Clint Eastwood at 95: The Last Cowboy Still Rides
On May 31, 2025, Clint Eastwood turns 95—an age few actors, let alone filmmakers, reach with their legacy not only intact but still evolving. For Eastwood, it’s another quiet milestone in a career defined by independence and a lifelong refusal to conform. Over more than seven decades, he has transformed from a television actor into a global movie star, from... Read more
Concrete Nothingness: How The Brutalist Builds to Nowhere
I approached The Brutalist with genuine curiosity and respect. A film centered on an architect—played by the always compelling Adrien Brody—seemed like an invitation into a world of aesthetic discipline, existential inquiry, and visual rigor. Instead, I found myself trapped in a three-hour descent into artistic delusion—an experience so pretentious, so hollow, and ultimately so offensive, it felt less like... Read more
Watch the Curse of Modigliani Trailer—Obsession, Betrayal, and a Haunted Diary
The official trailer for The Curse of Modigliani has been released today, offering a first glimpse into a haunting cinematic journey of obsession, art, and self-destruction. Diana Ringo’s (Quarantine, 1984) latest film is a study of the life of a struggling artist living in modern Helsinki. Known for her poetic vision in cinema, Ringo reinterprets the well-known tragic story of... Read more
Anora: A Vulgar Ass-ault on Cinema
Anora is a glaring example of cinema gone wrong—a film that sacrifices depth and integrity for vulgarity and cheap shock value. Despite inexplicably sweeping numerous prizes at the Cannes Film Festival, the film is mediocre at best, raising serious questions about the festival’s current standards and relevance. The story is shallow and exploitative, centering on the unconvincing relationship between a... Read more
A Raven in Tokyo: How Mark Gill Captured the Troubled Genius of Masahisa Fukase
Ravens is an uncompromising and remarkable cinematic achievement by director Mark Gill, vividly transporting audiences to the 1960s and 1970s with an authentic portrayal that captures the haunting beauty of Japanese photographer Masahisa Fukase’s life through a bold, imaginative lens. Anchored by Tadanobu Asano’s (47 Ronin, Shogun) brilliant performance and a striking portrayal by Kumi Takiuchi as the artist’s muse,... Read more
Megalopolis: A Misstep from a Legendary Director
Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis is a film decades in the making, a passion project fueled by the kind of ambition only a cinematic titan like Coppola could muster. Envisioned in the late 1970s and shaped over forty years, it represents the director’s desire to create a sprawling sci-fi epic with profound ideas about society, power, and utopia. The intent behind... Read more