by Tessa Swehla, Associate Editor
Why do we find these old houses in books and film creepy? It’s because they are externalizations of their inhabitants, a physical intrusion of abstract ideas like secrets, trauma, lies, and violence.
by Mo Moshaty, Staff Writer
Babygirl encourages the conversation of personal kink and desire, pushing the boundaries of personal comfort in favor of ultimate pleasure and we could do better as a society in welcoming that moment of inconvenience.
by A. Freedman, Staff Writer
Have you noticed that Vikings have had a real comeback this decade?
Written by Stanley Kubrick and Frederic Raphael (screenplay) and Arthur Schnitzler (inspired)
Directed by Stanley Kubrick
Starring Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman and Todd Field
Running time: 2 hours and 39 minutes
MPAA rating: R for language, nudity, some drug related material strong sexual content
by Matthew Crump, Alex Rudolph, Ashley Jane Davis, Audrey Callerstrom and Matthew McCafferty
The Tommy C. Appreciation Club, or TCAC, solemnly swears to watch and appreciate all theatrical performances by Tom Cruise then recap them, round-table style. In this edition, the Moviejawn crew embarks on a bonkers holiday adventure with our pal Tommy in Eyes Wide Shut.
Read MoreDirected by Jay Roach
Written by Charles Randolph
Starring Margot Robbie, Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman and Kate McKinnon
Running time: 1 hour and 48 minutes
MPAA Rating: R for sexual material and language throughout
by Rosalie Kicks, Old Sport
“No crying at Fox.”
It is rather precious that a story about women being sexually harassed and demoralized in the workplace is being told by a couple of men. (cut to: major eyeroll)
Read MoreDirected by Joel Edgerton
Written by Joel Edgerton (screenplay) and Garrard Conley (memoir)
Starring Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman, Joel Edgerton, and Russell Crowe
Running time: 1 hour 54 minutes
MPAA rating: R
by Jaime Davis, The Fixer
“Jared, God will not love you the way that you are.” These words, emphatically delivered by Victor Sykes (Joel Edgerton), an impassioned lead facilitator at a gay conversion therapy center, carry so much conviction, so much weighty concern. His “helpful” directive is aimed at Jared Eamons, our boy of note in Boy Erased, played with nuance and sensitivity by Lucas Hedges (Mid90s, Lady Bird, Ben is Back). The thing is, young Jared doesn’t yet know who he is. Does God still love us, even if we haven’t figured ourselves out yet? If there is a benevolent God like the one Western religions claim, wouldn’t it love us no matter what?
Read MoreDirected by Werner Herzog
by Francis Friel, The Projectionist
Any new release from Werner Herzog ought to be met with a parade. He releases three documentaries in a single year? Three parades. Anything the man does is a cause for celebration.
But in the eight years since the release of his previous narrative feature, he got off-balance. He worked on perfecting the episodic, sliced-and-diced documentary format he's been playing with for decades, while in the process losing something integral to what made so much of his past work noteworthy: his passion.
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