Pre-Screening Stance: A fly-on-the-wall documentary about strays in Turkey? I am at once grinning from ear-to-ear and also cringing because I’m already worried about these cute puppies getting enough to eat. Post-Screening Ramble: There’s a...
Pre-Screening Stance: Disney Animation Studios does not instill hope into my animation loving heart. The trailer for Raya And The Last Dragon makes it seem like it might have some fun Indiana Jones-style adventure mixed...
Pre-Screening Stance: I am mildly obsessed with the world of Hasidic Jews in New York City and I’m always game for a new horror flick. Thus, consider me cautiously excited. Post-Screening Ramble: The last year...
Pre-Screening Stance: It doesn’t matter how many time-loop movies I consume, I’m always at least willing to give another one a chance. This one is, well, it’s a teen time-loop movie. A time-loop flick, but...
Pre-Screening Stance: It’s an A24 movie with some serious hype around it. I’m in. Post-Screening Ramble: I watched Minari a few nights ago and haven’t been able to shake it since. It’s not a complicated...
Pre-Screening Stance: Robin Wright is giving directing a swing? I’m totally there. Post-Screening Ramble: First time directors often make the mistake of turning every level up to 11, as if this initial performance be their...
Pre-Screening Stance: It’s France’s 2021 entry for the Oscars. I imagine it will be a solid film with strong, naturalistic performances that focuses on life’s simpler triumphs and tribulations. Post-Screening Ramble: There’s a moment probably...
Pre-Screening Stance: There is something, how you might say, off about the trailer for this new Owen Wilson, Salma Hayek vehicle. It looks like an episode of Black Mirror but with a clear bend towards...
Pre-Screening Stance: You know not every IFC Midnight film entirely floats my boat, but when they hit, they hit hard. And when they don’t, they’re still mostly enjoyable. So, seeing as I know almost nothing...
Pre-Screening Stance: Denzel Washington is, even after years of iffy choices, still probably my favorite movie star. Rami Malek continues to be the best part of shitty movies. So yeah, even if Warner Brothers dumped...
