Street Trash (2024) Review
Released in 1987, J. Michael Muro’s Street Trash has become a beloved body horror among genre fans. One of the...
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Spirited Away: A good first anime?
In my opinion, people have two "first" animes. The first is the anime you watch without realizing it’s anime—those shows...
Comandante (The Commander) Review
Opening a film with a Point of View shot is a bold and intriguing choice. It signals the director’s intent...
Solo Leveling – ReAwakening Review
Recap films are one of the few phenomena I feel are exclusive to anime. The idea of watching a condensed...
All We Imagine Is Light Review
Cities can leave us in contrasting spaces, we are the collective who use their waking hours to service it, and...
2024 International Documentary Festival Amsterdam: About a Hero Review
“A computer will not make a film as good as mine in 4,500 years.” This provocative claim from Werner Herzog,...
Memories of a Burning Body Review
Antonella Sundasassi Furniss’ docudrama Memories of a Burning Body explores female sexuality during a repressive era in Costa Rica. The...
Seven Samurai 4K Review (2024)
What else is there to say about a movie like Seven Samurai? Inarguably one of the greatest and most influential...
Your Name (2016) Review
This film needs no introduction. Even those who aren’t anime fans have heard of Makoto Shinkai’s Your Name. It stands...
Lu Over the Wall (2017) Review
Looking back, Science Saru was, for a long time, the studio known for producing Masaaki Yuasa’s films and shows. It’s...
Emilia Perez Review
The story of the all-powerful leader of a Mexican drugs cartel who desperately wants gender reassignment surgery, the lawyer who...
Look Back Review
Looking back on the past and wishing things had played out differently is something I believe we all engage in....
The Weekend Review
Before watching it as part of this year's London Film Festival, I did not know much about The Weekend. After...
Grand Tour Review
As the winner of the Best Director Award at Cannes, Grand Tour was easily one of my most anticipated films...