Killer of Sheep
Andrew Wyatt
Apr 17, 2025
There’s a moment in writer-director Charles Burnett’s astonishing 1978 debut, Killer of Sheep, that I have never stopped thinking about in the 18 years since
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Drop
Andrew Wyatt
Apr 9, 2025
A pleasantly preposterous dollop of pulpy thrills, Drop is the sort of artistically trifling but calorically dense two-bite snack that seems designed for a quick,
These American Lives: The United States of Frederick Wiseman
Kayla McCulloch
Apr 4, 2025
From Feb. 6 – May 29, the Webster University Film Series will feature a marathon retrospective on the works of legendary American documentarian Frederick Wiseman.
Assassin’s Creed Shadows Thrives in the Space Between Thought and Action
Andrew Wyatt
Mar 28, 2025
“You cannot know anything,” a wise assassin once cautioned, “only suspect. You must expect to be wrong, to have overlooked something.” Ubisoft seems to have
African Film Fest 2025: Demba, Sadrack, The Village Next to Paradise
Kayla McCulloch
Mar 25, 2025
Washington University’s African Film Festival returns for its 19th edition from March 28 – 30. This year, the fest’s three narrative features — Demba, Sadrack,
Black Bag
Andrew Wyatt
Mar 11, 2025
Steven Soderbergh hit the ground running in 1989 with his Palme d’Or-winning feature debut, sex, lies, and videotape, and has spent the ensuing decades building
The Roottrees Are Dead Is a Marvelous Mystery About the Obscurity of Information
Andrew Wyatt
Mar 10, 2025
In recent years, much has been made of social media’s role in disseminating urban legends, malicious hoaxes, and outright political disinformation. No one seems to
These American Lives: The United States of Frederick Wiseman
Kayla McCulloch
Mar 3, 2025
From Feb. 6 – May 29, the Webster University Film Series will feature a marathon retrospective on the works of legendary American documentarian Frederick Wiseman.
The Monkey
Andrew Wyatt
Feb 18, 2025
Employing a dramatic, even jarring shift in tone from one narrative feature to the next is practically a horror filmmaking tradition, indulged by luminaries such
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