By the mid 1960s, U.S. cinema was in crisis. Every year, more and more viewers drifted away from the silver-screened cineplexes for the comforting glow of their own living rooms. Shows like Gunsmoke, The Dick Van Dyke Show and Star…
The Lighthouse Review: A Fatally Ambitious Shipwreck
When the lights go down and the movie starts, it’s impossible not to feel captivated by the two black bars bordering the left and right of Robert Eggers’ new film The Lighthouse. For modern viewers used to the 4:3 of…
Six Fascinating Films from the 2019 Camden International Film Festival
Nestled way up in the south of Maine, the Camden International Film Festival is galvanized by incredible programming which spotlights offbeat, unusual films. The festival is a celebration of the best and boldest genre-bending experimentation. Here are six of the…
Sheila Hancock’s Force of Personality Injects Life in the Otherwise Tepid Edie
During the filming of Simon Hunter’s Edie, famed octogenarian actress Sheila Hancock became the oldest person to ever climb Suilven, one of the most famous, tallest, and imposing mountains in Scotland. The feat is an extraordinary one even for younger…
American Factory Review: A horrifying look at Small Town America caught in the crosshairs of global labor rights
Writing this piece, I can’t help but think back on my own family and our history of union involvement. My great-grandfather was a railroadman and my grandfather a newspaper proofreader; both of them were union men. My mother too worked…
The Art of Racing in the Rain Movie Review: The Art of Killing CGI Zebras
And to think that this was supposed to be an easy review. From its trailers Simon Curtis’ The Art of Racing in the Rain looked to be your standard, treacly magic dog movie. A race car flavored companion to the…
Kings of Beer Movie Review: A fizzy, low-calorie look at competitive budweiser brewing
Over the years I’ve heard many, many jokes about Budweiser beer. Some of them aren’t exactly appropriate for general audiences—my favorite involving, shall we say, canoe-based copulation—but one of the most to-the-point goes as such: Q: “Did you hear Budweiser…
