7500 (2020)
“Nice airplane. Two wings, two engines.” There’s an immediacy to the filmmaking on display throughout 7500 which makes up for the fractured picture’s intentionally muted storytelling, at least long enough […]
Tag Archives: Drama
Summer Catch (2001)
“I’m just trying to figure out what inning you’re going to self-destruct.” Upon revisiting Summer Catch, a mediocre film I admittedly fell asleep to nearly every night during the break of 2002, […]
The Vast of Night (2020)
“Stick with our station and get lost in our sounds.” Deeply inspired by the past while being privy to futuristic predictions, The Vast of Night is the kind of low-budget, micromanaged, […]
The King of Staten Island (2020)
“Your work is mad inconsistent.” More a string of half-baked, high-as-a-kite SNL sketches cut for time than it ever is a cohesive, insightful depiction of grief cloaked by the theatrics […]
The High Note (2020)
“Do not sell yourself short.” Like a greatest hits collection from the vast majority of past their prime artists, The High Note doesn’t bring anything new to the table. That’s […]
Bad Education (2020)
“It’s only a puff piece if you let it be a puff piece.” Bad Education has a lot to grapple with. A lot of multiple choice questions. On one hand, […]
Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020)
“A positive is always a positive.” One of 2020’s best opening sequences – and in this case statements – comes from the little gem Never Rarely Sometimes Always, a stirring and occasionally […]
Tigertail (2020)
“Eventually your life together is what you’ll have in common.” There’s a soft, strategic, stumbling beauty about Tigertail. It’s a movie with a melancholic musicality and it’s methodical in its […]
Vivarium (2020)
“That’s just the way things are.” From the telling opening sequence until the depressing finale, Vivarium makes a distinct point of reading then showing the complex, parasitic fine print details […]
Uncorked (2020)
“It actually kind of helps when I think of wine like barbecue.” Uncorked seems to be the byproduct of its indecisive protagonist, wieghing his options between taking over the family […]
