Tag: Independent Films
The Monkey’s Overreliance Humor Undercuts It’s Potential
Fresh off of last year’s sleeper horror hit <i>Longlegs</i>, writer/director Osgood Perkins’s quickly returns to the big screen with an adaptation of a short story from legendary author Stephen King. In <i>The Monkey</i>, twin brothers Hal and Bill,…
Read More »Pamela Anderson Shines in The Last Showgirl (Middleburg Film Festival)
The passage of time, particularly for women, has been a theme in 2024’s film slate and the movies that explore this have been buoyed by notable performances from star actress past who have moved onto their latter life…
Read More »The Brutalist is a Big, Epic Cinematic Swing (Middleburg Film Festival)
I am sure by now if you’re the type to pay attention to film awards or the buzz around fall film releases, you’ve heard the hype surrounding The Brutalist. Because it is a smaller independent film, its release…
Read More »The Substance Uses the Grotesque to Question Our Vanity
Human beings have long pondered their vitality and how to deal with aging. This goes doubly so for women due to the pressures they face to remain physically attractive for as long as possible, with their worth often…
Read More »Nicole Kidman Shines in Babygirl’s Tale of Power and Vulnerability
The erotic thriller has been a critically endangered species in modern cinema, with the once prolific genre almost completely disappearing from movie theaters. Writer/director Halina Reijn is looking to change this with her latest effort. Babygirl introduces us…
Read More »The Order is Topical but a Bit By The Numbers (Middleburg Film Festival)
Real life events are used to power a new crime thriller hitting cineplexes. Based on the 1989 book entitled The Silent Brotherhood by Kevin Flynn and Gary Gerhardt, The Order places us alongside FBI agent Terry Husk (Jude Law) who after…
Read More »Strange Darling Subverts Expectations in Entertaining, Enlightening Fashion
Every year, an indie darling emerges in the film scene to near universal acclaim and hype among cinephiles. For 2024, an indie horror thriller seems to have taken the title. Strange Darling is set in the Pacific Northwest…
Read More »Sing Sing Takes A Probing Look at the Capacity for Change
Sing Sing is a film that takes place in the New York State Penitentiary of the same name. Divine G (Colman Domingo) is incarcerated and finds purpose for himself by helping to organize and write for a prison…
Read More »Maxxxine and the Fame Monster
Writer/director Ti West and actress Mia Goth captured lightning in a bottle with the release of instant cult favorite horror film X in 2022. Following a prequel film entitled Pearl released that same year, the final entry in…
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Magazine Dreams: A Fitting Portrait of Male Fragility and Redemption (Sundance Film Festival)
Jonathan Majors was on the cusp of stardom and seemed headed for his first Oscar nomination before an incident in the streets of New York City made his persona non grata in mainstream film circles, cost him his Marvel Cinematic…
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