Licorice Pizza comes together by never really coming together. Not unlike driving backwards, it eventually reaches its destination, albeit memorably unconventionally, and a little precariously. It’s coming-of-age meander- stunted, naive, or otherwise- is entirely the delicious point.
What is The Matrix Resurrections? You actually do have to see it for yourself in order to truly comprehend the layers and levels of lore, exposition, and uneasy lobs at no less than Warner Bros. But doing so is philosophically unnecessary. The choice, as they say, is yours.
Rediscovering Life and Love Among the Vineyards of Southern France.
DIRECTED BY NOAH GILBERT (2021)
I admit that one of the pleasures I find in movie...
Encanto represents a kind of pinnacle in that the subtle expressions and movements of the characters serve to tell us more about them than their dialogue or larger expressions and movements. In this, Encanto’s performances are more like that of live-action narrative filmmaking than that typical of animated features. This is fully in keeping with the “illusion of life” aspiration and tradition at the center of every great Disney animated film since Snow White, and worthy of celebration. Simply, Encanto, in its commitment to nuance, boasts some of the best character animation ever committed to the screen.
Tangential to the Gucci drama is the love story, and the ultimate tragedy therein. Driver, Gaga, and company do their individualized best to raise the roof of this venerable house as they are able, but the filmmaker himself may simply be too comfortable in this high-end, high-stakes world to tailor it for the masses. Scott’s designer bag of tricks, while still impressive to look upon, remains rather empty… and unfortunately kind of dull.
The Newest Entry in a Franchise That Should be Forever Locked Away in a Ghost Trap.
DIRECTED BY JASON REITMAN/2021
RIP nostalgia. We've had a good ru...
Melancholy Relationship Indie Spotlights St. Louis
DIRECTED BY NATE MYERS/2021
Clearly inspired by Richard Linklater’s “Before” trilogy of contained ...
