The Natural & Contrived Loves of The Lobster (2015) & Never Let Me Go (2010)
Yorgos Lanthimos’ seventh directorial feature, The Lobster, is a compulsive critique on societal expectations often assigned to an individual’s relationship status. It’s a dark comedy that is as neurotic as its Greek director (see Dogtooth and The Killing of a…
Keeping Watch on the Evil and the Good: Worshipping the State in Cool Hand Luke (1967) and Minority Report (2002)
For 13 years, my father was a corrections officer in a high security prison in Texas. Among his wards was the infamous Eyeball Killer, a man who murdered prostitutes and surgically removed their eyes. During routine searches of the man’s…
Review| The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Yorgos Lanthimos movies are an acquired taste. Not like black coffee or certain types of seafood or cheese. More like lutefisk, a traditional Norweigan dish that is essential whitefish soaked in lye, or Vegemite (apologies to any of our Australian…
Review| Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Unsurprisingly, Denzel Washington gives an excellent performance in his latest film Roman J. Israel, Esq., but even though he’s following up Oscar nominated Fences, Roman J. Israel, Esq. is a subpar film that doesn’t quite pack the same punch as…
Top 5 Actors 2016
Of all the Top 5’s we’re doing this week, the Best Actor category may be the most predictable and also contains the most consensus among the RWT staff. Does that speak to the lack of great starring roles by men in…
Streaming Weekly December 2016 3.0
We were so excited about Rogue One last week, we completely spaced on bringing you a weekend of streaming recommendations from our fine contributors. Well, now that you have seen the latest Star Wars movie 500 times, we’re ready to fill your proverbial stocking…
Review| The Lobster
I never wanted to get married. Sure, I was interested in girls, but as I grew up, I insisted to my family I was going to be a priest so I could serve God and never get married. While I…
In Theaters May 13th, 2016
This weekend proves to be a glut of new movies, most of which are festival darlings releasing on the same weekend as the Cannes Film Festival is in full swing. Since there is so much ground to cover, let’s get…
Top 5 Indie Releases of May 2016
With the summer blockbuster season already kicking off with the incredibly successful Captain America: Civil War, movie-going audiences have a veritable cinematic buffet. While there has been plenty of hype around summer releases like X-Men: Apocalypse, Finding Dory, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of…