Charles Salom | Staff Writer The moon landing is fake, the CIA killed JFK, and Obama is a lizard. The fringes of our society, extending far beyond both parties, have believed in many conspiracies that range from insane to kernels of truth that have been exaggerated. This fringe mindset is where Yorgos Lanthimos places us […]
Charles Salom | Staff Writer The writer/director in Hollywood is considered the gold standard in auteur filmmaking, and few have been as revered and respected as Paul Thomas Anderson. With the release of his 10th feature film, “One Battle After Another”. Now is the best time to examine Anderson’s work from the past thirty years […]
Charles Salom | Staff Writer “After the Hunt,” directed by Luca Guadagnino, is a confusing attempt to address issues of sexual assault, power, and gender. However, it ultimately conveys nothing of real significance. The film follows Alma (Julia Roberts), a middle-aged philosophy professor, as she navigates sexual assault allegations involving her colleague Henry (Andrew Garfield) […]
Dylan Masvidal | Staff Writer Despite its seasonal adjacency, marrying the thick, romantic atmosphere of the fall film with Halloween’s suffocating dread is rarely put into practice. What a “shocking” surprise that M. Night Shyamalan was a priest in said matrimony before it was cool. As a devout believer in the Shyamalan faith, returning to […]
Jessica Hayek | Contributing Writer Satoshi Kon’s Perfect Blue is a psychological horror film that follows a retiring young J-pop idol, Mima, as she pursues an acting career. In response, one of her upset, obsessive fans becomes a stalker who haunts her, blurring the line between nightmares and reality. This late ’90s iconic anime film […]
Charles Salom | Contributing Writer While vivid characters, love of California, and inventive camera work distinguish writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson’s films from his contemporaries, “One Battle After Another” stands apart for its political themes. The additions made by Anderson in One Battle are breakneck pacing and action set pieces more commonly found in films like […]
Charles Salom | Contributing Writer The experience of watching “Him” was like seeing a running back slowly jog to the end zone, only for the player to fumble the ball at the 50th yard line and snap both of his legs simultaneously. Directed by Justin Tipping, it is the latest exercise in Elevated Horror, and […]
Michael Andrillon | Contributing Writer It was at a friend’s wedding that their eyes met, and he offered her a drink, marking the perfect beginning to a budding romance. Yet, it was at the side of the road, at a Burger King, sharing onion rings, that this love story really began to take flight. Boy […]
Charles Salom | Contributing Writer “The Long Walk,” directed by Francis Lawrence, is another twisted story from the mind of Stephen King. The first book King ever wrote was “The Long Walk” under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. Written in the midst of the Vietnam War, King took heavy inspiration from the political climate of the […]
Charles Salom | Contributing Writer The Conjuring series has been a horror staple since its inception with 2013’s “The Conjuring.” Since then, multiple spin-offs and an expanded horror universe have been successfully launched, leading to one of the highest-grossing horror franchises of all time. While financially successful, I question the quality of many of these […]
Dylan Masvidal | Staff Writer Alfred Hitchcock is not only synonymous with the thriller genre, but also with the art of filmmaking as a whole, to such an extent that his style can be classified as its own sub-genre. Name any living creative force: M. Night Shyamalan, Seth MacFarlane, Hideo Kojima. Have you noticed what […]
Bryan Baste | Staff Writer 5 years. That’s how long it has been since Marvel Studios announced a Fantastic Four film. In that time, a lot has happened, including the pandemic, director changes, actor and writer strikes, and more. As well as Marvel’s phases 4 and 5 have been mostly underwhelming compared to the international […]
