2010s

KILLING EVE (S3E3) "Meetings Have Biscuits": A Kiss To Remember
KILLING EVE (S3E3) “Meetings Have Biscuits”: A Kiss To Remember

The third episode of Killing Eve gives us a little hope that maybe there’s still some part of the show that can have a lot of fun despite its dark and bloody premise.

ANTRUM: THE DEADLIEST FILM EVER MADE: The Spirit Is Willing, But The Film Is Too Weak
ANTRUM: THE DEADLIEST FILM EVER MADE: The Spirit Is Willing, But The Film Is Too Weak

Antrum: The Deadliest Film Ever Made is an entertaining, but largely empty exercise in metanarrative and nostalgia.

YOUNG AHMED: A Complex Character Study

Carried by Idir Ben Addi’s brilliant performance, Young Ahmed is an intriguing character study of one young man’s fanaticism, though one is still left wanting something more.

KILLING EVE (S3E2) "Management Sucks": Grief, Clowns & Awkward Reunion
KILLING EVE (S3E2) “Management Sucks”: Grief, Clowns & Awkward Reunions

The season three premiere of Killing Eve last week was quite a letdown. Not only…

Queerly Ever After #24: STEAM ROOM STORIES: THE MOVIE! (2019)
Queerly Ever After #24: STEAM ROOM STORIES: THE MOVIE! (2019)

Steam Room Stories: The Movie! is good, dumb, fun. Sometimes, that’s just what you need.

WHAT WE LEFT UNFINISHED: Live Ammunition
WHAT WE LEFT UNFINISHED: Live Ammunition

While it might sound dense and only appealing to a niche demographic, Ghani’s immersive record is a curiosity that will satisfy any inquiring cinematic mind.

KILLING EVE (S3E1) "Slowly Slowly Catchy Monkey": A Little Edgeless And Lack Of Sass
KILLING EVE (S3E1) “Slowly Slowly Catchy Monkey”: Lacking Sass

Delightful as it is to see these familiar faces get back on our screen, Killing Eve’s third season opener was a bit formulaic and a little edgeless.

SELAH AND THE SPADES: Stone Cold Stylish
SELAH AND THE SPADES: Stone Cold Stylish

Selah and the Spades takes the traditional trappings of coming-of-age stories and views them through a filter of a calculated coldness.

BUTT BOY: A Pain In The Ass
BUTT BOY: A Pain In The Ass

Butt Boy premiered at Fantastic Fest, Austin’s other great film festival, where it was screened…

TOMBSTONE RASHOMON: Do Yourself A Favor, Just Watch Tombstone Or Rashomon
TOMBSTONE RASHOMON: Do Yourself A Favor, Just Watch Tombstone Or Rashomon

Whatever this monumental debacle was going for in the end, it failed majorly while managing to reference two far superior films in its title.

THE PLATFORM: A Meaningless Descent
THE PLATFORM: A Meaningless Descent

The Platform is intriguing enough to reel in viewers who aren’t there just for its depravity, but unfortunately it fumbles developing anything further.

TRIXIE MATTEL - MOVING PARTS: A Poignant Take On Ephemeral Fame
TRIXIE MATTEL – MOVING PARTS: A Poignant Take On Ephemeral Fame

Trixie Mattel: Moving Parts is a raw, at times agonising portrait of the contemporary reality show celebrity. Rafaela Sales Ross reviews.

LAST CALL: Answer The Call For This Suicide Drama

Gavin Michael Booth faultlessly achieves the split-screen/single-take technique, while also exploring the matter of suicide with unadorned honesty.

THE STAGGERING GIRL: Living In A Material World
THE STAGGERING GIRL: Living In A Material World

The objective of Luca Guadagnino’s experimental short The Staggering Girl is up for debate, which won’t be a problem for long-time admirers of the auteur’s style or share the same inherent love for high fashion.

Biological Uncertainty In UPSTREAM COLOR
Biological Uncertainty In UPSTREAM COLOR

If you let yourself think about all the unknowns in the world, it can bring on a strange, existential panic, one that Upstream Color captures in a beautifully unnerving way.