Everything deserves at least one viewing
Nice of you to drop in again! This week we are adding our second ingredient to our Review Stew for the year. I am currently on a free trial of the streaming service Sundance Now which is where I found this week’s film…Skincare (2024). Title: Skincare Director: Austin Peters Released: August 16, 2024 (United States)…
Welcome back! In 2025 we are moving away from focusing solely on Mubi and instead are going to make a review stew of sorts. There will be reviews of classics, new releases, and everything in-between. First up, we have a film from Kanopy’s “B-Film Bonanza” collection for the month of January with…Deluge (1933). Title: Deluge…
Welcome back! This week is the final Monday of the year and the final installment of Mubi Monday. I’ll still have weekly reviews in 2025, but they will no longer be Mubi specific. But enough about later, lets talk about right now and the review for this week…Two Days, One Night (2014). Title: Two Days,…
Well, we made it. A year-long bi-weekly journey through the featured Letterboxd Lists. But fear not, these reviews will remain a staple in 2025. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves though, there’s still one final review for this year. Coming from the Independent Spirit Awards – Best Feature list we have one that has been…
Welcome back and thanks for joining me for the second to last Mubi Monday of the year! Today we have a Golden Bear Award winner for Best Short Film. So lets travel back ten years and take a look at…As Long as Shotguns Remain (2014). Title: As Long as Shotguns Remain Directors: Jonathan Vinel and…
As we wind down Mubi Monday, we’re going to take a look at the humble beginnings for a famed director. Hayao Miyazaki has made quite the name for himself over the years, both as a director and as the co-founder of Studio Ghibli. Today we going all the way back to his first solo directorial…
As we approach the end of the year, it’s time for our second-to-last Letterboxd List review of 2024! This week, I explored a particularly robust list and selected a film at random. From the featured list titled Guillermo del Toro’s Twitter Film Recommendations, which includes 536 films, we’ll be focusing on one inspired by true…
Hello again and welcome to another Mubi Monday review! Have you ever seen a film where the main character is unlikeable yet still possesses some redeemable qualities? Well, this week we have an unlikeable main character with zero redeemable qualities with…Listen Up Philip (2014). Title: Listen Up Philip Director: Alex Ross Perry Runtime: 1 hour…
Welcome back! Well, we’re down to our last five installments of Mubi Monday in 2024. This week we’ll take a look at a Romanian short film from director Radu Jude that collected quite a few awards…The Tube with a Hat (2006). Title: The Tube with a Hat Director: Radu Jude Runtime: 25 minutes Released: November…
Welcome back! Here we are with the last Letterboxd List Review of November. This week we dip our toes into yet another new list with Letterboxd’s Top 100 Silent Films. More specifically, we’ll look at #7 on that list (as of this writing), the mostly silent…Modern Times (1936). Title: Modern Times Director: Charlie Chaplin Runtime:…