The Mere Breath of Winning in Uncut Gems
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…
Read more“Et In Arcadia Ego, Part 1” – Star Trek: Picard S1E09
Look at them. They’ve never met anyone like you before, that granite face, wisdom and integrity etched into every line.…
Read moreMake Happy: Bo Burnham Gets Real
The world is not funny. We are all dying. Thus opens Make Happy, Bo Burnham’s comedy special from 2016. Though…
Read moreCharlie Pace: Lost Cause
It doesn’t take too long binging on the tv show Lost to realize the passengers of Oceanic Flight 815 are…
Read moreDuckTales, Family, and the Surprisingly Insightful Deathtrap
This review contains spoilers for Woo-oo!, the pilot for the 2017 reboot of DuckTales. If you haven’t seen it yet,…
Read moreParasite: A Tragedy Without Villains
As a depiction of ordinary people who fall into an unavoidable commotion, this film is: a comedy without clowns, a…
Read moreThe Monsters Have Arrived and We are Them: The Soska Sisters’ RABID
In the history of cinema, several filmmakers have stuck out as memorable, those who left a mark on the industry…
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