Amidst the absurdity, the Final Destination franchise contains a horrifying assertion.…
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Casablanca advocates for cherishing moments of emotional vulnerability—whatever our personal Paris may be—even going so far as to memorialize them, but recognizing when it is better to move on. …
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Advertisements Noah Baumbach’s career spans over twenty years; his filmography—we’ll be hearing a lot about that—includes a slew of interesting and diverse pieces, many quite different and unique from one another. But what has been most fascinating in my recent deep dive…
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Advertisements You’re driving away from the dormitory, signs for parties and beer are all over the frat houses. You hope they will do okay, but it is all out of your hands now. Or maybe you’re waiting patiently for them to be…
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Advertisements “No, you aren’t dreaming.” So says a train conductor early in Wim Wenders’ languid, existential meditation Wrong Move—the middle chapter of his Road Trilogy—an offhand comment meant to quell the confusion apparent on the face of Wilhelm Meister, an aspiring writer…
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The Conversation is not as well-known as Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather trilogy or Apocalypse Now, but it rivals them in allure.…
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Advertisements Crippled by a lifetime of overthinking, CK is a typical artist – forever worried about rejection, people’s perceptions and how things look. One day, he is challenged to leave his house, walk the busy streets, and ask sixty-one strangers for a…
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Celebrating Ingmar Bergman's 100th birthday by watching all of his major films throughout the summer. This is a continuous article that will be updated almost daily.…
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Advertisements On the 7th of June, documentary lovers descended on Sheffield’s city center for six days of films and fun in the sun. This year the festival opened itself up to the virtual reality boom and many other modern interpretations of storytelling.…
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Advertisements A decidedly less depressing melodrama feature from Makoto Shinkai, the famed director of Byōsoku Go Senchimētoru (5 Centimeters per Second, 2007) and Koto no ha no Niwa (The Garden of Words, 2013), Kimi no Na Wa. (Your Name., 2016) looks at…
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