On a hot summer day, New York City has no more valued item than a functioning air conditioning unit. This is why writer/directors Simon Hacker and Edith Akoms’ father-daughter relational comedy “Notice to Quit” works so well. That is why the real estate broker it follows on this terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day […]
Spaceman: When was the next time you last appreciated the beautiful enumeration of the synonyms of ‘baffled’? There are quite a few of those in English considering the language’s possible permutations and combinations: puzzled, nonplussed, discombobulated, flummoxed, stumped, fogged, wildered, buffaloed. They are scrumptious, charming, dense with consonants and productive of a singular emotion: one
Alicia Vikander is the titular ‘Firebrand’ playing the role of Katherine Parr, who is the last and sixth spouse of Henry the eighth. However, the film refusing her comical portrayal ranges that of a free and bold revivalist limits itself to fitful periods of fire. In Jude Law’s case, it is the colossal and unreliable
The second project of Iranian filmmaker Mohammed Rasolouf after 2020’s international acclaim There Is No Evil, The Seed of the Sacred Fig echoes the themes of helplessness and innocent victims, even children, of countless revolutions. To this end, he aims a shot at the pronounced barbarism of the regime, but can embellish weapons of class
The First Omen: I tuned out and zoned out and rolled my eyes to the back of my head when I found out that, nearly twenty years after that poorly received Omen remake starring Julia Stiles and Liev Schreiber, 20th Century Studios through Walt Disney, was about to Release a prequel movie to the meshed
Sleeping Dogs: It feels like the redemption arc of Russell Crowe is nearby. But I have said that since ‘The Nice Guys’ so I could be wrong. He’s truly in that moment of his career when he has nothing more to prove, and he’s often the best element of every single project in which he
Sin eaters have already been dealt with in a couple of horror films, such as Sin Eater (2022) and the short The Sin-Eater (2024), which have also been touched on in this site. Texas-bred Justin Denton who goes by the virtue of a visual effect artist has made his independent full feature debut titled Curse
It’s What’s Inside: There is one overarching reason to make a body-swap movie. Let’s get one thing very clear though: while it is true that on occasions, metafictional films do try to encourage the audience to learn some level of compassion and understanding by walking around in somebody else’s skin and lending themselves to imaginary
Even though it has a similar title, “Bagman” is not the film version of Rachel Maddow and Michael Yarvitz’s bestseller on Spiro Agnew’s corruptions . This movie was in effect presented as another Kellner, while John Hulme was listed as the author of this movie’s screenplay. A script that is apparently a work of Marker,
Lisa Frankenstein: With the exception of this year’s Sundance which premiered the likes of Megan Park’s My Old Ass which you should look forward to, I think 2018 is a fair answer, the year at least three and very different miracle blocks called “The Hate U Give, Eighth Grade and Blockers” appeared. Or perhaps some
