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Caught Stealing : Video Review by Matthew Schuchman

Check out more of our YouTube Channel  Matthew Schuchman : In the early 90s, while at the video store with his friends who wanted to rent Don’t Tell Mom The Babysitter’s Dead, Matthew asked the clerk if they had any copies of Naked Lunch available. A film buff from an early age, he would turn…

How I Learned to Not Hate M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Unbreakable’ After 25 Years

To say that I’ve had a strange relationship with filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan over the years would be an understatement, but that was especially the case earlier in his career in the years before I officially became a film critic. After making a few other movies, Shyamalan broke onto the scene with his blockbuster hit,…

‘Sunday Best’ Is A Profound Cinematic Portrait Of Ed Sullivan


The world of journalism changed from before the digital era. With the advent of television, information and entertainment have walked hand in hand, reshaping news anchors into the infotainers(reshaping the landscape of television with its cutting-edge approach to Infotainment). Several of these figures had a solid background in journalism and brought their ethics within the…

Ne Zha II, the Chinese Animated Blockbuster

©Courtesy of A24 In Wan Laiming’s classic 1961 Chinese animated film, the Monkey King created real Havoc in Heaven. Similarly, in this film, Ne Zhe, the Buddhist guardian folk hero, eventually leads a genuine insurrection against the celestial rulers, worthy of John Milton. Both films illustrate the Mainland Chinese movie going public’s continuing preference for…

“Nobody 2” : Video Review by Matthew Schuchman

Check out more of Our YouTube Channel  Matthew Schuchman : In the early 90s, while at the video store with his friends who wanted to rent Don’t Tell Mom The Babysitter’s Dead, Matthew asked the clerk if they had any copies of Naked Lunch available. A film buff from an early age, he would turn…

‘Lurker’ Review: The Movie by Alex Russell is an Intriguing Take on Manipulative Psychologies

@Courtesy of MUBI After participating as a writer to successful TV series like The Bear, Beef and Dave, Alex Russell has written and directed his first feature film setting it in the Los Angeles music world. Lurker tells the story of Matthew (Théodore Pellerin), an ordinary young man who works in a boutique where one…

Highest 2 Lowest : Video Review by Matthew Schuchman

  Check out more of our YouTube Channel  Matthew Schuchman : In the early 90s, while at the video store with his friends who wanted to rent Don’t Tell Mom The Babysitter’s Dead, Matthew asked the clerk if they had any copies of Naked Lunch available. A film buff from an early age, he would…

‘The Knife’ Review: Who’s the Victim in a World of Prejudice?

@Courtesy of Relativity Media After a solid career as supporting actor (Beasts of No Nation, Harriet, Sylvie’s Love) Nnamdi Asomugha has directed and starred in a family drama that gained the Best Narrative New Director Prize at the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival. The Knife talks about Chris (Asomugha), a man that in the middle of…

‘Rather,’ Frank Marshall’s Homage To An Icon of Journalism

©Courtesy of Giant Pictures Those who thought that 21st century whistleblowers — such as Julian Assange, Edward Snowden and Chelsea Manning — have been groundbreaking opposers of fake news, will have to think again. A 20th century journalist shared their line of thought in his approach to reporting: Dan Rather. The documentary that bears his…

The Glassworker, Hand-Drawn Animation from Pakistan

©Courtesy of Watermelon Pictures  “The Great Ravine” boasts valuable mineral deposits and fertile agricultural soil, but it is claimed by two rival nations. Frankly, it sounds a bit like the Kashmir Valley, especially since it appears in an animated feature produced in Pakistan. Unlike his neighbors, master glassworker Thomas Oliver wants nothing to do with…

After Five Years, Horror Is Back at Filmlinc with ‘Scary Movies XIII’!

Film At Lincoln Center (aka FilmLinc) has regularly been putting together series focusing on films from all parts of the world, but one of its great series that got waylaid by COVID was the annual look at horror and genre films. “Scary Movie” is back after five years away, and if you’re a horror buff,…