From the producers of two men who helped define the stoner comedy comes a film that tries to push this micro-genre forward. Historically, the voices that have been given little heed in the stoner comedy are women. So, naturally, a star like Kristen Stewart, alongside...
Imagine a Sherlock and Watson film, but where Watson is the central figure: a leader of an entire faction of thousands. Watson’s fellow leaders are arguing amongst themselves and are all suspicious of each other. Murders, conflicts of honour, and assignments threaten...
The Shards is the new FX show from Ryan Murphy, who seems to be one of the only showrunners intent on staying in television and one where TV executives are still giving him a green light. In a TV landscape that is changing quickly, where funding is shifting between...
The film starts with powerful footage of worship alongside Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, a famous celebrity rabbi who was widely celebrated within the Jewish community, almost like a rock star within his specific religious circles. He was famous enough that even Michael...
The Odyssey is the epic you expect for $250 million. It is all on display and contains the epic moments you may already be familiar with from the lore of Homer’s poem. These scenes are depicted with brutal honesty, scale, and realism. Simultaneously, it delivers the...
With a fun, discovery-driven, adventure absurdist approach, a classic studio-style comedy film takes an indie approach by using its star-studded cast, well-thought-out jokes, and riffs on Hollywood’s classic tropes and storylines to create a fascinating comedy about...
In a film that views memory and personal investigation in ways reminiscent of autobiographical works like Aftersun and the excellent Canadian film, Blue Heron, Romeria collides with a darker version of Bergman’s Summer Interlude. Like the former two films, this one...
In a remake of the French series The Bureau, The Agency is an American take on the undercover spy thriller. For this second season, we are left waiting to see the consequences or rewards facing protagonist Brandon “Martian” Colby (Michael Fassbender) after making a...
Departures is directed by Neil Ely and Lloyd Eyre-Morgan—the latter of whom wrote and stars as the lead, Benji. Benji is coming off a bad breakup from a tumultuous relationship; he is down on his luck and does not seem to even like life anymore. Why has he gotten this...