Why James Cameron Deserves a New Medium

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Why James Cameron Deserves a New Medium

Avatar: The Way of Water was quite a long film. Clocking in at 3 hours and 12 minutes, James Cameron tells a phenomenal story and tells the audience to plan their bathroom breaks carefully. There are even rumors that the…

Rian Johnson’s ‘Knives Out’ Sequel Is Another Twisty Delight [TIFF]

Rian Johnson’s “Glass Onion” kicks off with a giddily entertaining opening: It’s May 2020, the early days of covid, and several old friends receive, one after the other, a box. It comes from their friend Miles Braun, the eccentric tech…

First Man Is Damien Chazelle’s Quieter Career Left-Turn

In the last decade, Damien Chazelle has developed into one of the premiere filmmakers of his generation producing large-scale epics like his newest film Babylon, but also venturing into quieter territory with his film First Man. Chazelle started out with…

Plot, Cast, Release Date, and Everything Else We Know

The science fiction genre has gained significant critical acclaim in the last decade. From the imaginative storytelling in Annihilation, the innovative costume and set design in The Matrix, and the sociocultural commentary in Snowpiercer, the science fiction genre offers a…

Viola Davis Leads Fierce Action-Drama [TIFF]

When fans complain about the inclusion of women of color in action franchises, they often fall back on the same talking points: it’s not about sexism, it’s just that filmmakers should create different, original movies for Black and Brown actors. Gina Prince Bythewood has…

The Whale Is Darren Aronofsky’s Worst Film About Self-Destruction

Editor's Note: The following contains The Whale spoilers. To say that Darren Aronofsky’s films “aren’t for the faint of heart” isn’t an understatement, but perhaps it casts his intentions in a poor light. Aronofsky is certainly not a filmmaker like…

The Simpsons and the Genius of John Swartzwelder

If you’re a fan of The Simpsons, then you’re familiar with the diehards referring to the first eight-to-10 seasons (some will say through season 12 or 13) of the show as its long past “golden era.” There are many reasons…

Novelty Acts & Cult Heroes Take The Spotlight

The secret to “Weird Al” Yankovic’s estimable powers is that he’s flagrantly, proudly, irresistibly uncool. He plays the accordion, one of the few instruments that no musician in human history has ever gotten laid for mastering, and he uses it…

The Way of Water’s Box Office Is Big, But Is It Big Enough?

A billion-dollar question that will need more than a billion dollars to be answered. Concerns around the success of the much-awaited Avatar sequel Way of Water have been making rounds for quite a long time now. And these concerns are…

How the That ’90s Show Trailer Takes Fans Back to Point Place

Hello, Wisconsin! Netflix blessed us with the first extended trailer for That '90s Show this holiday season. For anyone looking to recapture their love of the original series, this trailer did not disappoint. Picking up in the summer of 1995,…

Andrew Dominik’s Fictionalized Biopic Of Marilyn Monroe Is A Relentless, Brutal Statement On Celebrity [Venice]

No film at the Venice Film Festival not called “Don’t Worry Darling” has attracted such morbid fascination as Andrew Dominik’s Marilyn Monroe not-a-biopic, “Blonde.” Turns out that “morbid” qualifier is soft, to say the least: to call “Blonde” relentless would…

Wintry Western Movies to Watch Before Winter Ends

Typically associated with expansive desert vistas and sun-drenched ghost towns, the Western genre is oftentimes placed within a restrictive category of summer-tinged spaces where personal roaming and political conquest seem never-ending. Although films like The Hateful Eight present the West…

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