Authors: Daniel Kirkham
Film Review: The Boy and the Heron
With The Boy and the Heron, Hayao Miyazaki looks boldly and joyfully into that unknown and lets his audience know that it’s okay for us to go on ahead. … read more
Damn These Heels! Film Review: Empty Orchestra
Empty Orchestra is a tender and moving document of Boxcar Karaoke’s fondly shared memories. … read more
Film Review: Asteroid City
For all of Asteroid City’s careful layers of contrivance, it shows a collage of delicately emotional characters. … read more
Film Review: Black Orpheus
In Black Orpheus, a sense pervades that the events are animated by the breath of the past and will restate themselves again and again. … read more
Film Review: Infinite Sea
Where so much sci-fi asks, “What would this mean for humanity?” Infinite Sea asks, “What would this mean for a human?” … read more
BYU International Cinema Series: 03.22–25
While Zebraman, Memoria, 1982 and A Man called Ove offer drastically different stories & tones, they’re united by themes of isolation, community and connection. … read more
This is Where We Meet: Nina Ognjanović on Where the...
Nina Ognjanović’s self-assessment makes of her debut feature, Where the Road Leads, as a coming-of-age western, makes perfect sense. … read more
Film Review: M3GAN
Knowingly a little goofy, new horror film M3GAN excavates its scares from the deepest, most plasticky recesses of the uncanny valley. … read more
Film Review: The Eternal Daughter
Joanna Hogg’s work is deeply personal, and in a year of reflective works, The Eternal Daughter is one of the strangest, most tender and very best. … read more
Film Review: Four Samosas
The team behind Four Samosas clearly put a lot of thought and finesse into its presentation—if only they had a more polished script to present. … read more