Iranian cinema has always offered sanctuary for individuals like me looking for relief from the empty spectacle and dross offered by Hollywood blockbusters, franchises, and Oscar bait films. Iranian films place ethical dilemmas and the human condition front and center. Acclaimed Iranian directors—Kiarostami, Rasoulof, Pahani—inject humanity into a Hollywood dominated
Two Great Slots for Fantasy Movie Fans The fantasy genre has never been so popular with TV shows such as The Witcher, Game of Thrones, and The Wheel of Time all garnering critical and commercial success. With movies including Avatar 2, Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore and The King's Daughter arriving
The King's Man Synopsis: As a collection of history’s worst tyrants and criminal masterminds gather to plot a war to wipe out millions, Orlando Oxford (Ralph Fiennes) and his team of well-trained peers (Gemma Arterton as Polly and Djimon Hounsou as Shola), must race against time to stop them. In a climate
West Side Story Synopsis: An adaptation of the 1957 musical, West Side Story explores forbidden love and the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks, two teenage street gangs of different ethnic backgrounds. Steven Spielberg's career exists on its own plateau of excellence, with few craftsmen equalling his output of storied
What is it with cars and surrealist films lately? Titane, The Noise of Engines—reviewed on this site—and now Brazil’s King Car have all contributed to this recent automotive zeitgeist. Think of King Car as Bacurau meets Cronenberg with heavy doses of political and social commentary. If all this seems like
