Barrera & Mescal Bring The Heat In Disjointed Reimagining
Benjamin Millepied makes his directorial debut with his screen adaptation of Bizet’s opera Carmen. The reimagining supplants the setting and time, strips the characters of their arcs, and selectively features segments of the opera's music sung by a French choir.…
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Dr. Teeth and Company Are Ready to Rock
You know how sometimes you'll be listening to a brand-new song for the first time, and you're just not sure about it at first? The intro is maybe a little slow and different from the band's usual sound. But then…
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Anxious Nation | Film Threat
I know I am not alone in thinking that adolescence was the toughest period of my life. What a mess those years can be! Strange emotions hit you from every angle, and the pressure to succeed is at its peak.…
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Much Darker and Somehow Better Than Ever
The mark of a great television show — a truly great one — is when it becomes difficult to remember a time before it even existed. Such is the case with Tony McNamara's The Great, which follows the "Almost Entirely…
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Helander’s Mighty Action Thriller Is Epic & Inspirational
Sisu is a Finnish word used to describe extraordinary bravery and resilience during extreme levels of adversity. With no true literal equivalent in English, who better to showcase its meaning on screen than Finnish director and screenwriter Jalmari Helander. In…
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Cake Soap | Film Threat
In some respects, I liked what co-writer/director/co-star Henderson Brathwaite was trying with Cake Soap. The ensemble cast is all of West Indian or Caribbean-American descent. But, unfortunately, low production values bring down the overall film. Bouchon (Brathwaite) and his friend, Lougarau…
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‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ Season 5 Episode 6 Review: Roasting the Future
With three episodes left in its final season, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel finally finds a way to make peace with the jarring flashforwards it has decided to employ to tie up all of its loose threads. The first five episodes…
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Freaks vs. the Reich | Film Threat
Finally, we get the superhero film we deserve. In Gabriele Mainetti’s aptly titled feature, Freaks vs. the Reich, a quartet of circus freaks takes on the Third Reich. It’s 1943 in Rome at the “Mezza Piotta Circus.” The big top’s finale…
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A Stirring & Patient Examination Of Friendship
In Paolo Cognetti's Le otto montagne, the narrator ruminates, "If the point at which you immerse yourself in the river is the present...then the past is the water that has flowed past you." The Eight Mountains, an adaptation of Cognetti's…
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Netflix’s Sumo Wrestling Series Ditches Subtlety for Silliness
The opening moments of the Netflix series Sanctuary, an often engaging though fleeting story of sumo wrestling, make it abundantly clear what the eight-episode season has in store. In a static shot of a wall that is almost tranquil, the…
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Movie Money Confidential | Film Threat
Movie Money Confidential has the potential to be an unofficial field guide for aspiring filmmakers everywhere. Chronicling the trials and tribulations of film production, this documentary takes a detailed look at the business of bringing new ideas to life. Directed and…
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The Last Stop | Film Threat
A father faces the disappearance of his wife and daughter in Joseph McGee’s thriller, The Last Stop. Jake (Martin Monasterski), Dawn (Kayla Kohla), and their daughter, Jasmine (Abigal Friend), are on a family road trip in the mountains. Just before heading…
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