The power of movies as a visual medium is the edit. Being able to harness the power of time and create juxtapositions allows filmmakers to craft enticing narratives and audiences to be directed to where they need to go in a story. However, just because the tools are at our disposal does not mean that
A couple of weeks ago I was having a discussion with my roommate about the roles Black people get to play. While he vouched for us needing more heroes, I said that we haven’t gotten to reach our full evil potential. Getting to be as messy and conniving and cruel as possible without needing a
The crunch of TIFF has already started (yes I know it’s day 2) to try and get me but I won’t let it! In all seriousness, it’s so fun to get to see multiple films in a day and work on reviews as I feel compelled to. I’ll be doing some quick thoughts every so
Going to the movies can often times feel like a less dramatic very of being held at the end of a dead man’s wire. You go in with the hopes that it will be good, sometimes you feel like you’re being held hostage and a movie can be powerful enough to change your life. Dead
In many ways, JUNK WORLD is the perfect movie to be someone’s first watch at a film festival, as it was mine at this years Toronto International Film Festival. It’s the kind of movie you go to a festival to see: it’s boundary pushing, audacious, and technically challenging. It is also at times bewildering, lackadaisical
A new Spike Lee Joint is always a beacon for film fans to seek out. Whether they are good, bad, or somewhere in between, Spike Lee will certainly give you something to ponder and chew on. Unfortunately for us, his new film Highest 2 Lowest does not go down well. A remake of High Low