Category Archives: Reviews

We are close to the end of Uncut Gems. Howard Ratner (Adam Sandler) has convinced basketball player Kevin Garnett to purchase a sacred black opal that Howard himself acquired from Ethiopia. This gem will not only settle Howard’s never-ending debts, … Continue reading →

“That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” –Neil Armstrong History has been defined by the scope of our scientific achievements–and the advances we have made in space exploration are no exception. First Man (2018) maintains … Continue reading →

Gemide (On Board) is a Turkish film made by Serdar Akar in 1998. Following four rather repulsive men who, on their break from transporting goods on a large freighter ship, take a night off in Istanbul and, after a brawl, … Continue reading →

When I saw the Spanish science fiction satire The Platform (El Hoyo, Gaztelu-Urrutia, 2019) at the Toronto International Film Festival last September, my expectations were joyfully subverted. I had expected it to be a preachy film with shallow social commentary. … Continue reading →

In 2013, Disney’s Frozen economically eclipsed all previous Disney Princess films. For those who are new visitors to Arendelle, Frozen is the tale of Elsa the Snow Queen who is gifted with an affinity for ice. After she is cast … Continue reading →

Warning: Review contains full spoilers for Avengers: Endgame and Spider-Man: Far from Home. After reviewing Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse (Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman, 2018) late last year, I was convinced I couldn’t enjoy another Spider-Man film as … Continue reading →

My Man Godfrey (1936) Criterion Blu-ray Review from Liza Palmer Contributors: Nic Connole, Julia Desmond, Andrew Doss, Candyce Edwards, Trey Gurley, Sherita Jackson, Jessica Kernan, Joshua Puckett, Anna Standridge, Tylen Watts, Anya Ekaterina, and Andrew Steven Williford.

Blade Runner (1982) serves as one of the pillars of a dystopian future and science fiction cinema that was popular in the 1980s. Now in the 2010s, the 80s have made a resurgent comeback in the form of remakes like … Continue reading →

Western cinema, and by extension much of Western culture, has had a complicated relationship with colonialism. From the pro-British propaganda of Gunga Din to the “cowboys vs. Indians” subgenre that Stagecoach (1939) occupies, European and American representation of the very … Continue reading →

Canoa opens in 1968 with the sound of a typewriter, as a journalist sits late at night in his office, typing up a live report he receives over the phone. The report reads “five students were lynched tonight by the … Continue reading →