Leave the World Behind (2023)
“There is no going back to normal.” We’re not immediately sure why Amanda (Julia Roberts) casts open the New York apartment curtains to waken her husband Clay (Ethan Hawke), an […]
“There is no going back to normal.” We’re not immediately sure why Amanda (Julia Roberts) casts open the New York apartment curtains to waken her husband Clay (Ethan Hawke), an […]
“I’m sorry.” In film and in everyday life, I believe there’s a universally equal power found in brevity. To tell a story concisely is to communicate it clearly, to really […]
“It’ll be fun. Nice change of pace.” I’m not quite sure why River Wild was made, or why somehow decided almost three decades later was the right time to film a […]
“The key is only the beginning.” There’s a missing wheel and fifth gear and a deeper meaning to Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One holding this film back. […]
Best Actor in a Supporting Role: The Oscars love a comeback story, and I’m not sure there’s one more indicative of the Academy’s push for more racial inclusion than Ke […]
“We’ll endeavor to make your evening as pleasant as possible.” Full of folly and fear and glazed with the false pursuit of confectionary perfection, The Menu is fun fodder worth chewing […]
“Prove it’s nonsense.” To watch The Wonder is to step into a confessional only to find no divider between the priest and the penitent; here seeing is part of the believing, […]
“Your brother is with the ancestors.” Intimate and epic. Bold, colorful, otherworldly, built with great scale and by a collective of inspired eyes. This flawed yet grieving film is rich […]
“I don’t know what the protocol is for something like this.” Sometimes you watch a film and just know from the opening sequence – so long as the wheels don’t […]
“You should give in.” Mature and scarred on the surface yet often sullenly morose and jejune on the inside, Halloween Ends is destined to be one of the most divisive […]