Sundance Film Review: Handling the Undead

Sundance Film Review: Handling the Undead
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Handling the Undead is a well-crafted re-contextualization of a familiar monster that ruminates on how to mourn loss when it’s staring you in the face. … read more

Film Review: The Butterfly Queen

Film Review: The Butterfly Queen
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The Butterfly Queen is an endearing allegory about the difficulty of navigating your early adult years, particularly as a queer person. … read more

Pathfinder: Reclaiming the Native Narrative with Winding Path

Pathfinder: Reclaiming the Native Narrative with Winding Path
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The team behind Sundance film Winding Path strives to offer a counternarrative to Native stereotypes and reclaim the Wind River Reservation as a place for positive stories to be told. … read more

Film Review: The Color Purple

Film Review: The Color Purple
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While this version of The Color Purple may be a satisfying experience for the most hardcore musical fans, it’s at best a mere footnote to the original’s legacy. … read more

Film Review: Poor Things

Film Review: Poor Things
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Poor Things is far and away the most unique film of the year, though whether it’s among the best is more debatable. … read more

The Top 11 Films of 2023

The Top 11 Films of 2023
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As the year comes to a close and we head toward 2024, Patrick Gibbs returns with his top 11 films of 2023. … read more

Film Review: Wonka

Film Review: Wonka
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Wonka delivers enough goofy fun and pure imagination to earn a very enthusiastic recommendation. … read more

Film Review: The Boy and the Heron

Film Review: The Boy and the Heron
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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

Film Review: Leave the World Behind

Film Review: Leave the World Behind
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Leave the World Behind is an engaging and unnerving thriller that moves briskly and is expertly acted, demonstrating Esmail’s skill as a filmmaker. … read more

Film Review: Saltburn

Film Review: Saltburn
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Saltburn is a technically impressive work demonstrating Fennell’s directorial talent and that she’s very much still a promising, young filmmaker. … read more