Flora & Ulysses
Flora & Ulysses is roughly twenty years too late to capture the freewheeling lifestyle of Stuart Little
EARWIG AND THE WITCH: Childhood Skeletons and Goro Miyazaki’s Emotional Breakthrough
In his latest essay, Carson Timar defends Earwig and the Witch as Goro Miyazaki’s most subtly personal feature.
The Enduring Legacy of LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD
In his debut essay, Nicolo Grasso explores the many ways in which Last Year at Marienbad has embedded itself in the collective cinematic consciousness.
Monster Hunter
It would seem that after a four-year break, Anderson is making the same mistakes that caused his creativity to steer off a cliff.
Judas and the Black Messiah
Judas and the Black Messiah doesn’t have that spark of ingenuity or motivation
The Uncut Gems Podcast - Episode 05: Alien Nation and Bright
In this episode of The Uncut Gems Podcast we discuss side-by-side Alien Nation and Bright, two science-fiction buddy cop affairs that at least on paper have a lot in common.
Cherry
Cherry is an absolute disaster
WandaVision - S1E6: All-New Halloween Spectacular!
Episode six moves forward in a rather relaxed manner, as opposed to the continuous twists of the previous episode
Hunger Ward
Hunger Ward succeeds in its messaging and hopefully will help create a wave of change
ClapperCast - Episode 39: Nomadland, I Care a Lot, Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar, & 2021 Golden Globe Predictions
On this week of ClapperCast, the team gives their thoughts on Chloé Zhao's Nomadland, J Blakeson's I Care a Lot, Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar, and give official predictions for the 2021 Golden Globe Awards!
The Tragic State of Film Criticism
In his impassioned editorial, Carson Timar takes stock of the current state of affairs in online film criticism.
ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI: Bringing Larger-than-life Characters Down to Earth
In his latest essay, Alexander Holmes examines One Night in Miami as an innovate reinvention of a biopic.
Slamdance 2021: A Black Rift Begins to Yawn
A Black Rift Begins to Yawn is one of the most artistically rich films of the year
Sundance 2021: Superior
Superior is one of the most haunting films of the Sundance 2021 Film Festival
The Uncut Gems Podcast - Episode 04: Black Sunday
In this episode of The Uncut Gems Podcast we discuss John Frankenheimer’s Black Sunday, an epic action blockbuster sadly overshadowed by the unmatched greatness of its time.
Sundance 2021: Searchers
Searchers is a unique capturing of the modern human experience
Minari
Minari is engulfed with plentiful moments of childlike wonder and wholesome nostalgia all over
IFFR 2021 - Quo Vadis, Aida?
Emotionally charged, Quo Vadis, Aida? holds the horrors of humanitarian crises, infused with a gut-wrenching message on looking out for the most vulnerable
Prisoners of the Ghostland
Prisoner of the Ghostland feels like a minor work from the Japanese filmmaker
CERTIFIED COPY: Kiarostami’s “Mona Francesca”
In his latest essay, Martin Velev attempts to rationalize the notions of originality found in Abbas Kiarostami’s Certified Copy.