[the following review is spoiler-free] Back in 2003, the world was rocked by a new Broadway musical based on The Wizard of Oz . Stephen Schwartz's Wicked might not have won the Tony that year, but it has been playing on the great white way for over two decades and remains an American cultural mainstay. After years of painstaking development, the highly anticipated film adaptation was released last Thanksgiving. Wicked: Part 1 covered the musical's first act, becoming both

One of the most talked-about films at this year's Cannes Film Festival was Lynne Ramsay's Die My Love . It marked the return of one of the industry's most beloved female directors, telling a story that only a woman could. Audiences throughout the festival raved about the raw, emotional script and the lead performances by Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson. The film was soon purchased by distributor, Mubi for $24 million. Expectations were ramping up fast, and they were th

On May 16th, 2024, at the Cannes Film Festival, audiences waited with baited breath for the premiere of Francis Ford Coppola's epic sci-fi feature: Megalopolis . A film that had been in production for nearly half a century, Megalopolis was one of the most ambitious cinematic projects of all time and marked the return of arguably the most revered director in the world. With a generation-spanning, star-studded cast, a gargantuan budget, and a script forty years in the making,

[the following review is spoiler-free] My relationship with Edgar Wright has unfortunately soured just a tad in recent years. I grew up on the first two films in the famous Cornetto Trilogy, and when Baby Driver  came out it was the coolest movie of all time as far as my 14 year old self was concerned. However, upon revisiting his filmography these past few weeks, my most general complaint that I can lodge towards his work is that it often seems like he loves his favorite m