2024 was, if nothing else, a rather interesting year for movies. Blockbuster titles weren’t quite as plentiful or impressive as usual, which was no doubt a continuing consequence of the 2023 writers’ and actors’ strikes. A positive side effect of the strikes, however, is that smaller and independent films were given more of an opportunity […]

Disturbingly lifelike puppets take the place of human beings in this independent surreal horror film. The effect always makes for a highly unique and artistically accomplished movie, though it is one that is otherwise not always a success. Abruptio is admittedly imperfect and has a number of notable flaws, but the fact that something so […]

It’s hard not to get swept up in the excitement when a celebrated filmmaker like Francis Ford Coppola unleashes a big-budgeted film they have been talking about publicly for decades and which they financed completely with their own plentiful resources. True independent film on a large scale can be endlessly amazing because it combines glamourous […]

When I admire a film as much as I do writer/director Harmony Korine’s 2013 effort, Spring Breakers, I feel an obligation to find merit in the rest of its creator’s filmography, regardless of whether or not it deserves it. For this reason, I really tried to like one of Korine’s latest efforts, Aggro Dr1ft, the […]