Rachel Weisz

Alice (Rachel Weisz) is in China cut open by a magician, in an ER room telling a patient to breathe, in Tanzania researching insects, and in a parked car spying on a suburban house. Complete Unknown begins by showing what it is to live as someone who, at the very least, is running from their past and has not developed an adult capacity to deal, and at the most, is inhabiting a semi-psychotic state...[Read More]

Having not seen Greek writer/director Yorgos Lanthimos’ critically lauded 2009 film Dogtooth, I legitimately had no expectations going into his latest film. Upon leaving the theater I was glad I knew nothing, because it only enhanced the strange and hypnotic, fever-dream-like viewing experience that was The Lobster. The film is set not so far in the future, where everyone without a partner is forc...[Read More]

MGM’s 1939 movie musical The Wizard of Oz is beloved by generations of people and still regarded as a cinematic classic more than seventy years after its original release. As I imagine is the case for many people, the film was one of my earliest childhood memories related to movies, and I still love it to this day. With recognizable branded properties being more important than ever in Hollyw...[Read More]