More than one year has passed since the first lockdown was declared in Philadelphia due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It has affected everyone’s life in…
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Wrath of Man (dir. Guy Ritchie): Film review
WRATH OF MAN, the British gangster-heist-revenge film from Guy Ritchie, is a legitimately great movie
View More Wrath of Man (dir. Guy Ritchie): Film reviewMortal Kombat (dir. Simon McQuoid): Film review
It’s never easy to adapt a video game to film, mostly because the fun of a game is typically not the plot, so much as…
View More Mortal Kombat (dir. Simon McQuoid): Film reviewZOO MOTEL (Theatre Exile): Checking in to the Zoom room
Catches perfectly the quarantine vibe of feeling isolated, alone, and somehow simultaneously overexposed
View More ZOO MOTEL (Theatre Exile): Checking in to the Zoom roomGodzilla vs. Kong (dir. Adam Wingard): Film review
This clash of the titans is absolutely wonderful to behold
View More Godzilla vs. Kong (dir. Adam Wingard): Film reviewNOBODY (dir. Ilya Naishuller): Film review
If someone told me that the cinematic trend kicked off by Liam Neeson in which a middle-aged gentleman with a certain set of skills has…
View More NOBODY (dir. Ilya Naishuller): Film reviewCRISIS (dir. Nicholas Jarecki): Film review
Crisis does for the opioid crisis what Crash attempted to do for race relations in America.
View More CRISIS (dir. Nicholas Jarecki): Film review100 Days to Live (dir. Ravin Gandhi): Film review
In the absence of resources, all you really need is a good story and the desire to tell it
View More 100 Days to Live (dir. Ravin Gandhi): Film reviewSLAXX (dir. Elza Kephart): Film review
A pair of possessed jeans comes to life and starts killing the staff in delightfully brutal ways
View More SLAXX (dir. Elza Kephart): Film reviewA MODERN-DAY CARMEN FANTASY by The Philadelphia Orchestra and Brian Sanders’ JUNK
The Philadelphia Orchestra teams up with Brian Sanders’ JUNK for a reimagined, COVID-cautious CARMEN.
View More A MODERN-DAY CARMEN FANTASY by The Philadelphia Orchestra and Brian Sanders’ JUNKSacrifice (dir. Andy Collier, Toor Mian): Film review
Takes its time getting to the scary stuff, but uses that time to ratchet up the dread in a big way, leading to a surprising finale that chills to the bone.
View More Sacrifice (dir. Andy Collier, Toor Mian): Film reviewGreenland (dir. Ric Roman Waugh): Film review
Worth checking out before the world ends
View More Greenland (dir. Ric Roman Waugh): Film reviewBLISS (dir. Mike Cahill): Film review
An empty novelty, presented in a way that can only keep the audience at a distance
View More BLISS (dir. Mike Cahill): Film reviewThe Little Things (dir. John Lee Hancock): Film review
I have a feeling that The Little Things is going to be a bit of a critical punching bag, but I enjoyed the film
View More The Little Things (dir. John Lee Hancock): Film reviewPsycho Goreman (dir. Steven Kostanski): Film review
It’s hard to overstate how wonderfully fucked up this movie is.
View More Psycho Goreman (dir. Steven Kostanski): Film reviewHoliday Concerts in Review: 6 shows that went on despite the pandemic
Some of the most beloved choruses and orchestras in the Philadelphia area became creative in entertaining audiences in safe and often unexpected ways via virtual holiday performances.
View More Holiday Concerts in Review: 6 shows that went on despite the pandemicGirl in the Snow: A new CD by Rutgers-based composer Scott Ordway
Ordway’s originality shines through every aspect of this music.
View More Girl in the Snow: A new CD by Rutgers-based composer Scott OrdwayNews of the World (dir. Paul Greengrass): Film review
The kind of movie that’s totally worth watching while simultaneously being nothing at all to write home about.
View More News of the World (dir. Paul Greengrass): Film reviewCome Play (dir. Jacob Chase): Film review
Next in a long line of “horror short gets expanded to feature length” projects
View More Come Play (dir. Jacob Chase): Film reviewNew Order (2020 – dir. Michel Franco): Philadelphia Film Festival review
This movie is going to upset a lot of people. Good.
View More New Order (2020 – dir. Michel Franco): Philadelphia Film Festival review