Reviews

Bring Them Down

"Where there's livestock, there's deadstock."

Issue
26
Presence

Movie cameras are not unlike ghosts, especially in the hands of a filmmaker like Steven Soderbergh.

Issue
25
Mulholland Drive

"What are you doing? We don't stop here."

Issue
24
Grand Theft Hamlet

People play video games for the same reason they go to the theater: to escape one world and enter another.

Issue
23
Hard Truths

Any attempt to name the best director/actor collaborations in history will feature some iconic pairings: Akira Kurosawa and Toshiro Mifune, John Cassavetes and Gena Rowlands, Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro.

Issue
22
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl

There's devious, and then there's Feathers McGraw.

Issue
21
Nosferatu

Villagers speak of him in hushed tones, never using his name, and implore their newly arrived visitor to turn back.

Issue
20
The Brutalist

The American Dream is a lot like any other dream: difficult to describe in detail and even more difficult to remember once you’ve woken up.

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19
Nickel Boys

Martin Scorsese once said that “the most personal is the most creative.”

Issue
18
The Girl with the Needle

Not unlike black licorice, Denmark’s latest cinematic offering is an acquired taste.

Issue
17
The Seed of the Sacred Fig

The fact that The Seed of the Sacred Fig ever saw the light of day is even more remarkable than the film itself.

Issue
16
Witches

Witches isn't about witches — at least not really.

Issue
15