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Review: Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget (2023)

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget is decent entertainment, but a significant step down from the original film.

Genocide Just Over the Fence: Defamiliarization in Jonathan Glazer's The Zone of Interest (2023)

Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest is like an art installation about what exists just outside the frame.

Essays, Movies TodayAren BergstromJanuary 19, 2024The Zone of Interest, Jonathan Glazer, The Holocaust, Auschwitz, Genocide Just Over the Fence, Defamiliarization in Jonathan Glazer's The Zone of InterestComment

Review: Wonka (2023)

Wonka is more like Paul King’s Paddington movies than either Gene Wilder’s 1971 adaptation or Roald Dahl’s original book.

Top 10 Films of 2023

Aren shares his favourite films from 2023, including Oppenheimer, The Boy and the Heron, and The Maiden.

FeaturesAren BergstromJanuary 15, 2024Oppenheimer, The Boy and the Heron, The Maiden, Suzume, Skinamarink, The Holdovers, BlackBerry, Master Gardener, The Killer, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, Best of 2023, Best Films of 2023, Top 10 Films of 2023Comment

Review: Rebel Moon: Part One – A Child of Fire (2023)

Although there are plenty of enjoyable Zack Snyder trademarks, the final result is never enough of its own thing.

3 Brothers’ Essential Films of 2023

The Brothers share their essential films of 2023, including prestige pictures, blockbusters, arthouse and international cinema, and documentaries.

Review: Godzilla Minus One (2023)

Takashi Yamazaki’s Godzilla Minus One works as a compelling postwar drama as well as an exciting kaiju picture.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromJanuary 5, 2024Godzilla, Godzilla Minus One, Takashi Yamazaki, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe, Yuki Yamada, Munetaka Aoki, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Sakura Ando, Kuranosuke Sakai, TohoComment

Review: Leave the World Behind (2023)

The hit Netflix apocalyptic psychological thriller is a movie for our moment.

Reviews, The Current: At HomeAnton BergstromJanuary 4, 2024Leave the World Behind, Sam Esmail, Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, Ethan Hawke, Myha'la, Farrah Mackenzie, Charlie Evans, Kevin Bacon, thriller, apocalypse, psychological thrillerComment

Review: The Boy and the Heron (2023)

The Boy and the Heron, Hayao Miyazaki’s latest masterpiece, beautifully poses the question of how do you live in a broken world?

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromDecember 29, 2023The Boy and the Heron, Studio Ghibli, Hayao Miyazaki, animationComment

Christmas: Elf (2003)

Jon Favreau’s Elf still remains the 21st-century’s most iconic Christmas classic.

Christmas: Watching Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (2001) as a Christmas Movie

Anton makes the case for watching the first Harry Potter movie during Christmas time.

Review: The Equalizer 3 (2023)

The Equalizer 3 blends together a brutal action film and a sentimental Hallmark-style drama about Italian village life.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: At HomeAren BergstromDecember 22, 2023The Equalizer 3, The Equalizer, Antoine Fuqua, Richard Wenk, Michael Sloan, Richard Lindheim, Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning, Eugenio Mastrandrea, David DenmanComment

Review: Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)

Irvin Kershner’s Eyes of Laura Mars has the thematic and narrative obsessions of giallo without the style.

Aren's Reviews, Flash Back, ReviewsAren BergstromDecember 13, 2023Eyes of Laura Mars, Irvin Kershner, John Carpenter, David Zelag Goodman, Faye Dunaway, Tommy Lee Jones, René Auberjonois, Brad Dourif, Raoul JuliaComment

Table Talk: Ahsoka (2023)

Anton and Anders debate whether the latest Disney Star Wars TV show is a success or a misfire.

Christmas: The Holdovers (2023)

The Holdovers is something of a Christmas miracle: an Alexander Payne movie that doesn’t have contempt for its characters.

Aren's Reviews, Christmas, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromDecember 1, 2023The Holdovers, Alexander Payne, David Hemingson, Paul Giamatti, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Dominic Sessa, Carrie Preston, Christmas Comments

Review: Air (2023)

Ben Affleck’s Air is an easygoing underdog sports drama without the sports.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: At HomeAren BergstromNovember 27, 2023Air, Nike, Air Jordan, Michael Jordan, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Jason Bateman, Marlon Wayans, Chris Messina, Chris Tucker, Viola DavisComment

“We are through the looking glass:” Watching Oliver Stone’s JFK (1991) in the Information Age

60 years after John F. Kennedy’s assassination, Oliver Stone’s JFK captures how essential conspiracy is to modern life,

Essays, (Re)Viewing the CanonAnders BergstromNovember 22, 2023JFK, JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass, Oliver Stone, Kevin Costner, Donald Sutherland, drama, conspiracy theory, thriller, mystery, Internet, American politicsComment

Justified: City Primeval (2023) Can't Quite Fit the Old-School Marshal in 21st-Century Detroit

Justified: City Primeval demonstrates that in 2023 we cannot have a cop show as fast and loose as the original.

Halloween Horror: Doctor X (1932)

Michael Curtiz’s Doctor X demonstrates the perverse strangeness of pre-Code horror.

Aren's Reviews, Halloween Horror, Overlooked and Under-Appreciated, ReviewsAren BergstromNovember 13, 2023Doctor X, Halloween Horror, pre-Code horror, Michael Curtiz, Robert Tasker, Earl Baldwin, Terror, Howard W. Comstock, Fay Wray, Lee Tracy, Preston Foster, Lionel AtwillComment

Review: The Creator (2023)

Gareth Edwards’ The Creator borrows liberally from other, better films, but it’s strikingly relevant in our present moment.

Aren's Reviews, Reviews, The Current: In TheatresAren BergstromNovember 9, 2023The Creator, Gareth Edwards, Chris Weitz, John David Washington, Madeleine Yuna Voyles, Gemma Chan, Ken Watanabe, Sturgill Simpsons, Allison JanneyComment