‘My First Film’ Review – Zia Anger’s Daring “Directorial Debut” Is the Meta Movie to End All Meta Movies
What is it to make a movie? Often, we think of singular auteurs almost effortlessly spinning visions of astounding beauty from nothing but their imagination for us to reverentially take in while immersed in the darkness of a cinema. However,…
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Bleak Terminus Featured, Reviews Film Threat
All the drugs are going to be the least of your worries in this surreal slip into darkness in the strong indie mini-series Bleak Terminus, written and directed by Dan Bazan. It opens with a voice from a starry void…
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Sequel Pitfalls Can’t Keep Down Tim Burton’s Most Joyful Movie In Years
There's something magical about Beetlejuice. Revisiting it for the first time in years made me wonder why my sister and I had it in such regular rotation throughout our childhood – turns out, it was all us. My parents' opinions…
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Tim Burton Is Back & At His Best in Decades [Venice]
Tim Burton could have easily fallen into the trap of making yet another Hollywood “legacyquel” by reviving his 1988 breakout hit “Beetlejuice.” He’s not entirely immune from providing fan service in “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” a proclivity demonstrated as early on as…
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‘The Rings of Power’ Season 2 Review
When The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power first premiered almost two years ago, the prequel series from showrunners J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay, largely adapted from J.R.R. Tolkien's appendices for his Lord of the Rings novels, felt…
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Casey Affleck Loses His Mind In Reality-Warping Paranoia Space Thriller
All astronaut movies about losing your mind in the lonely, alienating depths of space essentially harken back, more or less, to Andrei Tarkovsky’s “Solaris” in 1972 (though yes, the novel and several others covered this ground, too). The premise, adopted…
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I don’t care if the world collapses Featured, Reviews Film Threat
From Egypt, Karim Shaaban’s short film I don’t care if the world collapses presents a no-win situation in which, no matter what decision is made, someone is getting hurt. Loubna is a highly sought-after line producer who gets up early…
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Stuck Featured, Reviews Film Threat
When tragedy strikes, we often face a choice: reach out for help or withdraw into ourselves. Dan Abramovici and Liam Gareau’s short film Stuck shows the consequences of withdrawal. Once a talented rock guitarist, Rai (Michael Pillarella) finds his world…
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‘Bad Monkey’ Episode 4 Recap
Editor's note: The below recap contains spoilers for Bad Monkey Episode 4. All our burning questions about the murder mystery in Apple TV+'s Bad Monkey have been unexpectedly answered before the season's midpoint. The end of Episode 3 left us…
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Antarctic Voyage Featured, Reviews Film Threat
I’ll be honest. It’s hard not to go through yet another mid-life crisis while watching filmmaker Kevin Schreck’s documentary, Antarctic Voyage, and not consider leaving life behind and living and studying life at the southernmost point in the world. Dr.…
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‘Paradise Is Burning’ Review – A Beautiful Coming-of-Age Drama Filled With Everyday Horrors
For children who face parental abandonment, a visit from Social Services is a mixed blessing. Certainly, children should be cared for, not forced to fend for themselves, and, in that regard, the system can be a blessing when it works…
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A Survival Thriller That Takes a Gnarly Bite out of Toxic Masculinity
The Big Picture Out Come the Wolves is an intense survival thriller that takes a predictable love triangle to brutal, bloody heights. Effective body horror provides a visceral viewing experience. The film delivers on its gory premise with practical effects,…
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