It Was Just An Accident reinvents the revenge thriller as a layered character study about forgiving the people who committed the worst crimes possible. A car breaking down in Iran creates a domino effect that leads to one of the year’s most surprising crowd-pleasers. The film opens with a man
Jim Jarmusch is not a writer/director known for creating action-packed films, but he reaches a new level of idiosyncrasy with Father Mother Sister Brother. The anthology follows three families on different journeys and stages of their lives. The three stories feel too separate and cold to strike
Pillion is a coming-of-age dramedy hidden amid a kinky film about sub/dom relationships. Harry Lighton’s indie comedy/drama balances the very adult underground world of leather daddies with a crowd-pleasing story about a young man finding his own way in the sexual landscape of gay relationships.
The Sheep Detectives is a towering testament of how powerful animated stories can be when done right. A genuine crowdpleaser, the film is sure to warm and break your heart, wrestling with richly textured explorations of death and grief, lost and found families, and the necessity of memory.
Though marital arts action cinema is vast and varied, it is rare for one to elevate the genre and push it forward. There have been few recently - The Raid comes to mind, and while not technically "martial arts" I'd argue John Wick counts - that feel as if something new and special is happening.
Daemons of the Shadow Realm has Yuru and his Daemons turn the table on his pursuers in Ep. 4 "Jin and Yuru". It's pretty clearly a case of the hunters becoming the hunted here, and in a very action-packed way to boot. Now we wait and see if this is a good thing for Yuru, or if he has bitten off