On February 22nd, 2026, while presenting an award for Best Special Visual Effects at the 79th BAFTAs, actors Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo’s presentation was quickly interrupted by the slur “n****r,” spoken by Scottish Tourette syndrome activist John Davidson…. Read More ›
The Good Shepherd follows a young, dedicated, and occasionally merciless fictional CIA agent named Edward Wilson (Matt Damon). Tracking his early years at Yale in the secret Skull and Bones society to the failed Bay of Pigs invasion, the film… Read More ›
Each award season brings frustration as a film that one loves (for any reason) doesn’t make it onto the short list — it gets snubbed. In a sea of talented performances, gifted crew, and dazzling creative leadership, there’s always going… Read More ›
Adapting a work properly requires a confluence of events. It’s more than just translating one media into another as you need someone who understands the context of the source, who gets what it means to be moved to a new… Read More ›
NOFX’s 40 Years of Fuckin’ Up is a loud, irreverent, and surprisingly heartfelt documentary celebrating four decades of chaos from one of punk rock’s most enduring bands, NOFX. For longtime fans, the film lands with a bittersweet edge. The band… Read More ›
Zombies are everywhere. They’re on your television set, in your movie theaters, in your comics, in your novels, in your video games, and, yes, even in Minecraft nerdcore tunes. Why? What’s the obsession with zombies and where did they come… Read More ›
Oscar-winning director Chloé Zhao (The Eternals; Nomadland; The Rider) is a singular voice in filmmaking. Her work focuses on a naturalistic approach, making her films’ environments characters in their own rights. Some viewers could find that as nothing more than… Read More ›
Ben-Hur remains one of the most magical and overwhelming moviegoing experiences ever created and its arrival on 4K Ultra HD only reinforces its reputation as one of the most important and influential films in cinema history. Watching it today, especially in… Read More ›
In this Meet me at the Movies/Screen Scene spotlight interview, Noel T. Manning II talks with Oscar nominee Wagner Moura about his acclaimed performance as Marcelo/Armando in The Secret Agent. Moura discusses the atmospheric impact of this 1970’s infused international… Read More ›
Director Richard Linklater (Nouvelle Vague) has been actively communicating with the past, meaning he has released two films within the past year that pay homage to the figures behind classic films and musicals. Alongside Nouvelle Vague, a film about the… Read More ›
Photosensitivity Warning: In one of the later segments of archival photos, they are stylized like old film footage with light blips and visible scratches which may prove triggering for photosensitive individuals. The evolution of the movie-watching experience is fairly straight-forward…. Read More ›
Hamnet, the new feature and novel adaptation from Oscar-winning filmmaker Chloé Zhao (Nomadland), is coming available on home video in both digital and physical formats. Starring Jessie Buckley (Women Talking) and Paul Mescal (Aftersun) as Agnes and William Shakespeare, respectively,… Read More ›
In the opening shot of Magellan (2025), an Indigenous Malaysian woman walks into a stream, filling a vessel. Suddenly, she spots a white man past the fourth wall of the proscenium and takes off running. She shouts through her village… Read More ›
It didn’t used to feel complicated to be Jewish before October 7th, 2023, and the Israeli-Gaza Conflict began. Having grown up in a Reform Jewish household, I believed in the existence of and even the right of a Jewish state… Read More ›
There is a ton of history behind Nosferatu and Dracula, from the 100-year-old classic and Bram Stoker to Robert Eggers, Robin Bextor’s new documentary focuses on everything from the legacy Nosferatu has created to the challenges the movie faced at… Read More ›
It is not impossible for a white, male director to tell great stories about identities they do not share. This year, PTA directed One Battle After Another (2025); two years ago, Scorsese delivered a masterpiece in Killers of the Flower… Read More ›
Director Richard Linklater’s films hold a deep personal connection to me. From the Before trilogy’s sense of love and yearning, to the mellow qualities of Dazed & Confused (1993) and Everybody Wants Some!! (2016), they show a serious directorial range…. Read More ›
The famed satirists at The Onion have joked their way into becoming a widely-read newspaper in just over a year of physical publication, to which, for disclosure, this author is a proud subscriber. They’ve also resurrected their video production team,… Read More ›
Writer/director Kleber Mendonça Filho (Bacurau) is back with The Secret Agent (O Agente Secreto) starring Wagner Moura (Civil War). A harrowing story of escape and refugee sanctuary, it feels more like a less comedic version of a serious take on… Read More ›
The Alto Knights features a dual performance from the legendary Robert De Niro (The Irishman) who portrays both of the main characters in a bold creative choice that might serve as a selling point for fans or as a distraction… Read More ›