drama
While the lack of resolution is disappointing for the audience it doesn’t make The Night of the 12th any less powerful.
Twilight is remarkable, and it’s a movie that is at once empathetic and compassionate and also cynical about the limits of justice.
There are many reads you could take from Vincent Must Die and how its theme speaks to you will be your own experience.
Giving Birth to a Butterfly is a story about the ties that bind us, to each other as well as to reality itself.
If you aren’t already disenchanted with capitalism and the way it sucks people dry, then Unrest is here to help.
Goodnight Mommy is a decent horror vehicle, designed to entertain but lacking the stamina and direction to terrify.
The Plains, in its supposed mundanity and ritual, gives us the gift of time to really take in the cinematic image.
Ray Romano’s directorial debut Somewhere in Queens is a heartfelt story about family and going too far to protect those we love.
Through each other’s sympathetic eyes, in this winning, queer coming-of-age tale that still feels in a category all its own, two lonely women become queens.
Weird, romantic, and undeniably powerful in spite of its imperfections, The Five Devils is a film that deserves your attention.
Queen Charlotte has delivered once more to the gentle viewer a love story that defies time, grounded in the epic love, devotion and command of a Queen.
Overall, 8 Mile is a very entertaining movie and its lead performance is still strong away from Eminem’s initial massive fame.
Winter Boy would benefit a lot from leaning into its heartbreaking premise, but the tasteful melodrama is perhaps still considered too passé.
Wilson Kwong spoke with Gene Back, composer of Shortcomings!
iMordecai is a definite recommendation for those yearning for an earnest movie-watching experience.