The key to Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert’s two magnum opuses.
A Tale of Two Matricies: Why Audiences Embraced Free Guy Over The Matrix Resurrections
"Nothing comforts anxiety like a little nostalgia"
Marcelo's Top Ten Movies of 2021
What! A year?
Sense8: The Wachowskis' Opus of Love
How the series ties everything from Bound to The Matrix Resurrections together.
Manish's Top Ten Movies of 2021
The best films of 2021 with feeling!
Callie's Top Ten Movies of 2021
The movies were back (mostly) in 2021 and Callie counts down her favorites, from Annette to Drive My Car!
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: A Novel and a New Appreciation of Quentin Tarantino's Story
How the novel by Tarantino lovingly opens up the world presented in the film.
Chattanooga Film Festival 2021 Wrap-Up
Looking at some films that played at this year’s eclectic fest including Scenes from an Empty Church, Alien On Stage, and We’re All Going to the World’s Fair.
Bo Burnham's Inside and Finding Beauty in the End of All Things
On how the new Netflix special is an effective look at an artist living through the pandemic.
An Ode to Madolyn: The Departed and The Cheater’s Remorse
On Martin Scorsese’s female characters and Vera Farmiga’s performance in his 2006 film.
Game Over: Spiral and the Legacy of the Saw Ending
A long, critical look at the greatness of the Saw franchise’s endings.
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and Going Back Home
A personal essay on going back to the movies, and more.
Unexpect the Expected in Promising Young Woman and Glass
On what the audience expects and what filmmakers deliver in two very distinct, yet similar, films.
Callie's Top Ten Movies of 2020
Celebrating a not-so-bad year (of movies)!
Marcelo's Top Ten Movies of 2020
It’s been a year.
Tenet Exposes A New Cinema World In The Age of COVID
The pseudo-major release of Tenet poses a myriad of complex questions about movie going in difficult times.
From Rope to Vertigo: Jimmy Stewart’s Dark Evolution Through Hitchcock Films
In her debut for our site, Sarah Fisher explores Jimmy Stewart’s career as he grew from “charming everyman” to Hitchcock’s vision of the “world-weary cynic”.
End of Innocence: Why E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Will Never Have A Sequel
For his debut on the site, Loafpile dives deep into E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and the current state of nostalgia-induced sequels.
Looking for the Light: Trauma and Loss in The Last Of Us - Part II
Aaron looks at the powerful themes in The Last of Us - Part II in this deeply personal piece.
Going From Real to Virtual for the Chattanooga Film Festival 2020
A first-hand experience of CFF’s all-virtual film fest.