Beef starts as a road rage revenge comedy that quickly careens into a dark but profoundly complex character study of the Asian-American experience Continue reading ‘Beef’ is road rage revenge well done | Non-spoiler review
Peak Season follows a burnt-out young professional who escapes to Wyoming where she strikes up a friendship with a local fishing guide Continue reading ‘Peak Season’ is a late twentysomething anti-rom-com | movie review
Keanu Reeves returns as an assassin trying to survive an onslaught from the all-powerful High Table in John Wick: Chapter 4. John Wick: Chapter 4 takes the over-the-top action it’s known for and cranks it up to the highest level. After a slow start it moves like a beast through some of the best action…
A 70s late-night show goes awry when it invites a suspected possession case onto the show in Late Night With The Devil. Nothing like an exorcism to boost ratings. Continue reading Late Night With the Devil is the best possession horror in years | SXSW review
The survivors of the latest Ghostface killings try to escape their pasts in New York City in Scream VI. Unfortunately for them, Ghostface follows them to the Big Apple. Making perfect use of its New York City setting, Scream VI is bigger, bolder, and scarier than any of its predecessors. While it sticks to the…
Ira Sachs’s Passages follows a married gay film director as his affair with a woman implodes his marriage. Continue reading ‘Passages’ review: Entanglements in love and sex | Sundance
Infinity Pool Infinity Pool plays like a campier version of Michael Haneke's psychological thriller Funny Games crossed with an upper class Spring Breakers all wrapped up in Brandon Cronenberg's infamous visceral body horror style. It's weird, grotesque, bleakly funny, and, most surprisingly, entertaining. People are going to detest it, but we can't all have taste…
Sundance 2023 | Fair Play follows a happy couple that is thrown into turmoil when one of them is promoted at the financial firm they work at Fair Play is a corporate barn burner and relationship psychosexual drama that's thrilling as it is brutally precise in its study of power, sex, attraction, and ambition. Phoebe…
Sometimes I Think About Dying follows a socially awkward office worker finds her lonely days interrupted by a new co-worker who piques her interest—and interest in herself. Continue reading ‘Sometimes I Think About Dying’ review: Daisy Ridley fights loneliness | Sundance 2023
Each week I am ranking the maxi-challenge performances and runways each episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race season 15. Here’s the rankings for “One Night Only”. Continue reading RuPaul’s Drag Race “One Night Only” review (15×01): The best premiere in years