Landscape with Invisible Hand is quite an odd creation. The film, which is based on a book by M.T. Anderson, imagines a world where aliens and humans decide to coexist on Earth because it was mutually beneficial economically. Moreover, it conveys how such an agreement would impact the people from Earth. Cory Finley’s adaptation is
Sundance Film Festival 2023 has been an absolute gem of an event this year. We at Monsters and Critics have viewed over 20 films, and somehow some of these winners we missed during the early part of the festival. We still have more to come–and the festival has not yet concluded–but some of the films
Magazine Dreams is a vicious film that will rattle and test the audience’s nerves. The film, which premiered this week at Sundance, stars Jonathan Majors, who brings a welcoming in-depth performance to his character, Killian. For a film focused on bodily perfection, there is nothing pretty about it. And that is entirely the point. In
Based on a short film, Sometimes I Think About Dying stars Daisy Ridley as an extreme introvert. No longer is she the long-lost character from a galaxy far, far away battling a shirtless Adam Driver. In this movie, she is genuinely closed off and anxious, and she daydreams about death. This might sound dark, but
Can love be enough? Does love transcend desire? These are weighty questions explored within Kavtaradze’s romance drama Slow and it leaves a lot on the table for Sundance Film Festival audiences to ponder. A disability can come in many forms. There are surface-level disabilities such as blindness, the need for a wheelchair, loss of hearing,
David Redmon has a cinematic obsession. In Kim’s Video, he narrates the documentary while making countless references to other films he admires and films he discovered at an iconic video rental store. The film directed by Ashley Sabin and Redmon, which played at Sundance Film Festival, sees the filmmakers seamlessly cutting images of classic films
It’s that time of year again. The festivities return to Park City, Utah, to witness one of the biggest film festivals in the U.S. The Sundance Film Festival kicks off tomorrow night and will showcase over 100 titles during the 10 days. What is more impressive, this year’s line-up is dominated mainly by women directors
A Man Called Otto is a familiar grouchy tale. Not too far from the likes of Clint Eastwood in Gran Torino or even The Grinch himself. One can easily see Tom Hanks’ character Otto yelling at someone to “get off my lawn.” Unlike those stories, A Man Called Otto (based on the novel A Man
The Chucky franchise clearly inspires M3gan, but more so the sillier sequels than its terrifying first film. But, what M3gan gets right is the same frightening doll details that made Child’s Play a success. M3gan has a character arc, a witty and sass-filled personality, and when the movie switches her artificial intelligence on, M3gan as
Wildcat on the surface can be viewed as a simple story about a man and his furry jungle companion. It’s easy to judge these books before stretching ourselves beyond the covers. Wildcat possesses so much more nuance in the study of mankind’s connection to animals. In many ways, we are all lost creatures waiting for