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Horny Cinema Returns with ‘I Want Your Sex’
Gregg Araki’s ‘I Want Your Sex’ makes movies horny again with a stylish erotic comedy thriller about a dominant contemporary artist (Olivia Wilde) and the aspiring submissive (Cooper Hoffman) who becomes her sexual muse.
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Buddy is a Delightfully Deranged Horror Comedy
A lovable children’s TV show character becomes increasingly unhinged in the new horror comedy Buddy from Too Many Cooks director Casper Kelly.
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Quick Movie Catch-Up: Featured Favorites
From Mollywood to the biggest of Hollywood, from a single apartment to mythological worlds, from dialogue-driven to stylish action, here are a few movies you shouldn’t miss.
Featured Reviews
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Venkatesh Maha’s Drama Meets Satyadev’s Magic in ‘Rao Bahadur’
Director Venkatesh Maha’s ‘Rao Bahadur’ creatively explores themes of oppressive patriarchal legacy through magical realism and a stellar performance from Satyadev Kancharana.
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Big Screen ‘Backrooms’ An Unsettling But Uneven Debut for Kane Parsons
Kane Parsons becomes the latest (and youngest) in the YouTuber-to-horror-filmmaker pipeline with the A24 adaptation of his Backrooms liminal space series.
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Curry Barker’s ‘Obsession’ a Humorous and Harrowing Horror Story
YouTuber-turned-filmmaker Curry Barker’s Obsession is like Get Out for “nice guys”, blending funny, disturbing, and highly entertaining horror with surprisingly impactful themes.
Latest Reviews
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My Chemical Romance emerges from the coffin as The Fabulous Killjoys
The music video for “Na Na Na”, the first single from the upcoming My Chemical Romance album Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, marks a welcome departure from the gloom and doom of The Black Parade with bright colors, a fun low-budget attitude and a new narrative style.
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New My Chemical Romance video: Na Na Na
My Chemical Romance – New Music – More Music Videos
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Amexica exposes harsh realities of human trafficking through impressive performances
Amexica, from writer/director Ron Krauss, was hands down the best short film I screened at the 2010 Arizona Underground Film Festival–and in no way is this a slight to the other films there. Amexica was simply just that good.
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ABC Death a shocking short
ABC Death is an animated short from director/writer Brett Walker. The film is about a man named Allen who, while taking a stroll through the city, hears someone eerily singing the ABC’s. Allen tries to figure out where the voice is coming from. His attempts fail.
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Diego Ibarrola shows promise with Kink ‘N’ Kill
Kink ‘N’ Kill is a short film from director Diego Ibarrola and was written by Ibarrola along with Brendon Reed and Jason Reed. The short film is about a sick, twisted news reporter that has some extremely kinky fetishes.
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Zach Galifianakis hits dramedy tone in It’s Kind of a Funny Story
Films that deal with mental illness often take one of two paths: they go for light hearted comedy, joking about inappropriate outbursts or hallucinations, or they take the tragic route and focus on the ways mental illness can destroy families or shatter the lives of its victims. It’s Kind of a Funny Story combines these…
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The Social Network breaks from tradition of nerds in cinema
From Anthony Michael Hall in Sixteen Candles to McLovin, Hollywood loves nerds. Typically, nerds in movies are portrayed as people who have been wrongly rejected by their school society, but are really great human beings underneath their acne, glasses and knowledge of all things Star Trek. The Social Network is different in that billionaire nerd…
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Let Me In far exceeds expectations
When people heard director Matt Reeves was remaking Let The Right One In, the popular vampire movie from Sweden, there was an immediate uproar. People were afraid it would be Americanized and dumbed down. I was skeptical as well. Based on the previous work of Reeves, I felt Let Me In would definitely be a…
