“Life of the Party” begins with a generic pop song that would make you change the station after seconds of hearing it on the radio. Watching “Life of the Party”…
How should movie studios market arthouse masterpieces? There’s no simple answer, given that the majority of moviegoers want blockbuster escapism instead of arthouse masterpieces. Paramount Pictures ran into this problem with “mother!”,…
Many people know “A Quiet Place” as a horror film about dangerous creatures that are drawn to sound. Perhaps more people know “A Quiet Place” as the horror film directed…
Steven Spielberg has been making headlines lately. He called Netflix movies ‘TV movies’ and said that they shouldn’t qualify for Oscars; at the premiere of “Ready Player One” he claimed…
Wes Anderson is back and more eccentric than ever. Despite the upbeat tone that pervades most of his filmography and his penchant for an innocuous brand of surrealism, moviegoers’ opinions…
2013’s “Pacific Rim” was an unexpected delight. A cursory glance would’ve suggested that it was little more than a ‘robots vs. monsters’ bash—and that cursory glance would’ve been right—but under…
Let’s get this out of the way: “Unsane” is badly made. Steven Soderbergh’s decision to shoot on an iPhone is an interesting experiment, but save for some claustrophobic angles, the…
Ah, the high school romance movie. What was once a relatable and rebellious genre perfected by John Hughes has since been distilled into pure formula; filmmakers trying to make a…
There are many filmmaking practices to master. Screenwriting, directing, lighting, costume design—various virtuosos have conquered these areas of expertise to become the best in the business. But no one in…
Before the critics’ screening of “A Wrinkle in Time” began, director Ava DuVernay aired a brief speech. She explained that the genre of children’s fantasy was a departure for her…
Movie trailers can be deceptive and rely too heavily on big names. That’s not the case with “Red Sparrow”: despite starring Jennifer Lawrence and sharing a director with three “Hunger…
We live in an unfair world, as demonstrated by the fact that I only have one day to review “Annihilation”. The movie bursts at every seam with challenge and meaning…
