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Seriously, Watch Ozark

June 11, 20220

The final episodes of the greatest drama on streaming television dropped recently. Ozark, a dark and coldly pessimistic crime thriller…

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Review| The Quarry

April 17, 20200

Scott Teems’ new film, The Quarry, strikes upon two of my deepest obsessions: southern gothic literature and music. It doesn’t…

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The Complicated Vengeance of Hunters

April 6, 20200

Nazis! Groovy Assassins! Al Pacino! What happens when you take the motives and violence of Taranitino’s Inglourious Basterds and mix…

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The Mere Breath of Winning in Uncut Gems

April 1, 20200

When director Martin Scorsese finally got a chance to see the first cut of Joshua and Benny Safdie’s 10-years-in-the-making Uncut…

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Review| Bad Boys For Life

January 21, 20200

Michael Bay took a backseat approach to the newest installment of the Bad Boys franchise—a franchise that was significant for…

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Knives Out: A Colliding Kindness

December 16, 20192

Whodunits require a lot from both creator and viewer.  This is because they’re actually carved from two stories, woven together…

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Self-Reflection and The Irishman

November 25, 20190

When I settled into my theater seat to watch The Irishman, I wasn’t prepared to enter Scorsese’s excellently crafted world…

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Gavin O’ Connor’s Miracle (2004) & The Accountant (2016)

November 22, 20190

“But you looked at me and I could see your mother in your eyes I thought about the things she…

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