Dreams is exactly what it claims to be – surrealist vignettes that don’t make sense but derive from some form of a subconscious thought and are capable of creating untold realms of beauty and anguish alike. It’s the definition of art in cinema, and a great argument that cinema is art.
Dreams (1990) is Akira Kurosawa’s third-to-last film, only Rhapsody in August (1991) and Madadayo (1993) come later. True to his end-of-life works, Dreams is filled with vivid, detailed color…
Not gonna lie, totally thought my theater got a sneak preview of The Bad Guys 2. For a few seconds, I thought this would be even better than what I was there to see, which was Dog Man. And then I realized it was a five minute cartoon to entertain the kids and confuse the adults before the actual feature.
The multifaceted prism of cinema experiences is endlessly fascinating.
A beautifully shot portrait of an artist, Wim Wenders’ 2023 documentary lovingly occupies the world of Anselm Kiefer, a contemporary German artist. Wenders is able to make a film so slow and delicate that it seems incredibly disparate from the current state of documentary filmmaking. One may find it difficult to acclimate to Wenders’ deliberately gentle style, or find it incredibly soothing to the senses. I found the film closer to the latter, a highly cathartic experience in which to…
I believe that the word “breathtaking” is one of the most overused and overrated adjectives to describe a film. In today’s current film climate, I rarely see a contemporary film to be judged as such. The Brutalist came close, yes, although its second half mitigated my feelings toward it ever so slightly. Trey Edward Shults’s new film, Hurry Up Tomorrow, quite literally left me breathless. I had no answer for it, and I still don’t. The film isn’t like any…
Matt Walsh’s hilarious yet exposing series posing questions to the general public continues in a brilliant fashion. Walsh made, alongside director Justin Folk, producer and DailyWire owner Ben Shapiro, a film called “What Is a Woman?”, that, two years ago, took the United States by storm. Gender identity was a topic so controversial and divided that not one individual Walsh interviewed on the opposing side of the topic were able to answer a simple question. The 2022 film was only…
Is it a period piece? Is it a vampire flick? Is it a western? Whatever genre Sinners is categorized as, I’m quite sure it’s a great movie.
Director Ryan Coogler (Creed and Black Panther) takes us on a feverish journey through Mississippi, where troublemaking twins Smoke and Stack (both played by Coogler regular Michael B. Jordan), fresh out of Al Capone’s Chicago, aim to make a deserted farmhouse into a “juke club” with the help of a few locals. Sammie…
