I’ve come to learn that when an animated film is distributed by GKIDS, that’s a pretty assured sign of quality. Since 2008, the company has allowed for many smart, independent animated films to be seen in the U.S. You may...
A brief history lesson: In the mid-17th Century, Sweden was a protestant nation, often at war with nations who were aligned to the Pope and Roman Catholicism. In 1632, upon the death of King Gustav II Adolph at the Battle...
I’m not sure if the new wave of films coming out of Greece has been formally synthesized, but a small group of filmmakers have made some very interesting cinema lately. Yorgos Lanthimos, the director of Dogtooth, Alps, and the upcoming The...
Likely because of a very brief and limited theatrical release late last year, Mediterranea was pretty much absent from the year-end critic film discussion. Strangely, though, it had a pretty good presence at various film festivals and award shows—first-time director...
When looking at a horror comedy (and particularly a vampire comedy) in 2016, there are two major criteria which I will judge: 1) Is the film able to do something new? and 2) Even if the film isn’t necessarily scary,...
