Some films are better in concept than the ultimate execution—where you can see potential squandered in real time while watching. Behemoth! fulfills much of what you’d want from delving into the psyche of a character who’s a passenger within the effervescent swaying of his life through the beauty of its diegetic film scoring. But eventually, Behemoth! becomes lost within its ambitiously
Read MoreWriter-director James Gray (Ad Astra, The Lost City of Z) lends his distinct visual style to the dreary and somber atmosphere of his new film Paper Tiger. Aged, muted colors and dim, scattered lighting fill the screen, channeling the visual aesthetic of classic ’70s crime thrillers. The cinematography here rejects the crisp, polished imagery of modern filmmaking in favor of a
Read MoreAfter a two-year absence, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power has returned for its expansive third season. A majority of the cast makes returns for season 3, including Charlie Vickers, who delivers his full might to the role of the Dark Lord Sauron once again. Our favorite elvish actors, Morfydd Clark and Robert Aramayo, return to their roles
Read MoreTo make a movie like Gentle Monster requires a great deal of sensitivity to the material you’re treating on screen. The subject writer/director Marie Kreutzer is dealing with is incredibly heavy and could easily veer into exploitative territory if you don’t know how to handle such a story. Once the elephant in the room is revealed, Kreutzer can easily go one
Read MoreZachary Wigon’s Sanctuary was one of the most thrilling surprises of 2023, and one that positioned the American filmmaker as one to watch even more, as he made his grand return almost ten years after the release of 2014’s The Heart Machine. His latest effort, Victorian Psycho, itself adapted from Virginia Feito’s novel of the same name, possesses the same aesthetic
Read MoreGodzilla Minus Zero is truly surprising. For most American blockbusters, the Hollywood system seems afraid to slow down and let characters fill the space. Yet, for all of its visual splendor, Godzilla Minus Zero does just that. The sequel to Godzilla Minus One could’ve gone bigger and more explosive, in the vein of most monstrous spectacles like Godzilla versus Kong. And
Read MoreCo-producers Jordan Downey and Kevin Stewart, who contributed to Shudder’s V/H/S/Beyond, have co-written a new movie for the streaming service, The Cycle. Directed by Downey, the horror thriller film follows a forensic anthropologist looking into the death of her estranged father. While Shudder’s promotional trailers don’t reveal too much about the plot, the thrills of this mystery should keep viewers on
Read More‘Twas just a year ago, in 2025, when Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet’s tale of family grief for William Shakespeare triggered the collective outpouring of tears amongst cinema audiences. Now Andrew Scott is threatening to evoke similar reactions with his tour de force, poignant, and powerful performance in Elsinore. Andrew Scott plays Ian Charleson, a real-life theatre actor performing as Hamlet, in the
Read MoreThe budget of Nitesh Tiwari’s Ramayana: Rise of a Legend is ridiculous. The budget is as high as $500 million in American money, which is extreme given how risk-averse Hollywood has gotten. In India, it’s already the country’s most expensive movie. The two-part epic has imported top-tier Western talent to bring Valmiki’s poem to life—a vision as ambitious as Peter Jackson’s
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