★★★★ Babygirl, A24's take on the 90s erotic thriller definitely did not get the love it deserved during a hectic awards season. Writer/director/producer Halina Reijn and megastar Nicole Kidman crafted a fascinating film that made a perfect foil to the themes of body image and ageism present in Oscar-winning masterpiece, The Substance. Despite nabbing a … Continue reading Blu-Ray Film Review: Babygirl
TV Review: A Murder at the End of the World
A good whodunnit typically contains traditional elements that define it as being part of a wildly varied but always entertaining subgenre. A dastardly murder, a fascinating roster of suspects, a shocking reveal, and tying up the disparate threads in an eye-opening finale. Hulu’s A Murder at the End of the World checks off a couple … Continue reading TV Review: A Murder at the End of the World
Film Review: Scrapper
★★★★ Last year’s drama, Aftersun, debuted to critical acclaim, and garnered a surprising Oscar nomination for rising star Paul Mescal. Finding myself in the minority of viewers that simply did not connect with that film’s scattered-memory aesthetic and light storytelling, I was a bit concerned that I would feel similarly about Scrapper, winner of the … Continue reading Film Review: Scrapper
Film Review: Don’t Look at the Demon
★★★ Possession flicks are a dime a dozen, so thankfully co-writer/director Brando Lee takes a decidedly different approach than most with his new feature, Don’t Look at the Demon. A paranormal television crew is in for the shock of their lives when they stumble upon a house that may indeed actually be haunted. The film’s … Continue reading Film Review: Don’t Look at the Demon
NYFF 2022: Triangle of Sadness
★★★★★ As my first and only film at this year’s New York Film Festival, I could not have possibly selected a better title than auteur Ruben Östlund’s searing lampoon of Instagram culture and the social elite, Triangle of Sadness. From the very first frame, I was drawn in by the beauty of focusing on male … Continue reading NYFF 2022: Triangle of Sadness
Film Review: See How They Run
★★★★ If Wes Anderson helmed a throwback murder mystery whodunnit, it would probably look something like Tom George’s wickedly fun See How They Run. Like the best in the genre, it features a soaring ensemble cast that savagely devours even the smallest line of dialogue to cast villainous, shadowy doubt on their established characters. In … Continue reading Film Review: See How They Run