‘The Substance’ – This Year’s Body Horror Experience Bound for Classic Status
Being perhaps a candidate for film of the year, ‘The Substance’ (2024) is a recently released body horror film starring Demi Moore and is the second film of Coralie Fargeat. Like other entries in the genre, the film has a good deal of shock value and unnerving...
Sean Baker’s ‘Anora’ Deserves its Cannes Palme d’Or and So Much More
Cannes Film Festival movies have a problem: When they’re at the festival, generally, the marketing and hype around them feels very stuffy. I got the chance to go to Cannes this past May, and had the absolute time of my life seeing tons of movies, new and old. While...
‘Saturday Night’: Does the Biographical Drama Do SNL Justice?
In ‘Saturday Night’ (2024), we follow the chaotic and exhilarating 90 minutes leading up to the debut episode of what is now known as ‘Saturday Night Live’ (SNL) on October 11, 1975—a night that would forever change American television and comedy scene. The film...
‘Whiplash’: Ten Years Later, Damien Chazelle’s Drumming Classic is Still Just as Effective
The decade of the 2010s had a lot of great cinema to offer with exciting superhero team ups, advancements in visual effects, revivals of classic franchises, and many new exciting directors coming into the limelight. One of the most promising young talents to succeed...
