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Mother Mary
Mother Mary is ambitious but ultimately pretentious and poorly executed, hiding behind its abstract visuals and showy performance moments while failing to deliver the emotional depth or clear narrative payoff its quiet opening seems to promise, despite strong ideas and one isolated standout sequence.
Throwback Thursday
Paprika
Paprika succeeds for Satoshi Kon as a bold and complex blend of dream and technology solidifying him as one of the best animated directors of all time, using imaginative visuals and layered storytelling to create a unique experience that thrives on creativity and chaos.
New Reviews
Michael
Michael, is a film carried almost entirely by an inspired and studied Jaafar Jackson performance and the strength of its music performance set pieces. However, it is heavily weighed down by lazy writing, weak narrative structure, and an inability to fully capture the true complexity of its huge subject, leaving it feeling...
Mother Mary
Mother Mary is ambitious but ultimately pretentious and poorly executed, as it hides behind its abstract visuals and performance moments, failing to deliver emotional depth or a clear narrative pay off for its quiet start, despite strong ideas and an isolated standout sequence...
Lee Cronin’s The Mummy
Lee Cronin’s The Mummy delivers genuinely disturbing and effective body horror backed by strong visual execution at high tension , moments, but is ultimately dragged down by weak performances, clunky dialogue, and a sluggish, unfocused narrative that takes too long to find its footing, leaving it as a collection of strong h...
Articles
David Lynch’s Wacky Life Through Film – Filmography Ranked
Twilight Room's Chronological Journey through the Illustrious and wild career of one of the most unique and brilliant Director's of all time, with rankings...
21st Century Best Picture Winners Ranked
This is Twilight Room's definitive ranking of the last 26 best picture winners from Best to worst, with some short thoughts and commentary as to each film's impact on film history...
Criterion Tuesday
Birth (2004)
Jonathan Glazer’s Birth thrives on its insane concept and restraint, using its slow pacing, minimalism, and eerie tonal control to create a deeply unsettling experience that explores grief, loss, and vulnerability without ever giving the audience an easy way out...
Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
Kiss of the Spider Woman is a deeply complex, dual performance-driven film that uses its confined setting and film within a film type storytelling structure to explore political oppression, emotional vulnerability, and the power of escapism, even if its heavy reliance on dialogue can feel slow at times...
House Party
House Party is an energetic and culturally significant hip-hop comedy that succeeds in capturing a specific community and era through its style, music, and characters, even if its humor is toned down and the structure is slightly inconsistent throughout...
Throwback Thursday
Paprika
Paprika succeeds for Satoshi Kon as a bold and complex blend of dream and technology solidifying him as one of the best animated directors of all time, using imaginative visuals and layered storytelling to create a unique experience that thrives on creativity and chaos...
Clue
Clue is this funny, cult classic mansion mystery with so many flaws yet it thrives on its simplicity, using rapid-fire dialogue, structural playfulness, and absurdity to deliver a chaotic tightly paced experience that walks the fine line between throwback hit and cheesy miss, ultimately landing as a hit for the Twilight...
Excalibur
Excalibur is an ambitious and visually striking telling of Arthurian legend the thoraces on its mythic storytelling and dark fantasy aesthetic, but is held back from being a masterpiece by its uneven performances and often clunky dialogue, resulting in a flawed yet enduring throwback classic...