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01.07.2025
Much like My Winnipeg and Cowards Bend The Knee , Brand Upon The Brain is another beautifully chaotic look inside the mind of Guy Maddin....
24.06.2025
It seems like the dialogue surrounding the romantic relationships between Black men and White women has been negatively sensationalized more...
18.06.2025
Check out the latest episode of Within Our Gates to listen to myself and Mtume Gant chat about Sinners , American Fiction and the " Get O...
15.06.2025
Over the last two years I’ve been struggling with the idea of homages and references in modern movies after an appearance on a movie podcast...
13.06.2025
Captain America: Brave New World is one of those Marvel movies that you sit through just to get to the mid and post-credit scenes. I know t...
07.06.2025
The most interesting thing about the present-day Marvel cinematic universe is that as long as a character doesn’t die, there’s a chance they...
02.06.2025
Now that the Venn Diagram crossover between professional wrestling and cinema has reached an all-time high, perhaps it’s the perfect time fo...
16.05.2025
Conner O’Malley is back with another short film. I haven’t been able to wrap my head all the way around this one but the references to class...
13.05.2025
I’ve come to the harsh realization that while Get Out is a movie I still enjoy – it has become more of a curse than anything else. I don’t k...
01.05.2025
In the era of the Black-led/“Black Is Beautiful” films of now ( If Beale Street Could Talk, Moonlight, Dope , etc), the discovery/re-discove...
08.04.2025
A Hen In The Wind / Perfect Days Last year I shared my thoughts on Wim Winders' Perfect Days and it's connection to the work of Ozu ( cli...
01.04.2025
I don’t always mean to force a connection between two unrelated films but there’s no other way for me to praise Alice Lowe’s Timestalker wit...
22.03.2025
Rats! fits in perfectly with movies like Repo Man , Tapeheads or even Dude Where’s My Car? (judge all you want but that movie is funny)....
04.03.2025
I recently wrote a piece on Okayplayer.com about potentially updating the Black film canon. Click here or the image above to go to the a...
01.03.2025
I was put on to this film at a very peculiar time. After a recent podcast appearance I found myself rethinking & second-guessing how I feel ...
27.02.2025
I was kind of forced to have a relationship with this movie long before I saw it. Without even asking if I’ve actually seen Nickel Boys , a ...
02.02.2025
I’ll be the first to admit that I sometimes feel intimidated to write about certain specific movies that I consider to be great. These occur...
22.01.2025
The Amputee / The Saddest Music In The World I knew David Lynch got me - Guy Maddin, gapersblock.com Now that David Lynch has passed, his l...
04.01.2025
Like every year, I contribute my best of the year movie lists to various blogs & podcasts. In addition to the links & videos below, I made a...
01.01.2025
Solaris / Maria Tarkovsky’s work was rather a confirmation of my own vision - Alexander Sokurov, film comment Stalker / The Second Circle T...
23.12.2024
With the exception of one particular scene that I thought was really on the nose & unnecessary but also strangely important to the story, I ...
17.12.2024
Found footage horror movies can be insufferable and often times dumb, but every few years or so a new film comes along and manages to do som...
05.12.2024
Wim Wenders’ latest is one of those films that’ll be miscategorized as “simple”, “light” or even “boring” to those that watch it casually or...
20.11.2024
I went in to this without any expectation and came out pleasantly satisfied. Rose Glass’ sophomore feature didn’t break any new ground but i...
14.11.2024
For those that don’t know - I’m not only from western Massachusetts but I’m a former classmate of Janet Planet director Annie Baker (not tr...
08.11.2024
I know this might not come off as the greatest endorsement or sell of a film, but Connor O’malley’s Rap World is all the good stuff from a ...
07.11.2024
Carrie / The Substance Here are a few more comparisons that didn't make it in to my original post about The Substance . Click here to read...
One More Shot joins that elite list of sequels that surpasses it’s predecessor. I wouldn’t exactly call it Godfather Part 2 or Aliens , or...
01.11.2024
This was originally published for cutprintfilm.com back in March of 2015. But since the site/publication has apparently vanished - I'm posti...
21.10.2024
Canadians have always fascinated me because they have an immense sense of national pride all while taking comfort in being the unofficial “s...
10.10.2024
*SPOILERS* It’s no mystery that this movie was influenced by David Cronenberg. I’ll even go so far as to say the influence is slightly deepe...
06.10.2024
I enjoyed this movie for the most part but I also know it’s very weak by Cronenberg standards. That’s a very contradictory thing to say but ...
01.10.2024
Hotel Monterey / Earwig After repeated viewings over the last year I can say that Earwig has grown on me quite a bit. To be clear – I alway...
This was originally published for cutprintfilm.com back in March of 2015. But since the site/publication has apparently vanished - I'm pos...
10.09.2024
This was better than I expected it to be! When I saw the trailer a few weeks ago I was completely turned off. It looked like raceplay fanfic...
09.09.2024
This was originally published for cutprintfilm.com back in January of 2015. But since the site has apparently vanished - I'm posting it here...
03.09.2024
This was originally published for cutprintfilm.com back in July of 2015. But since the site/publication has apparently vanished - I'm postin...
21.08.2024
This is the first time in history that I’ve watched something by Amat Escalante and didn’t walk away amazed in some way. I’m a little confli...
19.08.2024
I didn’t think Cuckoo was bad but it was definitely made by someone that thinks they understand late 70s/early 80s Cronenberg when in fact t...
01.08.2024
I think it’s safe to say that The Saddest Music In The World is what got Guy Maddin his biggest spotlight at the time. At least that’s how ...