Bird Box loses thrills through plot holes
I'm all for mystery in horror movies that taps into the primal fears of the audience. However, with glaring gaps in logic and sketchily...
Fantastic Planet still stands as a unique vision of profound science...
The science fiction film genre offers so much potential. It's too bad that it's so easy to screw up (see this recent review). But...
An in-depth look at Pink Floyd’s ‘the Wall’ Immersion box set
I first heard Pink Floyd's 1979 double album the Wall sometime in 1984, as a 12-year-old boy. A neighbor at my apartment building loaned...
‘Moonrise Kingdom’: a different kind of Wes Anderson film
Moonrise Kingdom is not your typical Wes Anderson film. As a long-time fan, I have always thought his films existed in some hyper-real dimension of...
How Stanley Kubrick broke the rules of Classical Hollywood cinema and...
From the Internet to followers in my hometown Miami, I have long been asked to share my MA thesis that capped off my studies...
The Untamed confronts primal desires through sci-fi/horror tentacle sex fable —...
Despite its surreal science-fiction horror sensibilities, there’s no denying what Mexican director Amat Escalante and co-screenwriter Gibrán Portela have brewed up with The Untamed...
Film Review: ‘Blue Is the Warmest Color’ and the pain of...
There is a lot of noise surrounding this year’s Palme d'Or-crowned Blue is the Warmest Color. As it finally hits theaters in the U.S., it...
Though beautiful to look at, ‘House of Pleasures’ presents dark picture...
Often depicted as a supplemental aspect used to illuminate a larger story in Hollywood movies, or, worse, as a joke, prostitution rarely receives a...
'Young & Beautiful' explores women's sexuality with a nuanced touch
Of all the filmmakers across the globe, the French always seem to deliver the deepest ruminations on human relationships through intimate corporeal exchanges. One...
50 of the best non-grunge alternative ’90s rock albums
The '90s is often associated with grunge music. Sometimes it even overshadows its overarching umbrella genre, "alternative rock." This was a time when this...