Toronto International Film Festival 2025 To the Victory! More hopeful than most of contemporary Ukrainian cinema.
Fritz on Fridays Fritz on Fridays: Metropolis Not all masterpieces are without their flaws. I’m sure the Sistine Chapel has its dents and dings, too.
Baltic Cinema Dead Mountaineer’s Hotel Dead Mountaineer’s Hotel resists the ordinary in favor of the idiosyncratic and renegade.
Screenlife LifeHack If Unfriended: Dark Web is Screenlife showing the Internet at its worst, LifeHack, while not unafraid of that darkness, is much more optimistic about its potential.
No Gods Left Exclusive The Penguin Lessons An "anti-fascism" historical film whose idea of resisting demagogues is limited to letter writing and asking the paramilitary enforcer agents to kindly return the civilians they kidnap.
Marvel Cinematic Universe The Fantastic Four: First Steps The Fantastic Four: First Steps is the most Kirbyesque the Marvel Cinematic Universe has ever felt.
No Gods Left Exclusive The Invisibles There is something a little charming about [Andrew] Currie’s direction in its ability to maintain optimism and hope in Charlie’s darkest moments. Hopefully, that quality is contagious.
Korean Cinema Dark Nuns The theology of Dark Nuns stands apart from the usually strong Christological theologies that the exorcism genre has stood on for decades.
James Gunn Superman [James Gunn is] the last director standing in the superhero factory with anything left in a vision of heroism to tap into.
Chinese Cinema(s) A Touch of Sin (Exiting Through the 2010s) A podcast appearance about Jia Zhangke's A Touch of Sin
Interview Interview with Noah Bashore on ‘Walter, Grace & the Submarine’ "I love [Columbus] a lot. I need that on record."
