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

Making ‘The Killing’: An Auteur and His Writer

By Joseph B. Atkins on March 24, 2023

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

Review: Olivier Assayas’ ‘Clouds of Sils Maria’

By Josh Slater-Williams on May 1, 2015 • ( 2 Comments )

“An Olivier Assayas film in which an artist reflects on their own creative past in a new light — there must be something in the air at Sils Maria.”

Review: Thomas Vinterberg’s ‘Far from the Madding Crowd’

By Josh Slater-Williams on April 28, 2015 • ( 2 Comments )

“Far from the Madding Crowd is a uniquely intimate adaptation in its focus on accumulating small moments and emotions to provide spark to its characters.”

Recap: Game of Thrones ‘High Sparrow’

By Justine Peres Smith on April 28, 2015

“Unlike fairy tales where the prince and princess get married and live ‘happily ever after,’ for many (particularly women), a Game of Thrones union marks the beginning of tragedy.”

New German Cinema: Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s ‘The American Soldier’

By Jordan Brooks on April 23, 2015

“A surrealist bookend to his unofficial gangster trilogy, The American Soldier finds R.W. Fassbinder not only at peace with his version of cinematic grace but more cynically-minded than ever.”

New German Cinema: Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s ‘Gods of the Plague’

By Jordan Brooks on April 22, 2015

“A complex study of character and mood, Gods of the Plague relies heavily on subtly-crafted and detached scenes to amass larger thematic ideas of isolation, jealousy and love.”

New German Cinema: Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s ‘Love is Colder Than Death’

By Jordan Brooks on April 22, 2015

“Basking in drawn-out pauses and uninterrupted tracking shots, Fassbinder strives to make his audience feel a profound discomfort and delights in presenting an errant challenge to his viewers’ integrity.”

Review: Alex Garland’s ‘Ex Machina’

By Jordan Brooks on April 20, 2015 • ( 1 Comment )

“A commanding first directorial effort from Alex Garland, Ex Machina is the product of a perfectly-tuned collaborative endeavor, much like the mind of its artificial centerpiece.”

Recap: Game of Thrones ‘The House of Black and White’

By Justine Peres Smith on April 20, 2015

“The House of Black and White contains natural beauty and rich compositions that rival the best of cinema.”

Channeling Chekhov and Cassavetes: Chris Messina’s ‘Alex of Venice’

By Q.V. Hough on April 18, 2015 • ( 1 Comment )

“From the fluid cinematography of Doug Emmett to Mary Elizabeth Winstead’s obvious transition into an undeniable star, the directorial debut of Chris Messina, Alex of Venice, contains a natural honesty that simply feels right.”

Review: Daniel Espinosa’s ‘Child 44’

By Jordan Brooks on April 17, 2015

“A Kafka-esque condemnation of Stalin’s government ham-handedly plopped into a John le Carré spy thriller, Child 44 is ambiguous cinematic fluff.”

The Act of Clicking: Levan Gabriadze’s ‘Unfriended’

By Q.V. Hough on April 17, 2015

“Unfriended intelligently explores the act of clicking and how those split-second decisions can change everything.”

A Hero of Our Time: Mad Men ‘The Forecast’ (Precap)

By Q.V. Hough on April 17, 2015

“The end is coming for both Mad Men and its anti-hero, and I wouldn’t be surprised if Don’s final breath comes during a heroic moment.”

Review: Noah Baumbach’s ‘While We’re Young’

By Jordan Brooks on April 15, 2015

“A plethora of likable characters and tidy wrap-ups diminish the artistic potential of While We’re Young, as Baumbach doesn’t compromise the film’s abilities as a general crowdpleaser.”

Review: Don Hertzfeldt’s ‘World of Tomorrow’

By Jordan Brooks on April 15, 2015 • ( 1 Comment )

“A deeply impactful film (regardless of length or medium), Hertzfeldt’s World of Tomorrow has a penetrating gift for resplendent empathy — solidifying itself as a shining star of 2015, and one of the finest films of the decade.”

Recap: Game of Thrones ‘The Wars to Come’

By Justine Peres Smith on April 13, 2015

“The beginning of ‘The Wars to Come’ sets the tone for an episode that interlocks present and past while discarding hopeful ideals of a peaceful future.”

VOD Review: Ryan Gosling’s ‘Lost River’

By Jordan Brooks on April 10, 2015

“Like a pilfered, Fabergé egg, Ryan Gosling’s freshman effort, Lost River, is a sight to behold but completely hollow beneath its bejeweled veneer.”

The Riot Club Movie Review - 2014 Lone Scherfig Film

VOD Review: Lone Scherfig’s ‘The Riot Club’

By Jordan Brooks on April 10, 2015 • ( 1 Comment )

“A somewhat uneven protest of English nobility and a denouncement of nepotic privilege, The Riot Club’s message is a redundant one: unchecked, inherited wealth leads to problems.”

Bug Movie Essay - 2006 William Friedkin Film

Case for Criterion: William Friedkin’s ‘Bug’

By Kyle Turner on April 10, 2015 • ( 1 Comment )

“‘Bug’ closes in on you in a curiously suffocating way. It’s disorienting in the best way possible.”

Let the Right One In Movie Essay - 2008 Tomas Alfredson Film

Case for Criterion: Tomas Alfredson’s ‘Let the Right One In’

By Kyle Turner on April 9, 2015 • ( 1 Comment )

“The horror reads as a treatise against a dominant culture that upholds rather old-fashioned ideas of gender…”

But I'm a Cheerleader Movie Essay - 1999 Jamie Babbit Film

Case for Criterion: Jamie Babbit’s ‘But I’m a Cheerleader’

By Kyle Turner on April 8, 2015

“Babbit recognizes that the characters in question have a difficult choice to make: to subscribe to a dominant culture and survive or to ‘be themselves’ and ostensibly be shunned.”

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