Sitting down to watch Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan is like stepping into a carnival funhouse, where every distorted mirror reflects not just absurdity but also some deeply uncomfortable truths. It’s hilariously chaotic and brilliantly constructed, yet it leaves you with a lingering sense of unease. If laughter…
When the holiday season rolls around, it brings a particular craving for movies that feel like warm blankets on a frosty evening. You want something that sparkles like the lights on a Christmas tree, maybe with a pinch of romance, a dollop of humor, and a sprinkling of heartfelt lessons. Enter The Merry Gentlemen, a…
When it comes to holiday movies, there’s a well-trodden path most of them follow. You know the drill: snow-dusted towns, mismatched lovers, maybe a plucky kid learning the “true meaning of Christmas.” And yet, here comes Hot Frosty, barreling in with a premise so ridiculous it almost dares you to hit pause before the opening…
There’s something about the way certain films linger in the mind, not like a neatly tied gift, but like the scent of something half-forgotten, elusive yet deeply resonant. Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine as Light doesn’t tell you how to feel or what to think—it invites you to inhabit its world, unhurried and full of…
Christmas movies: a sacred genre built on warm fuzzies, timeless charm, and maybe, just maybe, a dash of magic. So when Red One rolls onto the scene with its loud, sugar-soaked action-comedy aesthetic, you know it’s going to be different. But is “different” good? For Red One, the answer is complicated. This Jake Kasdan-directed, star-powered…
Elton John’s life is a tapestry woven with flamboyant performances, staggering fame, personal heartaches, and eventual redemption. Never Too Late, a film biography co-directed by David Furnish (John’s husband and manager) and RJ Cutler, ventures into the intricate layers of this icon’s life. It feels grand, yet oddly restrained—like it wants to dive deep but…
Dawn Porter’s Never Too Much isn’t merely a stroll down memory lane of Luther Vandross’s career, nor is it just another documentary full of the usual facts and figures. Instead, it’s a heartfelt invitation to meet the man behind the music. For those of us who have a special place for Luther’s voice and vision,…
There’s something almost hauntingly tranquil about Youth (Homecoming). It’s not an easy movie, not something you watch in passing or put on for background noise. Wang Bing’s film—part of a larger trilogy that digs deeply into working-class life in modern China—is almost a meditation on what it means to live, to labor, and to be…
Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point is not your typical holiday flick. It’s one of those movies you stumble upon thinking, “Alright, let’s see what this has to offer,” and then realize you’re getting something entirely different—and better—than what you expected. Directed by Tyler Taormina, it takes everything you think you know about Christmas movies, flips…
Imagine watching a movie that feels like a half-remembered dream. You’ve seen versions of it before—the gritty setting, the desperate fight for survival, the eerie silence broken by the sounds of unseen dangers. Welcome to Elevation, a film that seems to settle comfortably into its genre without much ambition to transcend it. At a brisk…
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