By Alex Bird Pet Sematary (2019), the second film adaptation of Stephen King’s 1983 novel of the same name, is a bit of a throwback in the current horror landscape. It aims for a place its hard to remember existed, in between the ultra-cheap franchise-driven B level, and the indie prestige horror from filmmakers like … Continue reading
The staff at Filmic Magazine is proud to present its fifth annual Top 10 list! Filmic contributors were asked to vote on their favorite movies of the year and discuss the merits. These are the results. HONORABLE MENTIONS Avengers: Infinity War (Dir. Anthony Russo, Joe Russo) A Quiet Place (Dir. John Krasinski) THE TEN 10. … Continue reading
By Alex Bird Sorry To Bother You might be the best movie of the year so far. By combining radical politics, absurd humor, and Charlie Kaufman style pop surrealism (think Being John Malkovich), rapper Boots Riley has made one of the most thoughtful and unlikely hits of the summer. Made on a shoestring budget and … Continue reading
by Alex Bird The Death of Stalin is an understated dark comedy about the end of an era and the frantic plotting and planning of those tasked with deciding what comes next. The stakes are even higher as each member of the central committee, the governing body of the Soviet Union, knows that a wrong … Continue reading
The staff at Filmic Magazine is excited to present its fourth annual Top 10 feature! Over a period of two weeks, Filmic members were asked to submit ranked lists reflecting the very best 2016 films they saw. The following is the final ranked aggregate. HONORABLE MENTIONS Logan (dir James Mangold) In this current era of superheroes and shared universes … 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 Alex BirdEarly on in Paterson, Adam Driver’s eponymous bus driver writes a poem in which he meticulously describes his favorite brand of matches. He titles it “Love Poem.” Like Paterson’s poems (the title refers to both the New Jersey city and the main character), this movie is all about finding beauty in the ordinary. … Continue reading
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