Reviews

[Locarno Review] Donald Cried

Donald Cried opens in medias res on Peter (Jesse Wakeman), in a cab ride through a snowy suburb, realizing that he lost his wallet, and from there gives success...

[Review] The Mind’s Eye

Between Midnight Special, Netflix’s Stranger Things, and now Joe Begos’ The Mind’s Eye -- a virtual remake of David Cronenberg’s 1981 film Scanners -- the ’80s ...

[Fantasia Review] Terra Formars

It's the tail end of the twenty-first century and Earth has nearly overstayed its welcome with dwindling resources and over-population. Scientists believe they ...

[Review] Sun Choke

Something happened to Janie (Sarah Hagan). Something bad. This cataclysmic event — wherein quick flashes of screams by the pool mixing with bloody red liquid sc...

[Review] Neither Heaven Nor Earth

Ursula K. LeGuin wrote that war is the opposite of civilization -- you have one or the other, not both. Clément Cogitore's debut feature, Neither Heaven Nor Ear...

[Review] Five Nights in Maine

One day, Sherwin (David Oyelowo) receives a call informing him that his wife, Fiona, was killed in a car accident. Devastated, Sherwin travels to Maine to see F...

[Review] Suicide Squad

When it comes to most films, the concept of a hero and a protagonist are one and the same, and so the two are assumed to be synonyms. The truth is that a protag...

[Review] Bad Moms

Subversive in passages, Bad Moms is a fairly paint-by-numbers affair with all the beats that years of test audiences have told Hollywood they need to include, f...

[Fantasia Review] Little Sister

Saying Zach Clark's Little Sister being called a comedy does a disservice to the film seems like a slight on the genre. I know. But I don't mean it that way. Wh...