A Heartwarming Look at High School Mariachi
While it may seem niche to those outside of Texas, high school mariachi competitions are quite prolific in the Lonestar State. The teams give students a creative outlet, as well as an opportunity to pursue scholarships in college music. One…
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A Hero For The Lower East Side
Home TV Reviews 'Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur' Review: A Super-Genius Hero Comes to the Lower East Side Marvel's new animated series brings with it lots of heart, catchy tunes, and an adorable fire-breathing T-Rex. Image via Disney+ With…
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Pregnancy Turns Into Supernatural Menace
Home Movie Reviews ‘Huesera: The Bone Woman’ Review: Mexican Body-Horror Turns Pregnancy Into a Supernatural Menace 'Huesera: The Bone Woman' cleverly approaches motherly woes through the lenses of horror, creating an uneasy experience that’s still illuminating. Image via XYZ Films…
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Shadowplay (Stinohra) | Film Threat
Directed by Peter Bebjak and written by Vendula Bradácová, Shadowplay (Stinohra) is a Czech-Slovak crime thriller with a despairing tone and gut-wrenching vision. While the concept, a craving for revenge, has been done time and time again, the filmmakers deconstruct the varying…
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A Spellbinding Journey of Black Womanhood
A memory, tinged with aching rawness, emerges in “All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt,” the feature debut by writer/director Raven Jackson. This memory briefly foretells the knotting stream of remembrances that roots our protagonist, Mack (played in these early childhood scenes by…
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Robbie Is Alluring In Chazelle’s Glitzy, Hollow Ode To Hollywood
Home Movie Reviews Babylon Review: Robbie Is Alluring In Chazelle's Glitzy, Hollow Ode To Hollywood It has a feverish energy that gets lost amid the reverie, and though it has a great cast, it takes too long to make a…
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An Uplifting, Predictable Story of a Father & Daughter
Home Movie Reviews 'Scrapper' Review: An Uplifting, If Predictable, Tale About a Grieving Father and Daughter | Sundance 2023 Charlotte Regan's debut film with Lola Campbell and Harris Dickinson in a family dramedy. Image via Sundance Quirky father-child pairings are…
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Little Wings | Film Threat
Little Wings is an independently produced short film and marks director Naveen Mu’s prolific entry into filmmaking. Set in the extremities of rural Tamil Nadu, the drama visualizes the consequences of role reversals in a conservative Indian household. While a large…
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Harrowing Doc of North Korean Defection
There’s a popular song in North Korea called “Nothing to Envy.” Lines include, “Who can ever break our strength? / We are not afraid of any storm or stress” and “Our home is the bosom of the Party / We…
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High Heat Review
Home Movie Reviews High Heat Review: Solid Action & A Good Cast Can’t Save This Film The cast is full of familiar faces, but even they can’t save High Heat. Though well-constructed, there isn’t anything special about the film. High…
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A Harrowing Documentary on the War in Ukraine
I will admit that I avoided watching 20 Days in Mariupol for much of my time at Sundance Film Festival. That wasn't a reflection on its quality as a documentary, on the contrary, I had every confidence that it would…
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Randall Park’s Debut Is Lackluster Tale of Identity
Ben Tanaka (Justin H. Min) is our negative, pretentious, hipster, movie-loving protagonist in Randall Park's feature debut Shortcomings. Based on Adrian Tomine's graphic novel of the same name, the film follows Ben's own struggle after he gets dumped by his…
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