In a year packed with fantastic foreign language films, ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’ is most certainly a standout. Made in secret in Iran, it’s a fictional thriller set during the very real nationwide protests following the death of Mahsa Amini, who was killed by police for allegedly not wearing a hijab. It follows a newly appointed judge and
If I had a nickel for every time a director claimed they had a passion project that went through development hell, it would release in 2024. I’d have three nickels. Now, if I had a nickel for every time a so-passionate project that went through development hell premiered at Cannes, I’d have two nickels. The real question is: will Horizon:
There have been many films that talk about violence against women; some fail at it, and some succeed. The Balconettes is another one of these films that spreads the same message but in a different and unique way. Blending both comedy and horror to tell the story of abuse against women. It’s not the perfect film, but it does a
There’s no better way to describe this film than by saying it’s exactly what you would get if you were to take the Yakuza video game franchise, set it in Hong Kong, and focus it on the Triad instead. If you ever wanted a film that’s just like that franchise, then Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In is your next
This film isn’t going to sit right with everyone, and that’s genuinely because it’s a musical, a genre that has seen more hate in recent years than the love it once used to receive. When it becomes known that a film is a musical, people tend to stay away from it, but Emilia Pérez should not be that film. It’s
What happens when an elderly man, who thinks about the Roman Empire every day, sells his vineyard to afford to make the movie of his dreams that he has been planning for 40 years? Well, you get nothing good or worthwhile out of it; you actually get Megalopolis, 2024’s most anticipated failure. Megalopolis follows Cesar Catalina (Adam Driver), who aims
Coming off the success of Poor Things, Yorgos Lanthimos is already returning to us with his next feature. Lanthimos has dropped his writing partner that he collaborated with for The Favourite and Poor Things and has reunited with his original screenwriting partner, Efthimas Filippou, which seems like the right choice for what Kinds of Kindness has to offer with its
“Do you have it in you to make it epic?” A question that Dementus (Chris Hemsworth) utters in the film, and it’s a question that we were asking George Miller when a prequel focusing on Furiosa was first announced. With Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Miller manages to answer that question, and the answer he provides is a resounding yes, as
