Ballad of Buster Scruggs (Dec 16)

Netflix’s The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is probably only for Coen Brother completionists. The formal structure organizing these short stories…

Mortal Engines (Dec 14)

Mortal Engines resists clichés and forges ahead with some welcome changes to the YA fantasy genre, despite making new mistakes,…

The Favourite (Dec 9)

There’s a beautiful kind of symmetry in finishing the year off with another Rachel Weisz film after having begun this…

Widows (Nov 21)

Widows is a reminder that new stories and excellent storytelling are waiting in the periphery of the male gaze, that…

Overlord (Nov 11)

Overlord is not interested in soaring monologues or patronizing speeches. There’s no peremptory reminders of particular the evils of the…