HOUNDS OF LOVE: Queasily Effective, Genre-Defying Horror
[Published at Film Inquiry] Brace yourselves, for Hounds of Love is the most terrifying torture porn film since the genre’s...
LOGAN NOIR: Superior In Black & White
[Published at Film Inquiry] What began as a marketing technique evolved into a feature length black and white 20th Century...
THE DINNER: Coogan Delivers A Performance For The Ages
[Published at Film Inquiry] Filmmaker Oren Moverman is no stranger to intense subject matters. He has consistently proven that he can handle difficult...
TABLE 19: An All-Star Cast, Breezy Laughs
[Published at Film Inquiry] Among the talents that emerged out of the mumblecore genre of the early 2000s, Mark and Jay...
THE BEFORE TRILOGY: The Criterion Collection Of A Collective Masterpiece
[Published at Film Inquiry] The Criterion Collection, known for redistributing historically and culturally significant films worth preserving, released Richard Linklater’s The Before Trilogy on...
SMALL CRIMES: An Uneven Script Dulls This Double-Edged Sword Revenge Yarn
[Published at Film Inquiry] Online streaming platforms like Amazon and Netflix are taking over the entertainment industry, providing the widest...
WIN IT ALL: Jake Johnson Gives A Career-Making Performance In This Mumblecore Crime Dramedy
[Originally published on FilmInquiry.com] Netflix’s latest original film, Win It All, marks Joe Swanberg and Jake Johnson’s third professional collaboration as director and actor,...
Making a Cinephile: ‘Win It All’ Finally Provides Jake Johnson With a Role Worthy of His Talent
Netflix’s latest original film, ‘Win It All,” was written and directed by Joe Swanberg (“Drinking Buddies”), one of the founders...
SFIFF Review: ‘Infinity Baby’ Is a Hilarious and Absurdist Allegory Grounded by Pressing Sociopolitical Issues
Poster for Bob Byington’s INFINITY BABY, playing at the 60th San Francisco International Film Festival, April 5 – 19, 2017...
Film Review: ‘Donnie Darko’ Remains a Thought-Provoking and Satirical Masterpiece the Third Time Around
[Published at Awards Circuit] Richard Kelly’s first film, “Donnie Darko” (2001), is among cinema’s more impressive debuts. Though the then...