Monday

20-10-2025 Vol 19

Day: July 2, 2025

A Dispatch From the Bentonville Film Festival

Eleven years ago, Bentonville, Arkansas didn’t even have a theatre, so it was a surprising offer when founding sponsor Walmart…

Short Films in Focus: Q&A with “Living Reality” Director Philip Thompson

Philip Thompson’s “Living Reality” takes viewers on a strange journey through a terrible TV sitcom, where characters recite lines that…

The Unloved, Part 138: Rebel Moon

As with Michael Bay, I was waiting (if not patiently) for the day Zack Snyder produced something I found essential,…

Videoheaven Review: Alex Ross Perry’s Whirlwind Tour Through the Golden Age of the Video Store

In Videoheaven, Blockbuster––to take after Thom Andersen––plays itself. Now deep in a pop-cultural-scholarship phase inaugurated by his last feature Pavements,…