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Month: August 2025
August 30, 2025
After the Hunt, Entertainment, Festivals, Film, Luca Guadagnino, News, Reviews, TV show, Venice 2025
Venice Review: Luca Guadagnino’s After the Hunt Offers a Regressive, Unimaginative Take on Post-MeToo Era
“It’s a fucking minefield, Alma,” the Dean of Humanities at Yale warns Julia Roberts’ Dr. Imhoff. Barely a few days…
August 30, 2025
Entertainment, Festivals, Film, Ghost Elephants, News, Reviews, TV show, Venice 2025, Werner Herzog
Venice Review: Ghost Elephants is Werner Herzog’s Yearning, Materialized
What opens Werner Herzog’s Ghost Elephants, even before we hear the German filmmaker’s distinctive cadence, is the National Geographic logo.…
August 30, 2025
Critic's Pick, Entertainment, Festivals, Film, Jaume Claret Muxart, News, Reviews, Strange River, TV show, Venice 2025
Venice Review: Strange River Announces Jaume Claret Muxart as a Major Talent
Traveling in a foreign land can be disorienting. Established routines lose their meaning. Unfamiliar sights, sounds, smells may trigger old…
August 29, 2025
DVD/Blu-Ray, Entertainment, Film, News, TV show
Home Entertainment Guide: “Bring Her Back,” “The Phoenician Scheme,” “Vermiglio,” More
10 NEW TO NETFLIX “American Pie““Apollo 13““Clueless““Dazed and Confused““The Departed““Hostiles““Jurassic Park““On Swift Horses““The Texas Chainsaw Massacre““Wet Hot American Summer” 7…
August 29, 2025
Entertainment, Features, Film, News, TV show
How I Spent My Summer Vacation At The Drive-In
A couple of weeks ago, my wife Kerry and I embarked on a tour of just a few of the…
August 29, 2025
Bugonia, Entertainment, Festivals, Film, News, Reviews, TV show, Venice 2025, Yorgo Lanthimos
Venice Review: Yorgos Lanthimos’ Bugonia Honors Its Korean Predecessor with a Potent Mix of Comedy and Horror
After dabbling in dystopian fantasy (The Lobster) and period comedy (The Favourite), shocking us along the way with original creations…
August 29, 2025
Entertainment, Festivals, Film, Francis Ford Coppola, Megadoc, Mike Figgis, News, Reviews, TV show, Venice 2025
Venice Review: MEGADOC Takes Us Behind the Scenes of Francis Ford Coppola’s Legendary Big Swing
A risky filmmaking project with Francis Ford Coppola––what could go wrong? Or more accurately: imagine what might go legendarily right.…
August 29, 2025
BFI 2024, Entertainment, Festivals, Film, News, Reviews, Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass, The Brothers Quay, TV show
Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass Review: The Return of the Brothers Quay
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2024 BFI London coverage. Sanatorium Under the Sign of the…
August 29, 2025
A Little Prayer, Angus MacLachlan, Critic's Pick, Entertainment, Festivals, Film, News, Reviews, Sundance 2023, TV show
A Little Prayer Review: A Delicate Southern Family Drama
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2023 Sundance coverage. A Little Prayer opens in theaters on…
August 29, 2025
Entertainment, Festivals, Film, Love Brooklyn, News, Reviews, Sundance 2025, TV show
Love, Brooklyn Review: A Tender Romance Through a Vague Borough
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Sundance coverage. Love, Brooklyn opens in theaters on August…