‘Infinity Pool’ could put viewers in over heads
Infinity Pool, the new nightmare vision from Possessor writer/director Brandon Cronenberg, finds itself at the intersection of two thematic landscapes...
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Familial bond missing from new thriller
A spiritual sequel, of sorts, to 2018’s Searching, the new thriller Missing stars Storm Reid as June Allen, a bright but troubled teen who has butted...
Narcissism at center of indie film
Playing at Cinema Center this weekend, the indie dramedy When You Finish Saving the World stars Stranger Things’ Finn Wolfhard as Ziggy Katz, a high...
Better writing could help dull doll thriller
Dolls are creepy. Between the lifeless porcelain-eyed gaze and the unnatural permanent smile, it’s no surprise that filmmakers have gotten plenty of...
Counting down top movies of 2022
Audiences slowly, but surely, began venturing back out to theaters worldwide in 2022, giving the movie industry a much needed bounce back after the...
Whodunit sequel exceeds predecessor
After delivering a modern whodunit classic with Knives Out a few years ago, writer/director Rian Johnson captures lightning in a bottle again with...
Acclaimed director swings, misses
After winning Academy awards for Best Director back-to-back years for Birdman and The Revenant, Alejandro González Iñárritu had doors open to him in...
‘Pinocchio’ gets del Toro treatment
There have been numerous cinematic adaptations of Carlo Collodi’s children’s book The Adventures of Pinocchio over the years, so perhaps it was inevitable...
Spielberg turns camera on himself
On a 1999 episode of his revered series Inside the Actors Studio, James Lipton asked Steven Spielberg about a connection that he saw between Spielberg’s...
Dark comedy serves just deserts
Comedian Patton Oswalt has a hilarious bit titled “Great Food Is Cooked By Psychos,” in which he equates his past love for out-there authors and musicians...