Reviews: Parthenope February 24, 2025 Final Rating: 3/5 Set primarily in director Paolo Sorrentino’s home city of Naples, A24’s Parthenope follows a girl from her birth in 1950 until… Continue Reading
Reviews: I’m Still Here February 10, 2025 Final Rating: 4/5 In 1996, Eunice Facciolla Paiva, a Brazilian lawyer and activist, was issued a death certificate for her husband, Rubens Paiva. Rubens,… Continue Reading
296: Anora’s Complete Brutalist January 28, 2025 We continue our yearly tradition of breaking down the Best Picture nominees and the odds they have to win each of their categories. On… Continue Reading
294: Best Films of the Decade So Far Part 2 January 14, 2025 The first half of the decade is now behind us, so let’s look back at the best films that came out from 2020-2024. We… Continue Reading
Reviews: Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point December 6, 2024 Final Rating: 3/5 There’s a dreamlike quality to Christmas Eve In Miller’s Point, the latest from director Tyler Thomas Taormina. Taormina invites the audience… Continue Reading
Guest Appearance: Classic Movies Live – Director Showdown – Round 1, Match 6 – Joanna Hogg vs. Jason Reitman November 20, 2024 It’s time for episode six of Director Showdown! In this series, we pit 64 of the biggest directors to debut since 1998 against each… Continue Reading
290: A24 Retrospective – The Souvenir November 19, 2024 We continue our series going through the entire catalog of A24’s films. On this episode we are looking at 2019 and 2021’s The Souvenir… Continue Reading
Reviews: 100 Yards November 12, 2024 Final Rating: 3.5/5 In 100 Yards, a series of duels between two rivals over control of a martial arts academy engulfs the city of… Continue Reading
Reviews: Juror #2 November 8, 2024 Final Rating: 4.5/5 In Juror #2, Nicholas Hoult plays Justin Kemp, a man called for jury duty in a trial surrounding the murder of… Continue Reading
Reviews: The Carpenter November 5, 2024 Final Rating: 2/5 From director Garrett Batty, The Carpenter tells the larger-than-life story of Oren (Kameron Krebs), a “Northman” in Ancient Palestine who becomes… Continue Reading
