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January is always an exciting time for film fans. Not necessarily because of what theatres might currently be offering (shoutout Dumpuary), but because there’s a whole year of films ahead, and we haven’t yet been disillusioned by weeks of cinematic drought. So, I thought it would be nice to revel in this anticipatory period for a little while and outline some of the films that I’m most looking for

The Year to Come: My 12 Most Anticipated Titles

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If you have read enough of my articles now, perhaps you may have picked up on the fact that I don’t mind a little romance… little being an understatement. As much of a movie consumer as I am, being in a friend group of engineers in undergrad and having done a master’s degree in business, I am often seen as the movie guy. I can even remember being at a party once in undergrad and the host’s roommat

Before Sunset was the film I had been looking for my entire life.

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When I first heard about a hockey rival romance catapulting into the mainstream, I was like, meh. Not my thing. Funny coming from a Canadian, I know, but sports romances never really captured my attention. Anyways, with the Golden Globes happening, and Hudson Williams' meme-worthy interviews, Heated Rivalry finally caught my attention. He was confoundingly, unapologetically, ceaselessly carefree i

Heated Rivalry Is Not Just Hot, It's Wholesome

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The internet really pisses me off sometimes. Watching season two of The Last of Us week by week has definitely been an experience. I've never played the video games that the show is based on, so everything that happened in the first three episodes has been a complete surprise. I would suggest that you keep it that way if you can. There will be spoilers here, but not just yet. I have some stuff I n

You're Missing the Point of The Last of Us

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What combination would take down any criminal, villain or ne'er-do-well? For me, it’s the combination of an alien with godlike power that’s known across a large portion of the (DC) universe and some random bald guy in a yellow costume. Superman and Saitama (One Punch Man, in case you didn’t know) are some of the most powerful heroes in fiction. They each have the ability to destroy planets but con

Super Punch: Who’s the strongest? Who knows

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As another fantastic season of Mike White's The White Lotus (his third) comes to a blistering close-- I'm once again reminded of a particularly niche-in-specificity-- cinematic-subset-genre that I often find myself largely hankering for, drawing towards and returning back to. That of which I like to call-- "Beautiful People Being Utterly Miserable, While Totally Trapped In Paradise, & Comically St

Beautiful People-- Comedically Suffering-- Karmically-Caused-- For "Two Weeks-- In Bruges-- Wichu?"

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Last year, no character captured my imagination like Aunt Gladys in Weapons. Played by Amy Madigan, this psycho-biddy (as the subgenre is called) is a technicolour nightmare. She caused chills down my spine. I'm not the only one who felt this way: Madigan's transformational performance earned her a second Oscar nomination. In a horror landscape overrun with deranged mothers, killer toys, cults and

Need More Aunt Gladys? Try Baby Jane!

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At one point in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) the sinister Grima Wormtongue - who conspired with the forces of darkness to hold the kingdom of Rohan subservient to the wishes of the dark lord Sauron - meets with the wizard Saruman, and comments to him that the humans have become aware of the conspiracy and anticipate that they will soon be attacked. “They are skilled warriors and th

The infamous power of spectacle, Triumph of the Will, 1935

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We all have that guilty pleasure in our cinematic tastes, that one title we’d rather not admit to in front of discerning cinephile friends. For me, that guilty pleasure is What Women Want. Yes, the 2000 romantic comedy directed by Nancy Meyers, starring Mel Gibson and Helen Hunt. And before anyone judges me, let me explain how a man raised on explosions, car chases, and epic one-liners from Lethal

What Women Want: My Guilty Pleasure Film

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Reflecting on my 2024 movie-going experience, I have discovered a fascinating connection between two new films. One is Foreign Tongue(original: Langue Étrangère), the latest work by French filmmaker Claire Burger, a French-German co-production that was selected for the Berlinale Competition this year. The other is Happyend, the impressive narrative debut feature by Japanese-American director Neo S

Smells like GenZ spirits: Tales of Youth in "Foreign Tongue" and "Happyend"