ReviewsNell MinowJuly 26, 2024TweetIf you're a distinguished older male actor in Hollywood, you're typically cast as Batman’s sidekick or a WWII veteran who escapes from assisted living (Michael Caine), God or a griev... More »
ReviewsGlenn KennyJuly 26, 2024TweetSharks, while undeniably lethal, are also, studies have shown, kind of dumb. And “The Last Breath” is a cheesy new thriller that is even dumber than a real shark. Not that it feature... More »
ReviewsMarya E. GatesJuly 26, 2024TweetThe suburbs are hell. That's what the movies keep telling us. Perfect nuclear families living in their McMansions are often anything but perfect. It's not exactly new cinematic te... More »
FeaturesEdward FrumkinJuly 26, 2024TweetWhen thinking about the present resurgence of the cinematic hitman, it’s difficult not to immediately think about the legacy of Jean-Pierre Melville. My thoughts on Melville’s impact... More »
TV/StreamingNandini BalialJuly 25, 2024TweetEveryone from Shakespeare to Martin Luther to Pier Paolo Pasolini has taken a crack at retelling one or more tales from Giovanni Boccaccio’s The Decameron. First published in 135... More »
FeaturesDonald LiebensonJuly 25, 2024TweetAt the Art House Convergence’s recent independent film exhibition conference held in Chicago, Josh Frank, author and urban drive-in entrepreneur, announced his radical initiative f... More »
TV/StreamingRendy JonesJuly 24, 2024TweetTaika Waititi, Iain Morris, and Jemaine Clement putting their mark on Monty Python creator Terry Gilliam's 1981 classic "Time Bandits" is an ambitious scheme in of itself. In recent... More »
Festivals & AwardsTim GriersonJuly 24, 2024TweetWonder what movies we’ll be talking about during this upcoming Oscar season? A handy cheat-sheet every year is the lineup of the Venice Film Festival, which starts August 28 ... More »
Festivals & AwardsClint WorthingtonJuly 24, 2024TweetThe two-hander is an elegant structure for a lower-budget effort: Just plop two characters together, often in a single location, and let the actors' performances and the... More »
ReviewsMatt Zoller SeitzJuly 23, 2024TweetMay contain spoilers“Deadpool & Wolverine” exists because Hugh Jackman, who has played Wolverine nine times and had supposedly retired the character after 2017’s “Logan,” l... More »
MZSThe EditorsJuly 23, 2024TweetWe are pleased to offer an excerpt from the July 2024 issue of the online magazine Bright Wall/Dark Room. Their theme for July 2024 is "To the Sea," and, in addition to Bryan Miller's piece ... More »