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Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell (2024)

Drama Rated NR

“…thrums in that liminal space between the immanent and the transcendent.”

Rustin (2023)

Drama Rated PG-13

“If any acknowledgment of the difficult periods of America’s past are going to be banned from libraries and schools, then let art do what it can to fill in the gaps.”

Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

Drama Rated NR

“Curtis is like oil and oil…”

Ace in the Hole (1951)

Drama Rated NR

“A fairly clear-cut morality play…”

The Taste of Things (2023)

Drama Rated PG-13

“An intoxicated camera floats through The Taste of Things…”

The Iron Claw (2023)

Drama Rated R

“A rare chance for Holt McCallany to be at the center of the screen.”

The Keep (1983)

Drama Rated R

“Mann fares better when sublimating the metaphysical into the nocturnal neon landscapes of Thief, Collateral, and Heat.”

Ferrari (2023)

Drama Rated R

“…about the tyranny of time.”

Rye Lane (2023)

Romantic Comedy Rated R

“Sweet and scrappy…”

Maestro (2023)

Drama Rated R

“…more interested in Cooper as an artist than Bernstein.”

Recent Reviews

Z (1969)

Drama Rated NR

“. . . a bitter, brilliant pill to swallow.”

Power Ballad (2026)

Drama Rated R

“If you weren’t a dad before seeing Power Ballad, you’d likely be transformed into one by the movie’s end.”

Backrooms (2026)

Horror Rated R

“Parsons proves to be an expert manipulator of space with the camera.”


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