Sunday, October 18, 2026

LFF Dispatch #5: It Takes a Village in Fernando Eimbcke's Social Realist Charmer Moscas

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FLIES / Moscas  (Fernando Eimbcke, 2026, Mexico, 101 minutes)  "For a child, playing is a deeply serious matter. Children don’t need po...
Sunday, October 11, 2026

LFF Dispatch #4: Land of Hope and Gory - Horror Shorts from the UK, France, and Canada

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I didn't arrive in London in time to cover the first screening of this horror-themed program--or programme , which looks classier--but i...
Monday, October 5, 2026

LFF Dispatch #3: The Mother-Child Bond Proves Frightful in Finnish Horror Nightborn

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NIGHTBORN / Yön Lapsi  (Hanna Bergholm, Finland/Lithuania/France/UK, 2026, 92 mins) "Fuck London."--a sentiment a father will come...
Sunday, October 4, 2026

LFF Dispatch #2: NYC Duo Kevin Walker and Jack Auen Conjure Up the Past as a Living Thing in Their Directorial Debut Chronovisor

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CHRONOVISOR (Kevin Walker and Jack Auen, USA, 2026, 99 minutes) Sailin' away on the crest of a wave /  It's like magic /  Oh, rollin...
Thursday, October 1, 2026

LIFF Dispatch #1: The 2026 BFI London Film Festival - 70 Years Old and Still Kicking

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It's been years since I've attended the BFI London Film Festival, so this isn't my first, but it's hard to resist an anniver...
Saturday, September 26, 2026

It's Punks Versus Skinheads in Jeremy Saulnier's Fast and Bloody Green Room

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A decade ago, A24 released Green Room. Somewhere along the way, my review for The Stranger got truncated, so here's the full version. S...
Monday, September 21, 2026

Begotten: E. Elias Merhige’s Debut Rises from the Dead to Freak You Out All Over Again

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BEGOTTEN  (E. Elias Merhige, USA, 1989, 72 minutes)  In its abstraction, E. Elias Merhige's directorial debut, Begotten , plays like a G...