Author: Noah Sanders

Movie Breakdown: Mortal (Noah)

Pre-Screening Stance: Well on one side, Andre Ovredal is a fantastic director of scary, scary things. On the other, Nat Wolff is one of those actors that steps into the frame and I shake my...

Movie Breakdown: His House (Noah)

Pre-Screening Stance: It’s pretty simple: I love horror movies and I love horror movies from around the globe. His House is, spoiler alert, a horror movie from England that focuses on two refugees from South...

Movie Breakdown: Madre (Noah)

Pre-Screening Stance: The trailer for Madre makes it look like a particularly sad and beautiful film that has the potential to dip its toes into the creepier deep end. The long shots of the beach...

Movie Breakdown: Come Play (Noah)

Pre-Screening Stance: Come Play looks a little like The Babadook but instead of a children’s book, there’s the looming evil of technology. It also looks pretty dumb. Post-Screening Ramble: A few weeks after watching Come...

Movie Breakdown: Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (Noah)

Pre-Screening Stance: I was of a certain age (mid-20s) and a certain demographic (collegiate dude) when the original Borat stormed into American movie theaters. It is not an underestimation to say that I was mildly...

Movie Breakdown: Time (Noah)

Pre-Screening Stance: I’ve been both watching a lot of documentaries lately (seeing actual people actually interacting helps sooth my troubled soul) and in the same breath, complaining about the generic form so many documentaries seem...

Movie Breakdown: Welcome To The Blumhouse (Noah)

Pre-Screening Stance: It’s Halloween Month! Meaning: horror, horror, horror and more horror. So, four frightening flicks from the reigning champs of big budget horror, Blumhouse, sounds like a delight. Post-Screening Ramble: I going to chalk...

Movie Breakdown: Bloody Hell (Noah)

Pre-Screening Stance: The trailers for this film promise grim, pitch-black comedy and the sort of flashy visual editing I haven’t seen since Tony Scott’s Domino. I’m all about visual gusto and though more times than...

Movie Breakdown: Vampires VS The Bronx (Noah)

Pre-Screening Stance: You know, it’s been quiet times for screeners in the old Sanders household, so when Netflix dropped a press release for something called Vampires VS The Bronx I was, if not intrigued, desperate...

Movie Breakdown: Kajillionaire (Noah)

Pre-Screening Stance: There have only been two Miranda July-directed films – The Future and You, Me And Everyone We Know. I thought You, Me And Everyone We Know was adorable, if incomplete, and The Future...