All Together Now is a new heartwarming movie which starts streaming on Netflix this Friday. Based on Matthew Quick’s best selling novel, Sorta Like A Rockstar, the film stars Auli’i Cravalho (Moana) as Amber, a teen with her sights set on attending Carnegie Mellon University. From the outside, Amber seems to have everything going for […]
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Mumblegore is back, baby! Well, maybe it’s not “back” back, but it’s definitely back in the form of Amelia Moses’ feature debut chiller Bleed with Me, an exploration of three friends who wind up in a cabin in the woods together. Ultimately, this film is a strong debut slow-burn, and asks us to consider the […]
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Much like its central character, it’s hard to pinpoint what Tito, the debut feature from rising Canadian star Grace Glowicki, is exactly. Is it an expressionistic performance piece? A stoner buddy comedy? A tender character study? An unnerving domestic thriller? Or is it simply a psychological breakdown manifested on screen? Over a tight 68-minute runtime, […]
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IndieWire Senior Film Critic Dave Ehrlich is probably best known not for his writing skills, but rather, for his occasionally bizarre comparisons that border on parody. Generally speaking, I like Ehrlich’s work, but I do find it a little bit off-putting to try and consider what on Earth “A24’s Magnolia” means. This, however, was before […]
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One word isn’t always enough… While it’s being hailed as the savour of modern cinema in these times of global pandemic with film fans mostly having been unable to get their cinematic rush, Tenet isn’t quite that. What is though is a slick action thriller that just gets a little too complicated and pleased with […]
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No matter where you go there you are. When you travel, the one thing that goes with you everywhere is you, your personality, your perspective, your beliefs. This is why choosing a travel partner, even for a travelogue is important. In my early twenties, Micheal Palin of Monty Python fame, made a couple of series. […]
Read MoreI will probably not see every film at this year’s edition at Fantasia, and thus, I’m not going to make the definitive statement that Tran Thanh Huy’s Rom is “the anti-capitalist film of the festival.” However, its anti-capitalist bent is so strong that you would need a film akin to Eisenstein’s Strike to really surpass […]
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A fixture in the NYC indie film scene, Peter Vack is no stranger to playing aggressively unlikeable characters. His lean figure, model-like looks and ghostly complexion always seems to mask a seething rage that could explode at any moment. Now we can add Jack, the lead character in Ben Hozie’s PVT CHAT, to the list […]
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Following the strikingly scuzzy debut of The Queen of Hollywood Blvd, director Orson Oblowitz (son of No Wave-pioneer Michael Oblowitz) takes another plunge into the underbelly of L.A. with The Five Rules of Success, this time through the eyes of a young ex-con figuring out what it takes to rise to the top of the […]
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Using a concept that Quentin Dupieux would love, Elza Kephart’s Slaxx throws a literal pair of killer jeans our way, as a metaphor for the dubious nature of corporate responsibility in today’s consumerist fashion culture. For all its ambition, however, this flippant horror-comedy is a depressingly one-note movie, desperately searching for something, anything, to pad […]
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