Dark Waters is a horror film about corporate devilry
Joonatan Itkonen DARK WATERS, the new film by Todd Haynes, begins like a monster movie. A group of teenagers drives through a hot summer night towards a gated lake in a remote…
June 2020
The Last of Us: Part II proves time is a flat circle
★★★★ | Fewer of us
A JOURNEY TO THE PAST: THE WAYLANDERS FIRST LOOK
Releasing an unfinished game is always a risky proposition. Back in the olden days, developers would put short samples of their upcoming releases on demo discs, which showcased elements of…
EUROVISION SONG CONTEST: THE STORY OF FIRE SAGA
Helping or hurting The difference between laughing with or laughing at is small but significant, and it’s one of the biggest things that comedies, especially American ones, can’t seem to…
I'LL BE GONE IN THE DARK
I don’t like True Crime series or books. I think they’re exploitative and often downright cruel. They’re misery tourism designed to feed off on the pain of others to provide…
BEHOLD THE KICKMEN: ULTIMATE FOOTBALL EDITION
BEHOLD THE KICKMEN has one joke to tell, and it will keep telling it to you incessantly well past the point where diminishing returns have set in. It’s mechanics are…
THE OUTER WORLDS
Welcome to the future: where corporations own not just you, but entire colonies and planets as well. After making a splash (and getting on our Best of the Year list)…
WASP NETWORK
WASP NETWORK, directed by French filmmaker Olivier Assayas, is a jumbled mess of a film without direction, purpose, or momentum. It has the energy and drive of a Wikipedia page,…
VISIONS DU RÉEL 2020: HEIDI EN CHINE
This review is a part of our Visions Du Réel 2020 summer coverage. In 1946, Heidi’s father left her in Switzerland in the care of a foster family. Her mother…
Perry Mason Season 1
★★★★★ | Perry damn good PERRY MASON, the new show from Susan Downey and Robert Downey Jr., is set in 1930s Los Angeles, but could just as easily take place…