The Night Porter: Review. By Alif Majeed. I have heard The Night Porter described as a cross between Death in Venice and The Boys from Brazil before watching it. That description never made sense for me as the latter came out a few years after it. I get what
Male debauchery is a common fixture of raunchy comedies, often serving as the driving force behind success stories like the Jackass and The Hangover franchises. While throwing outrageous gags at the screen may appear effortless when they work, it's the comedic misfires that remind us how hard it is to
Inverno (Timo’s Winter): Review. By Trent Neely. This short film directed and co-written by Giulio Mastromauro tells the story of a family of Funfair workers: Timo, his father, his mother, grandfather, and grandmother during the winter as they work to prepare to open the fair and cope with the mother’s
Nic Cage, aliens, and jiu-jitsu. It's a holy trinity of genre campiness that seems almost too good to be true. Thankfully, that's what director Dimitri Logothetis delivers with his latest effort Jiu Jitsu. Logothetis' film boasts a plethora of shamelessly over-the-top genre setpieces, more than enough to counter the film's
Softie: Review. By Trent Neely. This new documentary from PBS follows Boniface “Softi” Mwangi, a Kenyan photojournalist turned political activist. Who, after years of watching everyday Kenyans suffer injustices on nearly every level, due to economic instability, civil unrest, and political corruption, decides to run for a seat in the
