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Tenet Reveals the Flaws in Christopher Nolan’s Filmmaking Style
Tenet already had many eyes upon its release, being the latest entry from legendary director Christopher Nolan and a big summer blockbuster. But as we are all aware, 2020 has been the year of curveballs and one was…
Read More »I’m Thinking of Ending Things is Surrealist Fever Dream
Our pasts often shape our present, creating either obstacles for us to overcome, or helping to create a clear vision of what we’d like to do or like to avoid. When entering into a relationship with a new…
Read More »The Personal History of David Copperfield Provides a Charming New Twist to an Age Old Tale
Providing new twists on old material can be both risky and a heavy lift. Fans of the material become used to one type of interpretation and can often become hostile to anything new. If creatives are able to…
Read More »Bill & Ted Face the Music Transports Gen X Back to Memorable Laughs
Nostalgia has powered the American box office for the better part of a decade with millennials and Gen Xers clamoring for remakes and reboots that call back to memories of their childhoods. For some moviegoers (including me, full…
Read More »Tesla and the Limitations of Ambition
The Bible says that no man can serve two masters and no one may know that better than creatives in the capitalist age. Breaking new ground can cost and acquiring the necessary capital to turn dreams into reality…
Read More »Sputnik Uses the Sci-Fi Classics Before It to Examine Human Emotion
Since Ridley Scott’s groundbreaking, legendary sci-film Alien was released in 1979, tales of alien life forms seeking unsuspecting human space explorers to use as living hosts have been ubiquitous in the genre to the point of becoming rote…
Read More »Made in Italy, Made Before
Grief can be a funny thing. Often times, those who carry it can appear normal on the outside, going about life as if nothing’s wrong. But just beneath the surface, the inability to move past trauma can have…
Read More »Relic Explores How Aging Shifts Relationships Between Parent and Child
Relic tells the story of Edna (Robyn Nevin), an elderly and widowed grandmother who goes missing as her mental capacity has began to slowly decline. Her daughter Kay (Emily Mortimer) rushes to her mother’s home in an attempt…
Read More »The Truth is I’m Largely Disappointed
Perspective is a tricky thing, from one vantage point, an image or a memory is recalled to be one way while another person looking at the same image or looking back at the same moment, will have an…
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The Rental Joyfully Updates the Slasher Film
The 2010s have seen what many have dubbed a horror renaissance complete with critically acclaimed and beloved entries that are both bankable and competitive during awards season. The intricate stories and character development this new crop in the…
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