My love for Stephen King and all his works began not with any of the iconic film adaptations, but rather with the thrilling, disturbing novel Misery.
Read MoreTruly great directors should not be afraid to fail, and we should support artists even when they do so.
Read MoreMy digital footprint contains no shortage of articles, essays, and rants about my second favorite movie of all time, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me.
Read MoreSometimes there is no salve as healing as an uncontrollable, guttural fit of sobbing.
Read MoreThe joy in discovering a new classic, a hidden gem that when it gets a wide release, will become the movie everybody’s been talking about, is a delicious, nearly indescribable high.
Read MoreI find that the haunted house is merely an empty setting, waiting to be filled with dastardly, dreadful horrors any specific imagination conjures up.
Read MoreI yearn constantly for theaters like the Brattle and the Coolidge Corner Theater to release their up
Read MoreIf there is a cure for loneliness, for being wrought with boredom and distressed in monotony, it can likely be found at the movies.
Read MoreThere’s merit in film as meditative art just as there is merit in film as entertainment.
Read MoreThis film is just so spectacular, so over-the-top, so ridiculous and hilarious that it begs to be seen on the big screen — or for me, on any screen, as often as possible.
Read MoreAnd if you disagree, I don’t care — that’s why it’s The Karenna Oscars.
Read MoreLike Ocean’s Eleven for the doomed generation, How To Blow Up A Pipeline is a thrilling heist film hinging on the urgency of the crime.
Read MoreI’ve always, consciously or not, searched for Asian American women in media, people who looked like me. Multiple recent films have celebrated Asian-American and immigrant culture so beautifully that I will never forget how special it is that I get to exist at the same time as them.
Read MoreUnlike other films that invoke fear of our unknowable futures, Her examines a persisting loneliness, one that can’t be cured by new technology. Innovative, fascinating technologies don’t squander or dispel our humanity.
Read MoreAs a college student, I’ve had my fair share of dreary late nights caught walking around the city, mostly because there is some sort of incredible power and self-assurance in knowing that I can.
Read MoreOh, the concert film. Swaths of fans, tight intimacy, winks to the camera, audience sing-alongs, and everything in between.
Read MoreThough the popularity of Parasite has increased demand for watching more international films in America, our U.S.-centric watching habits still largely inhibit our ability to watch and learn from so many beautiful international films.
Read MoreTogether, agents Murtaugh and Riggs find their magnetic chemistry and humorously dangerous banter to create a fantastic partnership – and an even better friendship.
Read MoreIn a world marred by destruction and peril, we must persist, we must trust ourselves and our dreams, and live as colorfully as possible.
Read MoreOut of two recently released, IFF (Independent Film Festival) Fall Focus-screened new releases set in Massachusetts, Eileen is definitely not the feel-good one.
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