★★★ Leave it to Cannes to come out with a comedy as bizarre as Nicolas Pariser’s The Green Perfume! This French film frequently left me both puzzled and perplexed. After a mysterious murder occurs on stage during a performance of la Comédie-Française, Martin (Vincent Lacoste, Lost Illusions) comes under suspicion of being involved thanks to … Continue reading Cannes 2022: The Green Perfume
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Film Review: Fire Island
★★★★ Here is a sentence I never thought I would write: from Disney and Hulu comes the best gay rom-com I’ve seen in a very long time. Bursting with the energy of the modern LGBT experience, Fire Island takes us on an annual vacation to “gay Disney Land” with a diverse and colorful cast of … Continue reading Film Review: Fire Island
Cannes 2022: Butterfly Vision
★★★ (Written by Intern, Megan Davis) Butterfly Vision is a story not for the faint of heart, sullied by below-average execution. 29-year-old Ukrainian aerial reconnaissance expert Lilia (Marharyta Burkovska) returns home after being held prisoner by Russian separatists. In this time, she is raped by one of her captors and learns upon her return that … Continue reading Cannes 2022: Butterfly Vision
Film Review: Dinner in America
★★★★★ Dinner in America is a twisted rom-com brimming with originality and dark humor. What begins at one extreme is constantly flipped on its head, as messages about reveling in being a punk-rock-loser speak volumes. Crude and aggressive, the brand of comedy here will be off-putting to some—this viewer, however, fell in love with the … Continue reading Film Review: Dinner in America
TV Review: Stranger Things 4, Volume 1
I remain in awe of the massive, ever-growing fanbase for Netflix’s Stranger Things—from a sleeper hit in 2016 to emerging as one of the streamer’s finest offerings, this a horror/sci-fi success story unlike any other. The third season was my favorite so far, evolving into a campier, large-scale 80s horror extravaganza. Thanks to the worldwide … Continue reading TV Review: Stranger Things 4, Volume 1
Cannes 2022: The Worst Ones (Les Pires)
★★★ (Written by Intern, Megan Davis) How a film can simultaneously do too much and not enough is beyond me, but that is the exact feeling I got when watching The Worst Ones, also known as Les Pires. This French drama focuses on a group of street kids chosen to star in a movie, while … Continue reading Cannes 2022: The Worst Ones (Les Pires)
Cannes 2022: Little Nicholas
★★★ Charged by the colorful spark of classic 2D animation, Little Nicholas is a slight but beautifully-rendered tribute to one of France’s most enduring figures. As a huge lover of animation in any form, the second I spotted this on the Cannes slate, I knew I had to see it. In French with English subtitles, … Continue reading Cannes 2022: Little Nicholas
Film Review: The Valet
★★★ Existing outside the reality of any plausible scenario, absurdist romantic comedy The Valet is the perfect fit for streamer Hulu. Eugenio Derbez and Samara Weaving headline this quirky easy watch, complete with a sugary-sweet message. Those longing for a bygone throwback or a meta modern take on the genre can look elsewhere; The Valet … Continue reading Film Review: The Valet
Cannes 2022: Final Cut
★★★★ For my first film of 2022’s Cannes International Film Festival, I could not have selected a more unique title if I tried! Final Cut comes for the jugular with razor-sharp dark comedy hijinks and campy kills. To say the movie flips the script would be an understatement considering the drastic turns it takes the … Continue reading Cannes 2022: Final Cut
Film Review: Torn Hearts
★★★★ When one first hears the concept of a country music horror movie, whatever one has envisioned is surely not what one will get. In the best way imaginable, I can almost guarantee that Torn Hearts is not interested in delivering as tired or basic of a concept as one would expect. Superstar Katey Sagal … Continue reading Film Review: Torn Hearts