Be a Man
The Art of Self-Defense by Brandon Thomas “Name?” “Casey Davies.” “That’s a very feminine sounding name.” This humiliating exchange happens between Casey (Jesse Eisenberg) and Sensei (Alessandro Nivola) as Casey…read more →
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Turtles, All the Way Down
Sword of Trust by Cat McAlpine On a hot summer day Cynthia (Jillian Bell) and Mary (Michaela Watkins) walk into an Alabama pawn shop with a sword to sell. Shop…read more →
Fright Club: Body Fluids in Horror Movies
Viscosity! That’s the name of the game today, and it’s a messy, messy game to play. Today we slip and slide through the sloppiest movies we could find as we…read more →
No Treble
The Quiet One by George Wolf Even as a child, Bill Perks felt the need to be a pack rat., saving and categorizing mementos from throughout his life. Usually, the…read more →
Her Story
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché by Hope Madden Do you know Alice Guy-Blaché? Documentarian Pamela B. Green thinks you should. She is clearly right. Guy-Blaché’s groundbreaking career…read more →
Gatorcane
Crawl by George Wolf Just when you thought it was safe to explore your Florida crawlspaces during a Category 5, here comes Crawl to remind us that while Sharknadoes put…read more →
Glasgow Skyline
Wild Rose by Matt Weiner “Three chords and the truth” is the driving spirit that runs throughout Wild Rose. It’s the reason aspiring country singer Rose-Lynn Harlan (Jessie Buckley) doesn’t…read more →
Woman’s Woman
Darlin’ by Hope Madden In 2011, filmmaker Lucky McKee unleashed the subversive, feminist horror jewel The Woman to a lot of boos at Sundance. It’s tough viewing, no doubt—the screener…read more →
Dearly Beloved
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am by Hope Madden Before Toni Morrison was old enough to understand the F-word her mother had her washing off the sidewalk, she understood the…read more →
Art for Art’s Sake
Pasolini by Brandon Thomas Abel Ferrera, the filmmaker behind Ms. 45, The Driller Killer, and Bad Lieutenant, was maybe too perfect of a choice to depict the final 24 hours…read more →