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Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender
Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender is one of the better animated returns in a strange animated year, and while it stumbles a bit in structure, the overall experience is a beautifully animated, richly colored, nostalgic trip down memory lane for one of the best animated shows in history.
Criterion Tuesday
Point Blank
Point Blank is an ordinary crime thriller that was successful in America but heralded as an outright masterpiece in France, a divide that would only converge into an overall positive opinion as time passed, underscoring how ahead of its time Boorman’s style really was, even as modern filmmakers never fully embraced his expertise.
New Film Reviews
The Sheep Detectives
Sheep Detectives is the shock hit of the year as it succeeds because of its full commitment to its unusual premise, turning a seemingly absurd children’s mystery into an endearing and emotionally engaging, tear jerker of a detective story that wears its heart on its sleeve in the best way possible...
Hokum
Hokum is a slow-burning psychological horror with a clear feel for how to scare that blends supernatural elements with themes of guilt, trauma, and death all around, delivering a deeply atmospheric and unsettling experience that thrives on tension and concept, solidifying it as the best horror film of the year so far and a...
The Devil Wears Prada 2
The Devil Wears Prada 2 is a stylish and surprisingly necessary sequel that doesn’t reinvent the wheel but successfully recaptures the energy and character dynamics of the original, even if it struggles to maintain that consistency through its slower middle acts...
Articles
Criterion Tuesday
Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project #5 – A Criterion Tuesday Article
Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project #5 is a deeply varied and culturally rich collection within the criterion brand that showcases four films unified by their commitment to identity and survival, each using distinct cinematic styles to create experiences that feel both historically grounded and artistically timeless, in...
The Dead
Huston’s The Dead is a beautifully constructed, dialogue-heavy film that captures the quiet weight of reflection, love, and insignificance, culminating in one of the most powerful and understated cinematic endings in film history. ...
Captain Blood
Captain Blood succeeds as a classic pirate adventure through its timeless and engaging story, with its main actor Errol Flynn’s charismatic performance and Michael Curtiz’s impressive naval battle sequences the almost 90 year old film certainly deserves its spot in the criterion col...
Throwback Thursday
Spawn
Spawn (1997) captures the look and ambition of the 90s comic book era, but ultimately fails to translate its darker source material into a compelling or well-executed film being its design and a few isolated...
The Big Heat
The Big Heat is not just another film noir like the rest, it is the definition of what the noir film stands for. Fritz Lang shows the viewer how a detective thriller should be made, with his use of shadow, camera movement, and pure, direct dialogue to capture an audience from the 1950s and current day...
Aftersun
Aftersun is a masterclass in subtle filmmaking and creative camera work, using the idea of memories, absence and ordinary atmosphere to quietly devastate an audience and comment on mental...
