on which Knock at the Cabin is based is like M. Night Shyamalan catnip. A family-centric horror thriller with supernatural overtones and faith in the power of love—throw…
Avatar was great when I was 15, but like many things I held dear back then—passions, obsessions, entire belief systems—it’s hard to look back on too fondly. The script is…
Harkins Theatres, Arizona’s homegrown movie theatre company, reports that advance ticket sales for the highly anticipated Avatar: The Way of Water has sold more advance 3D tickets than any other movie. In…
