by Kevin Allen | Aug 12, 2022
Masaaki Yuasa takes viewers on a spiritual and musical odyssey in the days of feudal Japan with his latest surreal anime. From the psychedelic headtrip that is Mind Game and the surreal night out had by Otome in The Night Is Short, Walk On Girl to the anime series...
by Kevin Allen | Jul 8, 2022
There’s a new face in the field of feature-length animation as Marcel the Shell with Shoes On makes his big screen debut. Stop-motion animation is a filmmaking method with more notable entries this year than others in recent memory, from visual effects artist Phil...
by Kevin Allen | Jul 1, 2022
Egos and philosophies clash during nine days of rehearsals in this twisted and thoughtful Hispanic satire of Hollywood. Whether it’s for the frenetic pace at which it moves or the eccentric celebrities that populate it, the film industry is always ripe for satire, and...
by Kevin Allen | Jun 23, 2022
Audiences have a creepy but crowd-pleasing character-driven story waiting for them when The Black Phone rings. For the first decade of his career, Scott Derrickson established himself as a directorial force to watch in the niche of genre feature filmmaking, first...
by Kevin Allen | Jun 13, 2022
This Buzz Lightyear spin-off is another standout entry in the Toy Story franchise From Soul and Luca to Turning Red, the immaculate work of Pixar Animation Studios has been sadly but understandably relegated to the streaming service Disney+ since the start of the...
