A Movie That Plays as a Faithful Adaptation and Not Much More
DIRECTED BY ANDRE OVREDAL/2019
If you would have asked me before the movie if I had rea...
reset and needed to tie back into the first and that the sequels are all "inferior"- a direct quote from characters talking about the thinly-veiled Stab sequels. Progressiveness was always at the forefront of this property, not a need to Make Scream Great Again, and take the franchise and give it the same treatment as sputtering franchises that need these rebootquels. This feels like it was made by the kind of movie watcher who always says without much thought that "the first is always the best" and "the book is always better", when that is not always the case.
Ghostface takes Manhattan
DIRECTED BY MATT BETTINELLI-OLPIN AND TYLER GILLETT/2023
The Scream franchise is back with its sixth installment and the se...
DIRECTED BY LISA D'APOLITO/2024
Shari and Lamb Chop is a heartfelt tribute to Shari Lewis, a pioneering figure in children’s television whose impact is ...
Hirokazu Kore-Eda's Best Film in Years
DIRECTED BY HIROKAZU KORE-EDA/JAPANESE/2019
I don't know if Hirokazu Kore-Eda was directly influenced by the I...
Ultimately, you don't have to care about the royals to care about Spencer. This is just intoxicating filmmaking, masterful acting, and a Jonny Greenwood score that should be awarded on Oscar night.
A Remake That Gets Everything From the Original Right
DIRECTED BY LUCA GUADAGNINO/2018
The original Suspiria is either a pivotal horror classic that has inf...
An Empathetic Look At Influencer Culture
DIRECTED BY MAGNUS VON HORN/POLISH, ENGLISH/2020
At the risk of sounding like a boomer, or Gen X, which I a...
Paul has written about politics and baseball for other outlets in the past. Besides cinema, he cites baseball, music and fitness as other key passions in his life. His reviews are humorous and sometimes cutting, aiming to get at central themes of any given movie. For him, the value of film lies in the way the art form can use plot, vision and sound to create stories of flawed, relatable people that are riveting and allegories for deeper things.