2019

PLAYING WITH FIRE: Hardly Fun Enough To Stay In Your Seat
PLAYING WITH FIRE: Hardly Fun Enough To Stay In Your Seat

There is not anything inherently wrong about Playing with Fire, you won’t be happy with the time you’ve spent in the theater.

THE IRISHMAN: An Exercise In Master Filmmaking
THE IRISHMAN: An Exercise In Master Filmmaking

There are shades of the director’s previous work, but The Irishman is like an amalgamation after decades behind the lens.

BIKRAM: YOGI, GURU, PREDATOR: Hot Yoga Doc Makes Your Blood Run Cold
BIKRAM: YOGI, GURU, PREDATOR: Hot Yoga Doc Makes Your Blood Run Cold

Oscar-winning producer Eva Orner crafts a portrait of manipulation that’s both engrossing and gross, a narrative more pertinent than ever in the era of the #MeToo and Time’s Up movements.

1917: War Epic Blends Seamless Technical Work & Painful Emotion
1917: War Epic Blends Seamless Technical Work & Painful Emotion

1917 is a vision of uninterrupted chaos, equipped with a unique blend of personal pathos and visual bravado.

SO LONG, MY SON: At Three Hours, it Really is
SO LONG, MY SON: At Three Hours, It Really Is

There are plenty of reasons to recommend Wang Xiaoshuai’s So Long, My Son, but the greatness is infuriatingly just out of grasp.

ANYA: An Ambitious Yet Low-Key Indie Sci-Fi
ANYA: An Ambitious Yet Low-Key Indie Sci-Fi

Anya does its best to provoke you into forming an opinion about the importance of conserving insular cultures through complex, nuanced filmmaking.

SCAD Savannah Film Festival: Late Night Screenings Round Up
SCAD Savannah Film Festival: Late Night Screenings Round Up

Amanda Mazzillo rounds up the late night films with reviews of The Lodge, In Fabric, The King and Parasite from SCAD Savannah Film Festival.

THE PLAGIARISTS: An Enticing, Hard-Edged Meditation On Art
THE PLAGIARISTS: An Enticing, Hard-Edged Meditation On Art

The Plagiarists is peculiar, fairly self-reflexive, and laced with grueling yet equally as rewarding ambiguity that comes from the artists’ seat.

A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD: A Movie For All of Humanity
A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD: A Movie For All Of Humanity

In a world that seems more divisive and hopeless everyday, A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood is a beautiful film that anyone and everyone could and should see.

BETTER DAYS: A Brutally Candid Chinese Drama About Bullying
BETTER DAYS: A Brutally Candid Chinese Drama About Bullying

Better Days is a mostly earnest drama that plods through bullying, academic stress, murder and tragedy, retaining a fittingly bleak and dolorous tone.

LOOKING FOR ALASKA: An Almost Perfect Adaptation of a Fan Favorite
LOOKING FOR ALASKA Season 1: An Almost Perfect Adaptation Of A Fan Favorite

While it does suffer from a few hiccups along the way, it finds its strength in its source material and its characters, cast and crew.

KNIVES OUT: Rian Johnson's Suspenseful Lampoon of the 1%
KNIVES OUT: Rian Johnson’s Suspenseful Lampoon Of The 1%

For all its faults, Knives Out is a brisk and often engaging film that will provide audiences a moderately enjoyable ride.

QUEEN & SLIM: Two People Come Into Focus
QUEEN & SLIM: Two People Come Into Focus

Violence dehumanizes in many ways. It can do so overtly, presenting you with situations that…

Animal Among Us: The Real Monster Was Boredom All Along
ANIMAL AMONG US: The Real Monster Was Boredom All Along

Generic in all the worst ways, Animal Among Us is poorly executed, feeling like a throwback to the worst of mid 2000’s horror.

THE GALLOWS ACT II: A Complete Utter Nightmare
THE GALLOWS ACT II: A Complete Utter Nightmare

The Gallows Act II is full of bad jump scares, laughable dialogue and is never very scary. Kevin Lee reviews.