Tag: Psychological
Train Dreams: Life Goes On (Middleburg Film Festival)
Train Dreams follows Robert Grainier (Joel Edgerton), a logger who works the forests of the Pacific Northwest, helping to create a new world at the turn of the 20th century. They say that life must, and always does, go…
Read More »It Was Just An Accident Presents a Compelling Moral Dilemma
Iranian writer/director Jafar Panahi has been through quite a lot in his determination to speak against the Iranian regime. Jailed twice over the past 15 years for being accused of producing propaganda against the state and conducting a…
Read More »After The Hunt Arrives After The Conversation Has Already Been Had
Director Luca Guadagnino has been on a tear since 2017’s Call Me By Your Name, releasing films that have been critically acclaimed and impactful in the cinematic zeitgeist on a consistent basis. It is no wonder that his…
Read More »A House of Dynamite is Horrifyingly Thrilling and Tense
Kathryn Bigelow has been away from movie theaters since 2017’s criminally underrated Detroit, but the acclaimed, Oscar winning director has finally returned to the big screen with a deliciously thrilling film about a disastrous event with A House…
Read More »Daniel Day-Lewis’ Return Isn’t Enough to Elevate Anemone
After abruptly retiring eight years ago, the film world was abuzz when legendary three-time Academy Award winner Daniel Day-Lewis announced that he’d be returning to movie theaters to star in a film he co-wrote with his son Ronan…
Read More »The Smashing Machine Largely Accomplishes What It Meant To Do
The hype surrounding Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s latest film has been substantial. After becoming one of Hollywood’s most bankable stars during an era that has seen movie stars become less important than they’ve ever been, a string of…
Read More »Him Turns the Ball Over on Downs
Football, fame, and greatness. These are some of things an aspiring professional athlete is pursuing in a new horror film from Universal. Him introduces us to Cameron Cade (Tyriq Withers), the next big thing at quarterback preparing to…
Read More »Hurry Up Tomorrow Misses The Mark
Following his first concrete foray into acting with the HBO show The Idol, pop superstar The Weeknd sets his sights on the big screen with a new film that he has also co-written. Hurry Up Tomorrow follows The…
Read More »Warfare is a Visceral Cinematic Experience that Makes Plain the Brutality of Combat
Told solely through the compiled memories of those who experienced it, Warfare documents a single, real-life military operation on November 19, 2006 in Ramadi, Iraq. The 1-26 infantry, Bravo Company “Bushmasters” platoon of Navy SEALs embark upon a…
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The Bride! is Jumbled, Pop Feminism Lacking Coherent Vision
Maggie Gyllenhaal’s latest film has been anticipated for a year now, with speculation over its quality and some slightly ascendant buzz following the realest of its trailer. The Bride! Is set in 1930s Chicago, a young woman named…
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