“Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.”

A man dreams of an extraordinary scientific breakthrough. He tinkers with the idea in the back of his mind while moving closer to gaining the capability to achieve it. After some time, his ability increases, and  The American Dream rings true. He succeeds. And after he finds out that it has done what it needed to do, he exits a building to noise. 

Mankind Screams. 

It’s a kind of visceral sound,…

- Why do you come here?
- Why do you?
- Cause I’m having ego problems. I want to be worshipped and adored.

Yeah, it’s supposedly a murder mystery where a cop tries to find out who’s killing a bunch of gay men but it’s also an insanely detailed story about self discovery? The atmosphere here is so incredibly gay it’s hard to believe that a straight man directed and starred in this.

The ambiguity is really key to the…

Caught by the Tides follows a woman and a man before and after the ending of their relationship, and how the world changes around them. This seems simple enough, but it takes a more experimental and fulfilling approach due to at least two-thirds of the film consisting of b-roll from Jia Zhangke’s prior works. The visuals are fantastic, and through Jia Zhangke's camera, the world feels grand and vast beyond explanation. Caught by the Tides is a treasure in form,…

Anora is fun. I’ll say that. After all the hype over these last few months, I will say that it’s a fun movie. Mikey Madison is fantastic playing her. However, the fun can only go so far, and there’s not a lot of movie around it. I found its structure pretty well done in its triptych-esque form, but for a film called Anora, it’s not really into developing her. It's superficially entertaining and crafts a thrill ride around several ideas…