A Different Man is a film ultimately concerned with our relationship with individuality and the comparisons we make with others through highlighting two characters' opposite relationships with their attitude towards the world and their disabilities.
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"The Substance" Review: Modern Body Horror Classic Explores Self-Loathing and the Toxicity of Beauty Standards
Theming is at the very core of The Substance. This is a film that is ultimately concerned with having a conversation with its audience - a conversation about what leads people to develop ideas that cause them to hate themselves and what they look like.
"Strange Darling" Review: A Modern Classic Thriller that Brilliantly Deceives its Audience
Through intelligent framing and using the audiences familiarity with the film’s genre against them, Strange Darling subverts and weaponizes audience expectations, making them just as much of a victim as the many characters who get bested in the film.
"Sing Sing" Review: An Emphatically Human Film about Hope, Despair, and the Necessity of Expression
Sing Sing stands far above its contemporaries due to its uniquely authentic and intellectual approach to its story, performances, and themes about hope, humanity, and integrity. This film respects those whose story this film is based on while also being a story full of heart and humanity that its depicted inmates share.
"Dìdi" Review: A Brilliant, Genuine Examination of Late 2000s Angst and Belonging
Dìdi is a special film thanks to its dedication to authenticity. [The film] authentically captures the struggle of becoming emotionally intelligent in a way that everyone can understand - especially those that also grew up in an era where technology and the internet grew alongside us.
Why "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" Was the Best Animated Film of 2018
What makes Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse so special to me is that a begets its audience to rethink what animation is capable of. This film could have easily adopted a live-action counterpart, or used a more traditional CG art style - but it didn’t. Why was this? Why, in this instance, did Sony choose to take a riskier and more stylistic approach when a safer, more often-used presentation would have been easier (and likely more profitable)? The answer to that…is passion.
"Widows" and the Decay of Love | Movie Review
Widows - while certainly having some excellently realized commentary on modern western culture and the increasing spread of apathy - doesn’t manage to do much you haven’t seen before in a heist film […] It’s certainly flawed, but it’s clear that this film was a product of smart and lovingly-crafted writing and direction, which alone makes it worth a watch.
"mid90s" Review | An Insightful Examination of a Flawed Era and Culture
mid90s is a dense, intriguing film that analyzes the extent to which a generation was impacted by their surroundings in a flawed era and culture. […] Through powerful writing, great performances, and a commentary about a generation that hasn’t had many stories told about it (yet), mid90s is an examination well worth paying attention to.
"First Man" Review | Chazelle's Weakest Film Still Shines
First Man is an intriguing exploration of Neil Armstrong’s personal journey masked underneath his more public one that history has made everyone familiar with. While it’s perhaps Damien Chazelle’s weakest feature film, First Man still manages to impress and inspire awe.
"Venom" Review | The Shackles of Corporate Mediocrity
With a screenplay that feels awkward and tonally confused, performances that either feel miscast or missing strong characterization, and a structure that feels both formulaic and dated, Venom is a corporate, mediocre mess. Given the plethora of comic-book-to-film adaptations we’ve seen this decade, there are many, many better ways to spend your time if you’re looking for an enjoyable comic book adaptation.
"A Star is Born (2018)" Review | An Emotional, Electric Experience
A Star is Born leaves a significant emotional impact to its audience, and it’s delivered in a tightly edited film with a screenplay that both trusts the performances of its actors and the intelligence of its audience. […] Whether you enjoy romances or find the genre too cliché-filled, A Star is Born is a film that simply can’t be missed.
"The House with a Clock in Its Walls" Review | Imagination and Whimsy Overshadowed by Poor Writing
Clock in Its Walls is an admirably imaginative and heartfelt film with a tragically underdeveloped screenplay, making for a film that, while having a strong core, isn’t a necessity for fans of the genre.
"White Boy Rick" Review | The Perils of Lacking Focus
White Boy Rick tells an intriguing story in a disappointingly clumsy manner. Despite having admirable aspects to it, White Boy Rick’s lack of focus and an emotional core leaves something to be desired.
"Searching" Review | A Phenomenal Thriller Enhanced by Its Style
Whether you're a fan of suspense films or are on the fence of whether or not screens-only cinematography has a future, Searching is an impressive, exciting film - one that I think we'll continue to talk and think about for a long time.
The Identity Crisis of "Fireworks" | Movie Review
Fireworks is convinced that it's an intelligent, admirable film because it looks and sounds like one on the surface. Beyond that brittle surface, however, is a film doesn't actually do anything to earn that status. Fireworks boasts two leads that feel radically underdeveloped, and yet it still expects you to care about their relationship, even though you have no idea what would make them compatible with each other, all leading into a third act that entirely rings hollow.