That Summer Review: Illuminating New Areas of Grey Gardens
Cobbled from footage of a pre-Grey Gardens attempt to tell the tale of Big Edie and Little Edie, this documentary offers scintillating new footage of […]
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A Preview of the 2018 Chicago Critics Film Festival
The Chicago Film Critics Association’s 6th annual film festival (May 4-10) features some of the year’s best films that might otherwise fly under your radar. […]
Disobedience Review: A Mesmerizing Tale of Religion and Forbidden Love
Sebastian Lelio’s sensitive, multifaceted adaptation of Naomi Alderman’s novel is a beautiful exploration of the restrictive nature of traditional communities, anchored by a trio of […]
Candy Jar Review: Human Connection Is The Forbidden Fruit
Netflix’s latest coming-of-age indie comedy mixes a charming cast with an impassioned debate over adolescent ambitions and how to learn from failure. We all know […]
Downrange Review: Shudder’s Roadside Sniper Thriller Misses the Mark
The latest from Japanese horror schlockmeister Ryuhei Kitamura (Midnight Meat Train) makes a tedious mess out of its stripped-down, gory premise. On a lonely stretch […]
The Endless Review: Chilling, Thought-Provoking Cult Horror On a Budget
Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson’s otherworldly microbudget thriller combines cult dynamics and Lovecraftian horror to deliver something remarkably new. (Editor’s note: For more of our […]
The Endless: Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead on Lovecraft, Worldbuilding and the Thrills of Indie Filmmaking
photography credit: Sela Sheloni Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead discuss the high-concept suspense of their microbudget indie thriller The Endless, its connections to previous films, […]
You Were Never Really Here Review: A Masterwork of Brutal Grindhouse Poetry
Lynne Ramsay follows We Need to Talk About Kevin with another masterwork on the cyclical traumas of violence, sporting a poetically grotesque performance from a […]
Safe (1995) w/Twin Cinema
This week, Theo Estes of our spinoff web series Twin Cinema (subscribe to our Youtube channel for new episodes every other week) joins us to […]
Primer (2004) w/Consequence of Sound
This week, Consequence of Sound: Film editor Dominick Suzanne-Mayer joins us to break down the mind-bending time travel microbudget indie Primer! Directed by auteur Shane Carruth […]