Massive Talent: Nicked
Nicolas Cage has long had a certain perspective on the kinds of roles he plays and how that affects his public image. I remember...
Northman: Go Vikings
Robert Eggers’ last two movies, The Witch and The Lighthouse, were set in New England. His latest film, The Northman, goes even farther north to...
Fantastic Beasts: Spell It Out
Truly, it would have been better for everyone if David Yates had left J.K. Rowling’s clutches after the last Harry Potter film or maybe even...
Everything Everywhere: Destroyed by a Bagel
After watching Everything Everywhere All at Once, one thing is clear: The Daniels are over multiverses. I refer to the filmmaking team made up...
You Won’t Be Alone: Nightmare of the Wolf
They’re selling You Won’t Be Alone as a horror film. It really isn’t, even though its main character eats animals’ and people’s entrails. (In...
Oscar’s Hidden Gold
The latest firestorm to engulf the Oscar ceremony is the decision to relegate eight categories from the live TV broadcast to taped footage presented...
X Murderers
The appropriately titled X takes place in 1979, when Houston strip club owner Wayne Gilroy (Martin Henderson) decides to make his own porn film....
Outfit: Stitch in Time
During the first moments of The Outfit, we see the protagonist (Mark Rylance) cutting fabric for a man’s suit while his voiceover narration starts...
Batman: Stuck in the Riddle with You
As comic-book villains go, the Riddler has been particularly hard to take seriously. The guy leaves cryptic clues to his crimes? What’s scary about...
Drive My Car: Backseat Confessions
By now you’ve probably heard a great deal about Drive My Car, but you still might not know what it is. It is a...
