Based the last portion of the novel by Emily Danforth, The Miseducation of Cameron Post, up-and-coming director Desiree Akhavan tells the story of gay teen Cameron (Chloë Grace Moretz) as she’s sent to a Christian conversion center by her orthodox family in the 90s. The dreamy, warmly lit visuals of Cam’s fantasies and memories contrast the starker, […]
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom is the fifth film in the Jurassic Park franchise and the third in the new continuity. Celebrated Spanish director J. A. Bayona makes his Hollywood debut with this entry in the sci-fi series. Set three years after the events of Jurassic World the dinosaurs face extinction once again due to the volcano on Isla Nublar is about to […]
In honor of the 75th anniversary of Operation Chastise, the daring mission in which the Royal Air Force successfully breached the supposedly impenetrable Ruhr river dams of Germany, the 1955 British classic The Dam Busters is getting a special new home release. Directed by the late, great Michael Anderson (Logan’s Run, Around the World in […]
What is surprising about the film from Australian writer/director Leigh Whannell is that it is a low budget film that was filmed in Australia, but it has received relatively little press attention in the land down under. Upgrade was picked up by Blumhouse Tilt productions (Split, Get Out) after being screened at the South by Southwest […]
Breakheart Pass is 1975 murder mystery western directed by Tom Gries and starring Charles Bronson, based on the Alistair MacLean novel of the same name. Despite a strong cast and an intriguing premise, it never really takes off. John Deakin (Bronson) is wanted fugitive who gets caught in a small town and put on an […]
Bo Burnham’s not-quite coming-of-age drama is a triumph of the modern age, and an absolute must see. It’s a film for a demographic usually invisible on screen – not a 16-year-old sexual awakening high school film, but a 13-year-old middle school film which treats the challenges kids of that age face with the utmost respect. […]
Starring Aubrey Plaza, writer-director Jim Hoskins’ second feature An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn is exactly as weird as it seems. Plaza plays the dissatisfied LuLu, fired from her coffee-shop job by her manager/husband Shane Danger (Emile Hirsch), inspired to go on an adventure when she sees an old flame in an advert on TV for […]
Jennifer Fox’s harrowing autobiographical film is by no means an easy watch, but it’s an essential one. The film tells the true story of writer-director Jennifer Fox, played by the brilliant Laura Dern, whose mother discovers a story she had written as a child detailing a disturbing relationship between herself and her running coach. A […]
‘Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.’ – Mark Twain In the early part of the 1900’s, the phrase ‘Life begins at 40’ was popularized by psychologist Walter Pitkin and solidified in the minds of a generation with the Will Rogers film of […]
Solo: A Star Wars Story is the newest addition to the ever-growing Star Wars franchise, directed by Ron Howard and starring Alden Ehrenreich, Emilia Clarke, Woody Harrelson, Donald Glover, and Paul Bettany. Young Han (Ehrenreich) and his girlfriend Qi’ra (Clarke) are in the process of escaping a slave planet, and circumstances change when Han leaves […]
