In the trenches

Sprawling cinematic stories of drug abuse and crime sprees are nothing new. Martin Scorsese has honed this sub­genre of brittle masculinity and confessional narration throughout his long career, and many others have tried to ascend to his platform for storytelling. Cherry never quite climbs to that rank, but it is an empathetic look at one […]

Movie review: Marvel notches another win with Avengers: Infinity War

Cutting right to the chase, Avengers: Infinity War is pretty damn good and may even be unpredictable for the Easter egg-hunting, online theory crowd —but how the hell do you even begin to describe a movie like this? Installment to installment, the Marvel Cinematic Universe movies work more or less as individual stories with just […]