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DIVINITY: A Time-Warped Body Horror Trip
DIVINITY: A Time-Warped Body Horror Trip

Divinity, written and directed by Eddie Alcazar, is a compelling sci-fi body horror, even though…

NYFF 2021: JANE BY CHARLOTTE, HARUHARA-SAN’S RECORDER, HESTER STREET
NYFF 2021: JANE BY CHARLOTTE, HARUHARA-SAN’S RECORDER, HESTER STREET

Our coverage of the 2021 New York Film Festival concludes with looks at Jane By Charlotte, Haruhara-San’s Recorder, and Hester Street.

Cinema Of The Dispossessed: Utopia In The Works Of Larissa Sansour
Cinema Of The Dispossessed: Utopia In The Works Of Larissa Sansour

“Where should we go after the last frontiers? Where should the birds fly after the…

WILD WILD COUNTRY: A True Story That Seems Stranger Than Fiction
WILD WILD COUNTRY: A True Story That Seems Stranger Than Fiction

Wild Wild Country is highly intriguing, captivating its audience from the very beginning, provoking sincere emotion and proving itself to be wild indeed.

Tomorrowland
TOMORROWLAND: A Cynical Film About Optimism

The central idea to Tomorrowland, Disney’s latest attempt to turn a theme park attraction into a blockbuster spectacle, is flawless. Instead of being pessimistic about the future, why don’t we adopt the same attitudes of previous generations and look at the future with a sense of optimism, awe and wonder? After all, today’s younger generations are being fed miserable visions of the future by pop culture, with every major summer tentpole movie of the past few years having villains who argue that the best way to save both the planet and humanity as a whole is to destroy it.