Tag: Social Commentary
On The Count of Three Melds Humor and a Serious Examination of Depression and Hopelessness in Thrilling Fashion (Sundance Film Festival)
We currently live in a time where people nationwide are struggling through a myriad of problems, from financial to mental to a combination of many issues. These hard times are leading many on a path toward self destruction…
Read More »Master Should Spell the End of “Being Black in America is the Real Horror!” Horror Films (Sundance Film Festival)
The 2017 release of Get Out felt like such an event. A true cultural reset where a genre that traditionally has been known for ridding itself of its black characters before you got halfway through your bucket of…
Read More »Alice Feels Uneven, But Keke Palmer Keeps the Audience Invested (Sundance Film Festival)
All Americans grow up learning that the slave trade was ended after the end of the Civil War with the passage of the slave amendments, inspired by President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. Yet, as time has gone on,…
Read More »After Yang Contemplates Re-centering Life and What It Means to be Human (Sundance Film Festival)
“That’s such a human thing to ask. We always assume other beings would want to be human, what’s so great about being human?” After making his full length feature debut in the director’s chair for 2017’s Columbus, Kogonada…
Read More »Fresh Feels Derivative and Heavy Handed but Still Entertains (Sundance Film Festival)
Horror films with heavy social commentary and themes have been all the rage over the past decade with some abhorring the so-called “elevated horror” tag these films have been slapped with. Fresh follows this era of horror’s styling,…
Read More »Scream is the Perfect Bridge Between Old and New
Scream takes us back to the town of Woodsboro, CA 26 years after the brutal murders that started it all. Now, a new Ghostface killer has appeared who seems to be targeting people related to the original killers…
Read More »The Last Duel Powerfully Probes Main Character Syndrome and When Truth Gets Subjective
Everyone has their own version of how the events in their daily lives play out. This is a natural part of the human experience, but one that has become even more prevalent in the social media age with…
Read More »A Hero Masterfully Paints a Frustratingly True to Life Portrait of a Cynical World (Middleburg Film Festival)
Societal distrust feels as though it’s as high as it’s ever been. People analyze their neighbors in bad faith, believing the worst of them and their intentions while social media and the fourth estate itself follow suit, looking…
Read More »Red Rocket is a Black Comedy Entertaining Enough to Mask The Stench of Its Protagonist (Middleburg Film Festival)
In life, we run into people of all varieties. Some are nicer than others, some smarter than others, but everyone just wants their piece of the pie. In chasing success, some people take a path that’s more morally…
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Men Has Something to Say Without Saying Anything New at All
Director Alex Garland has quickly established himself as a skillful writer/director of science fiction with films such as Ex Machina and Annihilation. He makes his anticipated return to the big screen, this time returning to the horror genre….
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