A mostly quiet tale, carried by the human performances and minimalist plot
View More Apples (2020 – dir. Christos Nikou): Philadelphia Film Festival reviewCategory: Film
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White Lie (2019 – dir. Yonah Lewis & Calvin Thomas): Philadelphia Film Festival review
Ever meet one of those people who, no matter what the situation, cannot help but lie about even the tiniest things?
View More White Lie (2019 – dir. Yonah Lewis & Calvin Thomas): Philadelphia Film Festival reviewBorat Subsequent Moviefilm (dir. Jason Woliner): Moviefilm review
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm is hilarious to the point of incapacitation.
View More Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (dir. Jason Woliner): Moviefilm reviewDeath Drop Gorgeous (dir. Michael Ahern, Christopher Dale, Brandon Perras): Salem Horror Festival capsule review
Drop Dead Gorgeous takes the shiny, candy-colored world of drag and drenches it with gallons of blood
View More Death Drop Gorgeous (dir. Michael Ahern, Christopher Dale, Brandon Perras): Salem Horror Festival capsule reviewBleed With Me (dir. Amelia Moses): Salem Horror Festival capsule review
Writer/director Amelia Moses proves herself a talent to watch with this moody tale of mistrust
View More Bleed With Me (dir. Amelia Moses): Salem Horror Festival capsule reviewPapi Ramirez vs. Giant Scorpions (dir. Leslie Rivera): Salem Horror Festival capsule review
Papi Ramirez vs. Giant Scorpions proves that if you’re creative enough, you can make a pretty damn good DIY movie
View More Papi Ramirez vs. Giant Scorpions (dir. Leslie Rivera): Salem Horror Festival capsule reviewPhilly AIDS Thrift Celebrates 15th Anniversary with Beetlejuice Drive-in
They love Halloween and spooky season at Philly AIDS Thrift in Queen Village. Staff put up decorations and don inventive outfits, and the store is…
View More Philly AIDS Thrift Celebrates 15th Anniversary with Beetlejuice Drive-inThe Last Thanksgiving (dir. Erick Lorinc): Salem Horror Festival capsule review
The carnage is a lot of fun
View More The Last Thanksgiving (dir. Erick Lorinc): Salem Horror Festival capsule reviewOccupants (dir. Russ Emmanuel, 2015): Salem Horror Festival capsule review
With a bigger budget, this concept could be turned into a much more compelling, terrifying movie, but here in this universe, it is what it is.
View More Occupants (dir. Russ Emmanuel, 2015): Salem Horror Festival capsule reviewTHE NEST (dir. Sean Durkin): Film review
Carrie Coon torches the screen contemporary version of a costume drama
View More THE NEST (dir. Sean Durkin): Film reviewI’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS (dir. Charlie Kaufman): Film review
Maybe my love for this movie is mostly because it’s a rock-and-roll act of writing
View More I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS (dir. Charlie Kaufman): Film reviewBest 10 Films About University to Watch In Order To Be Prepared To Student Life
Can you really be prepared for a student’s life? Perhaps not, since this period is full of challenges you have to overcome. However, this time…
View More Best 10 Films About University to Watch In Order To Be Prepared To Student LifeRELIC (dir. Natalie Erika James): Film review
The scariest thing I can think of, outside of a talking octopus that walks on land, is mental decline
View More RELIC (dir. Natalie Erika James): Film review7500 (dir. Patrick Vollrath): Film review
Taking place entirely within the cockpit of a hijacked commercial airliner, this minimalist performance piece benefits greatly from a high-level of sustained tension.
View More 7500 (dir. Patrick Vollrath): Film reviewBABYTEETH (dir. Shannon Murphy): Film review
An A-rate tale of flawed, kindhearted humans doing their best to be as good as they possibly can.
View More BABYTEETH (dir. Shannon Murphy): Film reviewSHRED AMERICA (dir. Arthur Swidzinski): Film review
Back in the summer of 2008, a group of skaters decided to go on an adventure.
View More SHRED AMERICA (dir. Arthur Swidzinski): Film reviewTHE KING OF STATEN ISLAND (dir. Judd Apatow): Film review
A moving tale of a delayed coming of age
View More THE KING OF STATEN ISLAND (dir. Judd Apatow): Film reviewTHE TRIP TO GREECE (dir. Michael Winterbottom): Film review
While not an unwelcome addition to a now decade-long odyssey of travelers Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan, this final entry feels a bit flatter than its predecessors; a bit perfunctory.
View More THE TRIP TO GREECE (dir. Michael Winterbottom): Film reviewTHE WRETCHED (dir. Brett Pierce, Drew T. Pierce): Film review
It works so hard to invoke so many influences that it dilutes itself from being as memorable or as effective as it so clearly wants to be.
View More THE WRETCHED (dir. Brett Pierce, Drew T. Pierce): Film reviewTHE SOUND OF THE WIND (dir. Jared Douglas): Film review
A gritty, realistic perspective on mental illness
View More THE SOUND OF THE WIND (dir. Jared Douglas): Film review