Interstate | Film Threat
Writer-director Samuel McIntosh’s Interstate is like a dream, drenched in eerie darkness and comforted by nurturing quiet. The short film, while heavily abstract, has just enough structure to raise compelling questions and likewise has just enough mystique to create lasting pathos. It’s…
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 IMAX Review: An Emotional Farewell
It’s emotional, it’s charming, it’s fun and it looks amazing on the big screen. Here’s our Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 IMAX review. Still reeling from the loss of Gamora, Peter Quill must rally his team to defend the…
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One of These Days | Film Threat
I drive a Volkswagen Golf. I’m about as far-removed as one can be from Southern truck culture. Still, I can always appreciate the allure of the South (particularly the dripping humidity of Louisiana) as a setting for films. As distant…
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Look into the Fire | Film Threat
A student’s experiment into neuropsychology and memories goes horribly wrong in writer-director Tim Morrill’s sci-fi thriller, Look into the Fire. Adam (Artie Shase) is a graduate student partnered with Samantha (Jackie Dallas), Seth (Myles Brown), and Jerry (David Silva). They struggle…
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Barrera & Mescal Bring The Heat In Disjointed Reimagining
Benjamin Millepied makes his directorial debut with his screen adaptation of Bizet’s opera Carmen. The reimagining supplants the setting and time, strips the characters of their arcs, and selectively features segments of the opera's music sung by a French choir.…
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Dr. Teeth and Company Are Ready to Rock
You know how sometimes you'll be listening to a brand-new song for the first time, and you're just not sure about it at first? The intro is maybe a little slow and different from the band's usual sound. But then…
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Anxious Nation | Film Threat
I know I am not alone in thinking that adolescence was the toughest period of my life. What a mess those years can be! Strange emotions hit you from every angle, and the pressure to succeed is at its peak.…
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Much Darker and Somehow Better Than Ever
The mark of a great television show — a truly great one — is when it becomes difficult to remember a time before it even existed. Such is the case with Tony McNamara's The Great, which follows the "Almost Entirely…
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Helander’s Mighty Action Thriller Is Epic & Inspirational
Sisu is a Finnish word used to describe extraordinary bravery and resilience during extreme levels of adversity. With no true literal equivalent in English, who better to showcase its meaning on screen than Finnish director and screenwriter Jalmari Helander. In…
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Cake Soap | Film Threat
In some respects, I liked what co-writer/director/co-star Henderson Brathwaite was trying with Cake Soap. The ensemble cast is all of West Indian or Caribbean-American descent. But, unfortunately, low production values bring down the overall film. Bouchon (Brathwaite) and his friend, Lougarau…
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‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ Season 5 Episode 6 Review: Roasting the Future
With three episodes left in its final season, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel finally finds a way to make peace with the jarring flashforwards it has decided to employ to tie up all of its loose threads. The first five episodes…
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Freaks vs. the Reich | Film Threat
Finally, we get the superhero film we deserve. In Gabriele Mainetti’s aptly titled feature, Freaks vs. the Reich, a quartet of circus freaks takes on the Third Reich. It’s 1943 in Rome at the “Mezza Piotta Circus.” The big top’s finale…
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