Primetime Doesn’t Hold Back—For Better or Worse – A Review
Primetime is a sleek, uber-entertaining character study about someone who probably shouldn’t have been subjected to such a harsh critique. That’s how I would describe the new, controversial A24 film, starring Robert Pattinson as Chris Hansen and directed by Lance Oppenheim in his first venture...
The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind (2019) – A Review
This review contains spoilers. William Kamkwamba built a windmill from scrap and helped save his family from famine. Chiwetel Ejiofor begins with everything that sentence leaves out. Maxwell Simba plays William, a thirteen-year-old living with his family in Wimbe, Malawi. He repairs radios, searches the scrapyard for...
Relay Makes the Long Way Round Thrilling – A Review
This review contains no spoilers for Relay (2024). Relay made me care deeply about the movements of a parcel. I have watched gunfights with less investment. Riz Ahmed plays a fixer for employees who uncover corporate wrongdoing and immediately regret it. They have the documents, the frightened...
Adaptation. Sees the Sadness and Calls it Lovely – A Review
This review contains heavy spoilers. Charlie Kaufman cannot find the beginning of Adaptation., which is awkward, because we are already watching it. His voice races through sweat, thinning hair, imagined rejection and things he should have said differently while his body stands stranded on the set of...