Unsane (2018): A Reintroduction to Steven Soderbergh
2022-01-04
Unsane wouldn’t be out of place on the Coens’ IMDb page. It could well be Soderbergh’s very own Burn after Reading.Continue Reading
Tiger Raid (2016)
2021-10-17
As much as there is to admire, an equal amount frustrates viewers to no end.Continue Reading
The Terminator (1984): The Day Cameron Renounced Canada for Good
2021-06-20
The gun-toting fireworks, metal-on-metal mayhem firmly separate Cameron from all his Canadian sensibilities.Continue Reading
Green Room (2015) & Midsommar (2019): a Satisfying “Sophomore” Double Bill
2021-06-06
When I finished watching Jeremy Saulnier’s chilling, subversive take on revenge movies in Blue Ruin (2013) late in 2014, Green Room (2015) had already been in production. As I was itching for more of what the emerging director had cooking up, the next dose was luckily not a distant proposition,Continue Reading
The Invitation (2015) and The Unappetizing Morsels of Memories
2021-05-27
The ephemera of life’s morsels of memories. Plus a dinner party from hell.Continue Reading
Lavender (2016) & The Block Island Sound (2020): Home Shall Never be the Same
2021-04-22
These two films tease out ideas about our baggage but only slightly beyond the surface level.Continue Reading