by Arleigh Rodgers Certain Women is a dull, unadorned film upon first glance. Set to the backdrop of a cold, western landscape, devoid of all but a mountainous horizon and decorated by the empty roads upon which few cars do cross, the film tells the poignant stories of three women whose lives loosely connect. The … Continue reading
by Alex Bird Mother!, if nothing else, earns its exclamation point. Darren Aronofsky’s new film is sure to be one of the craziest, most ambitious, and most contentious films of the year. At first glance, Mother!, set in a single location with minimal use of sophisticated effects, seems akin to the recent crop of low … Continue reading
by Seamus Mulhern It feels so good to see Kumail Nanjiani become a star. Not only is he currently delivering a hysterical performance on Silicon Valley, but he’s also providing the Internet with a smorgasbord of great podcasts. With The Big Sick, the true story of how he met Emily Gordon, his wife and podcast … Continue reading
by Jackson Diianni Ingrid Goes West is an original effort, but it suffers from lack of focus. It’s trying to be a social-commentary piece about the dangers of technology, addiction and identity. It’s also trying to be a drama, a love story, a black comedy, a thriller and a road-movie. Sometimes, when you try to … Continue reading
by Tony Di Nizo Stephen King is one of the most prolific and recognizable names in literature. He has churned out classic after classic, creating stories that have terrified people for decades. One of his most famous works is the story IT. The massive novel has only received one adaptation prior to this new film; … Continue reading
by Haley Goetz The last true great masterpiece from the esteemed Japanese director Akira Kurosawa, Ran is a story of consequence. Literally translated to Chaos in Japanese, that is a pretty great way to describe this film. It is loud, it is bombastic, it is bloodcurdling, and it is glorious. It took nearly a decade … Continue reading
by Jake Triola Sabrina, Billy Wilder’s 1954 fairy tale of a film, offers up a charming story of two rich brothers and their chauffeur’s daughter. It’s classic Hollywood romance with a cast as hefty as it is lovely; starring Humphrey Bogart, William Holden, and Audrey Hepburn, who had just experienced her breakthrough with Roman Holiday. … Continue reading
by Jackson Diianni Barton Fink (1991) is an enigmatic film if ever there was one. It was born out of the Coen brothers’ purgatory stage, during which they were rapidly becoming experienced filmmakers, but had not yet perfected their unique brand. It bombed at the box-office but won Best Director, Best Actor and the Palme D’or … Continue reading
by Jake Triola Andrei Tarkovsky’s 1979 Soviet classic, loosely based on the novel Roadside Picnic by the Strugatsky brothers, evokes, in a manner you could only find in a Tarkovsky film, a swirling wonderland of post-apocalyptic psychological mayhem. It follows three men on a journey through “The Zone” to find “The Room,” a place where … Continue reading
by Justin Madore Dunkirk is the latest by the infinitely popular and famed auteur Christopher Nolan and, for many reasons, it clearly sticks out from the rest of his filmography. While just as ambitious as his previous projects, its tight runtime, de-emphasis on characters, and nonfiction subject matter are all new territory for the director. … Continue reading
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