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Sundance Film Review: Handling the Undead
Handling the Undead is a well-crafted re-contextualization of a familiar monster that ruminates on how to mourn loss when it’s staring you in the face. … read more
Film Review: The Butterfly Queen
The Butterfly Queen is an endearing allegory about the difficulty of navigating your early adult years, particularly as a queer person. … read more
Pathfinder: Reclaiming the Native Narrative with Winding Path
The team behind Sundance film Winding Path strives to offer a counternarrative to Native stereotypes and reclaim the Wind River Reservation as a place for positive stories to be told. … read more
Film Review: The Color Purple
While this version of The Color Purple may be a satisfying experience for the most hardcore musical fans, it’s at best a mere footnote to the original’s legacy. … read more
Film Review: Poor Things
Poor Things is far and away the most unique film of the year, though whether it’s among the best is more debatable. … read more
The Top 11 Films of 2023
As the year comes to a close and we head toward 2024, Patrick Gibbs returns with his top 11 films of 2023. … read more
Film Review: Wonka
Wonka delivers enough goofy fun and pure imagination to earn a very enthusiastic recommendation. … read more
Film Review: The Boy and the Heron
With The Boy and the Heron, Hayao Miyazaki looks boldly and joyfully into that unknown and lets his audience know that it’s okay for us to go on ahead. … read more
Film Review: Leave the World Behind
Leave the World Behind is an engaging and unnerving thriller that moves briskly and is expertly acted, demonstrating Esmail’s skill as a filmmaker. … read more
Film Review: Saltburn
Saltburn is a technically impressive work demonstrating Fennell’s directorial talent and that she’s very much still a promising, young filmmaker. … read more