Maria – Film Review
Chilean director Pablo Lorraín is back with the third and final part of his “Important Women” trilogy. Following 2016’s Jackie and 2021’s Spencer, Maria follows the final week in the life of famed opera singer Maria Callas. Callas (Angelina Jolie) gradually succumbing to an advanced…
The Apprentice Review
DISCLAIMER: References to SA. The US is in an awful state right now. As of writing a number of climate disaster have left many without basic resources. Statewide abortion bans are forcing literal children and victims of SA to carry the offspring of their attackers….
King Frankie – Review
The gentle waves in Dollymount Strand reveal a man is seen floating atop the water, powerless and accepting of the tide. This is the opening of Dermot Malone’s new feature King Frankie. Peter Coonan plays former tech entrepreneur turned humble taxi driver Frankie as he…
Sing, Sing – Review
Traspecos director Greg Kweadar’s new film Sing Sing asks an important question to its audience: can atonement be gained through art? Based on the real-life experiences of prison author John “Divine G” Whitfield the film deals with the Theatre troupe he helped establish in New…
Hundreds of Beavers Review – Drunken Salesman Meets Beavers
When I was coming out of the theater, I overheard another patron say, “It’s pure brain rot. And I love it.” And honestly, I’d say that’s a pretty appropriate description of Hundreds of Beavers. The movie Hundreds of Beavers follows a drunken apple cider salesman…
Longlegs – Review
I’ve stated recently that there is always going to be a market for horror in film. It’s a sadistic pastime that a lot of people enjoy and a state of mind most people don’t experience in their day to day: simulated terror. Most of us…
Sting – Movie Review
The landscape of American horror is in a weird state these days. The most inflated of the popular genres consistently since its inception, its marketplace is now flooded by straight to stream chancers hoping for a quick buck off the basis of a its AI…
Back to Black – Movie Review
Music biopics are a fickle business in the film world. Our parasocial relationship with celebrities has led us to dramatize even the minutest moments of someone’s life for the sake of a profit margin. It’s a duel between truth or fiction, real and fake, that…
