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(10/29/19 10:59pm)
I’ve seen Midsommar four times since its release this July. Three times in theaters and once on Amazon Prime. I love the movie—it’s bright, violent, and exhilarating in ways that horror rarely is. I’d even call it my favorite movie of this year. Midsommar is distributed by A24, an entertainment company that’s become well known this decade for its wild, stylish lineup of distributed independent films and devoted fans who’ll pay for a movie ticket (or three) without even watching a trailer, just because of their faith in the studio’s quality.
(10/11/19 10:55pm)
Last week, Netflix hit off their “Netflix and Chills” series with a flawed, but entertaining thriller: In the Shadow of the Moon. This week, Netflix’s grasp on “chills” continues to tighten with its release of In the Tall Grass.
(10/01/19 1:28am)
It may not even be October yet, but Netflix already has Halloween on its mind. Recently, Netflix teased a handful of new thriller originals that are being released every Friday throughout the next month. They’re a part of Netflix’s advertisement for a new genre titled “Netflix and Chills”: a name based on the long–dead euphemism. Netflix is now fully targeting thriller and horror audiences, hoping to lure in both younger and older watchers by offering up originals to be watched alongside beloved classics. In the Shadow of the Moon is the first of the new “Netflix and Chills” originals to be added to the genre. Next Friday, we get In the Tall Grass.
(09/25/19 3:38am)
How many slices of pizza can you eat in a two hour sitting? I can eat 10, if you count walking slowly in between different pizza spots on campus as a sitting, and two bites as a slice.
(04/22/19 4:51am)
Elle Fanning stares into the camera, fresh–faced and doe–eyed. Neon light floods the background. Fanning is the center of attention in both Teen Spirit (2019) and The Neon Demon (2016)—audiences of both are treated to pensive, close–up shots of her unmoving face that are similar in execution, but shockingly different in vision. When compared, Teen Spirit and The Neon Demon can be described in the same way: similar but different, and tied together by a gorgeous performance from Fanning.
(04/22/19 11:38pm)
Among Netflix’s newest additions this April is A Land Imagined: the Singaporean, neo–noir winner of the 71st Locarno Film Festival’s Golden Leopard. Sounds niche—but neo–noir might be more familiar than you think.
(04/22/19 12:21am)
Anime has been granted its boom in the West. Shows and movies that might've only been found on Cartoon Network in the early 2000s, and only watched by nerdy kids, have weaved their way into mainstream culture—in lyric references, on Kim K’s Instagram, and even at the Oscars. What’s all the talk about? And why do so many rappers rap about going “Super Saiyan?”
(04/15/19 11:15pm)
Stone–faced killer, religious workaholic, and a man of great stature: Michael Shannon is drama’s most understated villain. He’s known for his roles as Strickland in The Shape of Water, General Zod in Man of Steel, and Nelson Van Alden in Boardwalk Empire—three antagonists, drastically different in character and story, but all played with the same nuanced intensity.
(04/01/19 11:46pm)
Bildungsroman: a novel that focuses on a protagonist’s growth from youth to adulthood. Translated to film, the core of the bildungsroman is a coming–of–age story chronicling the life–long trials we face in identifying who we are.
(03/29/19 1:23am)
For college students, high school is mostly out of sight and out of mind. Present day situations call for present day attention, and that usually means putting aside irrelevant memories and experiences from years past. But they’re still there—and On My Block captures both the good and the bad that comes from looking back on what we all experienced.
(03/27/19 2:51am)
I skip meals sometimes. Eating doesn’t excite me, even though I used to relish meals as the highlights of my day. I remember breaking up the monotony of school–homework–sleep with mouthfuls of sweet and/or savory goodness. I miss looking forward to meals. I miss snacking.
(03/19/19 4:58am)
Nine years after aliens first land on Earth, all governments have been taken over by spiky alien “legislators” (as they call themselves), and all human life is under constant surveillance in the form of neck–implanted, trackable bugs. Captive State, released March 15, follows several main characters in one long, highly confusing espionage plot. Rebelling against the alien takeover are Rafe Drummond (Jonathan Majors) and a gaggle of nameless faces, and supporting the aliens is William Mulligan (John Goodman). Caught in between is Rafe’s brother, Gabriel (Ashton Sanders).
(03/17/19 8:56pm)
2019 is the year to acknowledge the existence of video–game–to–live–action movies: Pokémon: Detective Pikachu is slated for release on May 10, and Sonic the Hedgehog for Nov. 8. Regardless of their future successes or failures, these two movies have the hefty task of bringing nostalgic, beloved worlds and characters to life.
(02/28/19 2:00pm)
Survival movies: you get it. Man vs. wild, life vs. death. Setting? Somewhere excessively cold/wet/hot. Arctic is a survival movie with all the typical elements, but the execution of it all pushes it beyond the rest.
(02/18/19 2:00pm)
Adapting a film from an already–established bank of source material can be either a blessing or a curse. In Alita: Battle Angel’s case, it’s the latter. Alita tells the story of Alita (Rosa Salazar), a warrior cyborg found nearly demolished in a scrapyard and brought back to life by Dr. Ido (Christoph Waltz). As Alita explores her new home in Iron City, she searches for answers to her forgotten past and falls in love with Hugo (Keean Johnson), a human boy.
(02/12/19 2:34am)
Sweet, tender, and adorable: Mirai is a slice–of–life/fantasy tear–jerker (if you’re feeling emotional) that might make you remember being a kid again.
(02/12/19 1:14am)
In Ex Machina, Caleb Smith falls in love with Ava, a humanoid robot with artificial intelligence (AI). In Her, Theodore Twombly falls in love with Samantha, a self–named operating system with AI. In Blade Runner 2049, K is in a domestic relationship with Joi, a projected hologram of Ana de Armas… with AI.
(02/05/19 5:07am)
Following Outlaw King, Roma, and Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, Netflix keeps its output of original productions rolling in 2019 with Velvet Buzzsaw, a satirical thriller–turned–comedy following several art world big–shots who begin commercializing a dead man’s artwork. When business begins picking up, supernatural tragedy befalls everyone who’s been involved with profiting off the dead artist, Vetril Dease.
(02/04/19 4:03am)
In possession of a 1.1-billion-yen budget, a massive bank of source material, and a story steeped in destruction, brotherhood, and power, Akira (1988) was set up to succeed.
(01/28/19 2:00pm)
On the night of January 18, 2019, I took SEPTA up to the Philadelphia Mausoleum of Contemporary Art (PhilaMOCA) and watched a heartfelt documentary about an old man and his undying need to create. Never–Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki follows the co–founder of Studio Ghibli as he struggles with the idleness of post–retirement life and, later, his decision to pick up a new project, Boro the Caterpillar.