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Film, TV & Music • Forming the Future • Est. 2014

Review: John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein’s ‘Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves’

By Kevin Fox, Jr. on March 22, 2023

Review: Kevin Abrams’ ‘I Got a Monster’

By Joey Keogh on March 21, 2023

Collecting Movies with Mike Flanagan

By Greg Carlson on March 20, 2023

Review: Chad Stahelski’s ‘John Wick: Chapter 4’

By Kevin Fox, Jr. on March 15, 2023

Review: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett’s ‘Scream VI’

By Joey Keogh on March 15, 2023

Collecting Movies with ‘JessZilla’ Filmmaker Emily Sheskin

By Greg Carlson on March 13, 2023

The Inside Is Now the Outside: Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s ‘Cure’

By Leslie Hatton on May 22, 2018

“Memory and identity are inextricably linked.”

On Familiar Ground: Paul Schrader and the Death Impulse

By Michael J. Casey on May 21, 2018 • ( 1 Comment )

Michael J. Casey on Paul Schrader’s thematic links in ‘Taxi Driver,’ ‘Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters’ and ‘First Reformed’

Vague Visages Writers’ Room: Weekend Vibes 5.18.18

By Vague Visages on May 18, 2018

Weekend Vibes is a Friday column about streaming recommendations, new release hype and entertainment events. 

Cannes Film Festival Review: David Robert Mitchell’s ‘Under the Silver Lake’

By Ella Kemp on May 18, 2018 • ( 4 Comments )

“It’ll take more than a surface-level appreciation of ‘Under the Silver Lake’ to grasp what lies beneath real threats, instinctive desire and a swilling indebtment to the world that has shaped who we are.”

Photo Essay by Andy Witchger: Haim at St. Paul’s Palace Theatre

By Andy Witchger on May 17, 2018 • ( 2 Comments )

“Haim’s May 14 set, the penultimate stop on the U.S. leg of their ‘Sister, Sister, Sister’ tour, was the perfect showcase for the group’s achievements.”

Review: Coralie Fargeat’s ‘Revenge’

By Joey Keogh on May 17, 2018

“‘Revenge’ is not quietly revolutionary. It makes its message quite clear. Loud, brash, neon-colored and shot like a music video, the flick is unabashedly cool.”

Cannes Film Festival Review: Asghar Farhadi’s ‘Everybody Knows’

By Mo Muzammal on May 17, 2018 • ( 1 Comment )

“Though it’s not one of Farhadi’s best films, ‘Everybody Knows’ is still an effective, impactful thriller.”

Cannes Film Festival Review: Panos Cosmatos’ ‘Mandy’

By Ella Kemp on May 17, 2018 • ( 3 Comments )

“It’s unconventional and provocative, but with such a powerfully invigorating narration and clear passion between the lines, ‘Mandy’ feels like an explosive liberation.”

‘Bullitt’ at 50: On Peter Yates’ Mastery of Visual Storytelling

By Peter Bell on May 16, 2018

“Yates delivers the message that our chosen professions and work environments define who we really are. One cannot successfully live a dual existence. Love requires the joining of oneself to another person as well as that person’s job.”

An Interview with ‘California Dreams’ Director Mike Ott

By Yoana Pavlova on May 16, 2018

Yoana Pavlova Interviews Filmmaker Mike Ott

New York Indian Film Festival Review: Hansal Mehta’s ‘Omerta’

By Bedatri Datta Choudhury on May 14, 2018

“What could’ve been an intense peeking into the mind of a terrorist ends up being a somewhat naive, clinical recording of his wrongdoings.”

Walking Contradiction: The Double Life of Cisco Pike

By D.M. Palmer on May 14, 2018

“‘Cisco Pike’ is a meditation on failure at all levels; defeat was in the air and no stratum of society was exempt.”

An Indictment of the Responsible Adult: Ruben Östlund’s ‘The Square’

By Stefen Strysky on May 14, 2018 • ( 2 Comments )

“This isn’t simple hypocrisy. It’s a reversal of expected roles. Children in ‘The Square’ are equated with a moral courage that has been stripped from the film’s adults.”

Cannes Film Festival Review: Wanuri Kahiu’s ‘Rafiki’

By Manuela Lazic on May 11, 2018

“Without being didactic or simplistic, Kahiu shows the widely different ways in which the people around the girls react to their affection to suggest that, although not all Kenyans are homophobic today, lives are still ruined by a pervasive intolerance.”

Vague Visages Writers’ Room: Weekend Vibes 5.11.18

By Vague Visages on May 11, 2018

Weekend Vibes is a Friday column about streaming recommendations, new release hype and entertainment events. 

Disobedience Movie Essay - 2017 Sebastián Lelio Film

The Journey of Evolution and Liberation in ‘Disobedience’

By Ciara Pitts on May 11, 2018

“Through its moving journey of evolution, truth and desire, ‘Disobedience’ displays that liberation makes life richer, and that it’s necessary to feel truly alive.”

Cannes Film Festival Review: Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra’s ‘Birds of Passage’

By Manuela Lazic on May 10, 2018 • ( 1 Comment )

“Guerra and Gallego may not have reproduced the surreal images from ‘Embrace of the Serpent,’ but their determination to preserve the history of those who capitalism has destroyed remains as strong and necessary as ever.”

New York Indian Film Festival Review: Miransha Naik’s ‘Juze’

By Bedatri Datta Choudhury on May 10, 2018

“‘Juze’ tells the story of an India we don’t often see in films, but an India that hurts, suffers and yet revolts and thrives.”

New York Indian Film Festival Review: Bornila Chatterjee’s ‘The Hungry’

By Bedatri Datta Choudhury on May 9, 2018

“For a play that is so much about macho-ness and the male code of honor, it is refreshing to watch Chatterjee give it a somewhat feminist tweak.”

Vague Visages Is FilmStruck: Stefen Styrsky on John Huston’s ‘Reflections in a Golden Eye’

By Stefen Strysky on May 8, 2018

“Lending the story a rarefied patina is the cinematography.”

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