Tilt
The Card Counter by Hope Madden The damaged man seeking redemption — it may be the most cinematic concept, or certainly among the most frequently conjured by filmmakers. When Paul…read more →
Willem Dafoe
Beyond the Sea
The Lighthouse by Hope Madden and George Wolf It’s easy to fall into the trap of believing that there are no new ideas in modern film, that everything coming out…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 →
The Dunce and Future King
Aquaman by Matt Weiner A movie that brings together Willem Dafoe, Nicole Kidman, Julie Andrews and Dolph Lundgren is inevitably going to have a lot going on. That’s certainly the…read more →
Stage Mother
Vox Lux by Hope Madden and George Wolf No doubt you’re hip to the talent of Natalie Portman. But if you only know Brady Corbet as an actor (Funny Games, Melancholia,…read more →
Real and Spectacular
Mountain by George Wolf “How big a screen ya got?” That’s what you need to be asking for Mountain, a nature documentary that puts the breathtake in breathtaking. Director and…read more →
Tragic Kingdom
The Florida Project by Hope Madden Full of the raucous rhythm of an unsupervised childhood, The Florida Project finds power in details and tells an unadorned but potent story. Co-writer/director…read more →
Fright Club: Horror’s Best Weirdos
Horror loves it some weirdos – and so do we! Be honest, Carrie would not have done nearly so much damage had she fit in somehow, right? Oh, Carrie –…read more →
Best Draculas Countdown
There is a new Dracula movie, which begs the question: Do we need a new Dracula movie? No. There’s nothing new to say, and with so many worthy options already…read more →
Nympho, and Proud of It!
Nymphomaniac: Vol. II by George Wolf When we left Joe’s life story at the close of Lars von Trier’s Nymphomaniac: Vol. I, she had finally married Jerome (Shia LeBeouf),…read more →