Grief Takes Audaciously Bizarro Shape In Greek Weird Wave Horror Oddity [Tribeca]

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Grief Takes Audaciously Bizarro Shape In Greek Weird Wave Horror Oddity [Tribeca]

Inspired in part by 1970s experimental filmmaker Nikos Nikolaidis and jumpstarted in earnest in 2009 by Yorgos Lanthimos with “Dogtooth,” and perhaps to a lesser extent Panos H. Koutras’ “A Woman’s Way,” the so-called Greek Weird Wave movement quickly spread…

Tiger Stripes Featured, Reviews Film Threat

No matter the culture, the coming-of-age story has a special resonance. We’re inundated with them here in the West, but seeing new perspectives helps us see beyond our limited horizons. This is the case with Tiger Stripes, a Malaysian drama…

Mind Body Spirit Featured, Reviews Film Threat

NOW ON VOD! First, take a breath deep into your lungs. Then, exhale… while curled up in a ball, screaming while watching Mind Body Spirit, written and directed by Alex Henes and Matthew Merenda. This excellent yoga horror offering opens…

Ride or Die Featured, Reviews Film Threat

Throughout Bad Boys: Ride or Die, written by Chris Bremner and Will Beall and directed by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, I kept asking myself, can we get back to the part where things explode? Its two leads, Martin…

‘The Acolyte’ Episode 3 Recap

Editor's Note: The below recap contains spoilers for The Acolyte Episode 3. The Big Picture Episode 3 delves into Mae and Osha's tragic past on Brendok, setting the stage for future developments. The Acolyte introduces intriguing new lore about non-Jedi…

Who Is Michael Jang? Featured, Reviews Film Threat

COMING TO PBS! Who Is Michael Jang? is a fun documentary directed by Michael Jacobs in which the answer to the titular question keeps getting better and better. The film is set in San Francisco at the height of the…

Black Silk Featured, Reviews Film Threat

A young boy spends a weekend with his father for an adventure that will shape the man he is to become in Patrick Michael’s short film, Black Silk. Twelve-year-old Quinton (Jay Amir) is about to spend the weekend with his…

‘The Boys’ Season 4 Review

The Big Picture Firecracker and Sister Sage shake up the Seven effectively in The Boys Season 4, adding depth to that storyline. Each of the Boys' individual journeys in the show's fourth season allows for character development and growth. The…

The Donn Of Tiki Featured, Reviews Film Threat

Co-writers/co-directors Alex Lamb and Max Well, with screenwriter Tim Glazner, take a deep dive into the “founding father” of tiki culture in The Donn Of Tiki. Ernest Raymond Gantt was born in 1907; that much is known for sure. But…

‘Eephus’ Review – A Laidback Ode to Third Spaces and Stolen Bases

The Big Picture Eephus celebrates third spaces through a ragtag baseball team's final game. The film's cinematography, diverse characters, and immersive worldbuilding stand out. The experience is never light on jokes, even as many of them happen in the background…

Tuesday Review | Flickreel

There have been numerous interpretations of Death, although Tuesday may contain the most unexpected. If you told someone that a bird was the incarnation of Death, they’d likely envision a raven or crow. In Tuesday, Death is a red parrot…

Martin Scorsese Offers An Intimate Tour Through The Radical Romanticism Of Powell & Pressburger Cinema [Tribeca]

True cinephilia lives outside the confines of your front door, way past the boundaries of your home and native language. So, for all the talk of Martin Scorsese as a preeminent master of American cinema, it’s always been heartening to…

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