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Film Review: Monster
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Last year, I reviewed the film Broker, a film that I found to be very good if a little undercooked in terms of it’s thematic meat. While Kore-eda is a beloved filmmaker and I don’t doubt his strong reputation among critics, Broker, while definitely worth watching, didn’t leave me wowed…
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Film Review: Evil Does Not Exist
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Once upon a time, there was a village. Evil Does Not Exist takes place in this village, a village that almost seems like it’s from another time period. As the film begins, gazing up at the sky through the barren trees of winter, we see the slow, yet methodical, everyday…
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Film Review: Daliland
By Matthew Moorcroft Screw This Watching Daliland is a bizarre experience, something that on paper should frankly be fitting for a movie that is seemingly about Salvador Dali. After all, the man was notoriously one of the weirdest men alive during his time, so a film that gets weird and out there with it’s content…
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Film Review: About Dry Grasses
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation WARNING: THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR ABOUT DRY GRASSES, MAINLY IN THE THIRD ACT. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED. Some disclosure – the onslaught of reviews that have hit over the past month or so have all been on backlog post-festival, and while I tried to get as many out quickly as…
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Film Review: American Fiction
By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation When Monk sits down to write his joke of a “book”, or at least what he considers a joke of one, perspective switches. What was initially a simple dialogue heavy dramedy goes meta, seeing an almost live performance of the book that is being written in real time – warts…
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Film Review: Foe
By Matthew Moorcroft No Recommendation …Well, at least the leads are hot. Foe, the latest from attempted auteur Garth Davis, begins with a premise that, at least, seems tantalizing to say the least – a future that feels dystopian and all too real, humanity leaving for parts unknown, and rural areas are entirely gone save…
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Film Review: Blackberry
By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Like all of the great tech stories, there is something to be said about the spectacular quick rise – and almost historically quick demise – of the Blackberry, at one point the most popular phone in the world and one of the most sought after tech devices on the planet.…
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Film Review: Irena’s Vow
By Matthew Moorcroft Unsure I won’t lie, I wasn’t familiar with the story of Irena Gut Opdyke, the real life figure that this film is based on, prior to watching this. I guess that goes to show the purpose of the final product, to showcase a life that isn’t exactly well known to the public…
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Film Review: The Crossing
By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation This piece was written during the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. Without the labor of the actors currently on strike, the film being covered here wouldn’t exist. Watching The Crossing is like going to an art exhibit. I know this is likely a bizarre way to start off a discussion, but hear…
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Film Review: A Little Prayer
By Matthew Moorcroft Solid Recommendation This piece was written during the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. Without the labor of the actors currently on strike, the film being covered here wouldn’t exist. How far do you go to protect family? This is the question that A Little Prayer is asking, the latest from Junebug writer-turned-director Angus MacLachlan,…
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