Velvet Buzzsaw (2019)
“All art is dangerous.” One of the very first scenes in Velvet Buzzsaw – a cinematic approach to Juvelian satire with playfully inventive savagery and a generous splash of acerbic […]
Category Archives: Mystery
Happy Death Day 2U (2019)
“What the hell is going on here?” More trial and error than it ever is thoughtfully or thoroughly executed, Happy Death Day 2U is a pitch perfect example of how to […]
Glass (2019)
“Maybe this will all make sense if I explain who I am.” As the final chapter in M. Night Shyamalan’s makeshift, stucco superhero trilogy, Glass builds an inspired and often beautiful […]
Suspiria (2018)
“I didn’t think it was gonna be like this.” You don’t have to love a movie to appreciate its greatness. To be quite honest, I’m not sure I really even […]
Madeline’s Madeline (2018)
“What are we making?” Experimental, emotionally overwhelming, and appropriately dressed in shades of ambiguity, Madeline’s Madeline is an obscure and enigmatic film that’s comfortable in the many skins it so easily […]
I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
“We made a pact and we’re going to keep it.” I Know What You Did Last Summer pulls off a feat very few genre pictures have proven to be capable […]
Bad Times at the El Royale (2018)
“Which side are you on?” Some movies are short but linger like zombies who just won’t quit. Others feel long because the road they travel is far too ambitious and […]
A Simple Favor (2018)
“Most times when a woman vanishes, she has a reason.” A classier take on the old mismatched sitcom The Odd Couple with a mystery mindset, A Simple Favor tosses genre identification straight out […]
The Nun (2018)
“We have no other choice.” As one of the dumbest, darkest and most dim-witted movies of the year, The Nun allows us to see through the shadows because it wastes so […]
Searching (2018)
“We are gonna figure this out together.” Searching is a family film, just not one in the traditional sense. As it reflects the growing anonymity of the internet age and […]
