Somewhere in the idyllic suburbs of Miami sits a quaint home. If you didn’t know the residents of the house, you’d expect it to be occupied by a lovely middle-class family – in fact, this is exactly what everyone thinks. What outsiders don’t realize is that the owner of the house is “Aunt Martha”, who…

The dawn of 1777 has just passed, and America (or rather, the Thirteen Colonies) has just signed the Declaration of Independence that would emancipate them from Great Britain, bringing their decision to become their own self-sufficient entity to the fore, a cause many are willing to fight for. However, not everyone is particularly pleased about…

I’d love to say that Zola, the film adapted from a 148-post Twitter thread from 2015, is a work of immense genius and resourcefulness, rather than resigning to the fact that this is an enormous headache of a film. Much of what has been written about this film, which was apparently meticulously crafted from the…

Clark Kellogg (Matthew Broderick) is a young man from Vermont who is about to embark on quite an adventure, setting off to attend film school in New York City. His arrival there is instantly troubled, particularly when he encounters Vic (Bruno Kirby), a street-smart hustler who promises the impressionable young man safe passage to his…

Nina Geld (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), is a remarkably gifted young stand-up comedian who has recently started making significant waves in the New York comedy scene, still residing in relative obscurity, but being on the brink of a breakthrough, especially since she shows an undying commitment to her craft, determined to do whatever it takes to…

Håna (Gösta Ekman) is a bit of a loser – he doesn’t have a steady job, relying on some lacklustre attempts to start a business to get by. This arrangement works splendidly for him, since he is mostly funded by his mother (Margaretha Krook), a wealthy dowager who proclaims herself to be the widow of…

In theory, based on their individual careers, Rainer Werner Fassbinder and François Ozon should not blend together as incredibly as they do in practice. They’re both artists that represent different styles and eras of filmmaking, with any sense of significant overlap between them (outside of Ozon’s outward admiration for the esteemed German filmmaker) being very…

There is something so peculiar about French Exit, a quality that entices the viewer as much as it repulses us. Perhaps it’s the grotesque portrayal of these characters, who we should thoroughly abhor, but simply can’t bring ourselves to even vaguely hate, since simmering beneath their hedonist bourgeois existence are very real individuals with genuine…

There is a reason The House of Yes, the ambitious but controversial play by Wendy MacLeod, has somewhat faded into obscurity, only really being known to those devoted to lesser-known stage plays – but it has nothing to do with the content of the story, but rather the depths to which it is willing to…

When looking at Cruella, we need to ask a few questions. Was a deep-dive into the younger years of one of literature’s most iconic, sinister villains necessary? Not at all. Did director Craig Gillespie and his cast do the best they could with the material? That one is up for debate, but I personally lean…