I've had stock in Julia Ducournau since her debut film Raw, and doubled down on that buy in with her follow up Titane. So naturally my excitement for her third outing Alpha could not be contained. An expert in body horror mixed with insightful ideas of grief and generational trauma, Ducournau has
In television, hospital shows are a dime a dozen. The rise of The Pitt, the unstoppable longevity of Grey's Anatomy, and a number other hospital-centric shows reveal no shortage of fascination with medicine and trauma. It's often rare in cinema unless its haunted wards or part of a protagonist's
For a film festival seemingly set on remaining apolitical - from the programmers to the directors to the celebrities - it's kind of ironic that both of the Berlin Film Festival's winners were politically supercharged. The Golden Bear - the festival's most prestigious award went to Yellow Letters,
I remember seeing the trailer for The Dog Stars and having my eyes roll back in my head. Do we really need more post-apocalyptic stories when we're living in a real life apocalypse? Do we need another movie that has an analog for COVID-19 and the aftermath that had on our own society. Well,
Daemons of the Shadow Realm reveals the depths a certain hunter named Ivan has in Ep. 20 "The Hunted and the Hunter". It's very bloody and dark depths, but it does show that Ivan will likely be a major recurring villain in the story, and will play a major role in that story somehow. As well as
Dinosaurs may be the most beloved creatures to ever exist - sans cute puppies and cats on the internet. They're usually everyone first obsession when they're young, and no one ever gets tired of seeing a T-rex. So why are most dinosaur movies, built on the backs of surefire hit animal so bad all
