Americana: Tost’s modern western tries to upend old stereotypes
The western has changed a lot over the years. In its earliest goings, the genre was used to...
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Eddington: Ari Aster watches the world burn
Written and directed by Ari Aster, Eddington is the most unlikeable film of 2025 thus far. And I...
Rust: Leaving the West behind
Note: It’s important to keep in mind the tragedy that occurred on the set of Rust....
The Dead Don’t Hurt: The (New) Old West
The West may have been won by the men, but The Dead Don’t Hurt wants to show that the...
The Legend of Molly Johnson – One woman’s struggle
How far will someone go to protect the ones they love? In Leah Purcell?s Australian Western, The...
Jesus Kid – Down a rabbit hole
?Nothing makes sense in this story.? While the quotation above may scare some people off, there is...
The Last Victim – No light in the darkness
The Last Victim, from director Naveen A. Chathapuram, is a story of bad people doing bad things...
News of the World – No Home to Go To
?To move forward, you must first remember.? What does it mean to journey home when you have...
Cowboys – Dad to the Rescue
Is it kidnapping or liberation? Anna Kerrigan?s Cowboys is the story of a father who is trying to...
The Sisters Brothers: Mining the Golden Kingdom
Written and directed by Jacques Audiard (Rust and Bone, Dheepan),?The Sisters Brothers?tells the story of Charlie and Eli Sisters (Joaquin Phoenix and John C. Reilly), two contract killers in mid-19thCentury America. Here,...
Damsel – A Comedy (sort of) of Pessimism
In Damsel the Zellner Brothers play with some typical movie genres. As a result viewers are asked to wrap their minds around things that seem to not quite fit together, but in reality make for a quirky, yet enjoyable experience.
The Rider – Spiritual Depth in a Cowboy’s Story
What happens when all you?ve ever dreamed of is taken away? That is a question that many films ask, but few answer it as beautifully and spiritually as Chlo? Zhao?s The Rider.
Hostiles – Journey Between Life and Death
The paradox of the film is that it simultaneously is a journey from life to death and a journey from death to life.