By Megan Bianco When I saw the first trailer for Kenneth Branagh’s latest historical drama, Belfast, I instantly thought that it looked like “Roma (2018) for White…
By Megan Bianco One has to assume the origin of Mia Hansen-Løve’s new film, Bergman Island, was loosely inspired by her own past relationship with fellow…
By Megan Bianco James Bond has one of the most heavily inconsistent histories of any movie franchise since its origin. Martin Campbell’s Casino Royale (2006) debuted with…
By Megan Bianco Just like his Twilight co-stars Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, Justin Chon has been doing well for himself since the franchise ended. Even more…
By Megan Bianco When the trailer for Paul Schrader’s new film, The Card Counter, dropped online last month, I figured maybe this would be another “miss” in…
By Megan Bianco Racial and political tensions are high in 2021, and they don’t seem to be diminishing. Petra Epperlein and Michael Tucker’s new documentary, The…
By Megan Bianco When Gareth Edwards’ Godzilla (2014) debuted, it was given intriguing and effective marketing, yet received a lukewarm reception from viewers. Jordan Vogt-Roberts’ Kong: Skull Island (2017)…
By Megan Bianco Lesbian costume dramas really seem to be all the rage these days in independent filmmaking. This month, Mona Fastvold’s The World to Come now…
By Megan Bianco I remember when British actress Rosamund Pike broke through globally with David Fincher’s Gone Girl (2014). There were worries from film fans that the…
By Megan Bianco John Lee Hancock’s The Little Things wants and tries to be something along the lines of Jonathan Demme’s The Silence of the Lambs (1991) or the…
By Megan Bianco Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane is not only reflected on in film courses, but also by Hollywood itself, as plenty of biopics on the picture’s…