Writer/director Miranda July’s singularly strange dramedy “Kajillionaire” tells the tale of a tandem of sociopathic con artists, Robert and Theresa Dyne (Richard Jenkins and Debra Winger), and their sheltered/brainwashed daughter Old Dolio Dyne (Evan Rachel ...
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“Kajillionaire” Critical Exchangecore
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“Parasite” and the Horrors of Horizontal Class Warfare
“Parasite,” a 2019 film directed by South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho and co-written by Joon-Ho and Han Jin-won, triples as an intimate family drama, dark comedy, and at several points, a menacing thriller. Centering on Kim ...
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The Not-So-Sweet Lessons of “Honey Boy”
“Honey Boy” is a semi-autobiographical screenplay penned by child-turned-adult star Shia LaBeouf. It chronicles his time living with his father as they struggle to get his career off the ground. Shia, or “Otis” as he ...
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Critical Exchangecore: “The King”
Filmcore critics Armani Barron and Alex Kirschenbaum go medieval on Netflix’s “The King” in the latest Critical Exchangecore. In the film, directed by David Michod and written by Michod and co-star/co-producer Joel Edgerton, we follow Hal ...
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Listcore: 10 Reasons Why “Jennifer’s Body” Was Ahead of Its Time
On September 18th, 2009, the Megan Fox-Amanda Seyfried horror comedy “Jennifer’s Body,” directed by Karyn Kusama (“Girlfight,” “Destroyer”) and written by Diablo Cody (“Juno,” “Young Adult”), was unleashed upon an unsuspecting audience. Critics and audiences alike ...
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“Native Son” Doesn’t Quite Find Its Place
Note: Spoilers abound throughout this review. You have been warned. Based on the novel of the same name by Richard Wright, the new HBO film “Native Son” tells the story of a Black Chicagoan as ...
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7 Shots, Scenes and Moments from “Roma” That Reveal Its Cinematic Genius
Tonight at the Oscars, the record-breaking “Roma” shone bright, winning three Oscars for writer, director, and DP Alfonso Cuaron. Cuaron won for Best Director, Best Foreign Language Film, and Best Cinematography. Its lead actress, Yalitza Aparicio, ...
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Netflix’s “Bird Box” Flies Onto The Memernet
“Bird Box,” a Netflix original film based on a 2014 Josh Malerman novel of the same name, has taken this holiday season and the memernet™ by storm. The movie, directed by Susanne Bier, opens with Malorie ...
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Getting Ripped With Kids: A “Santa With Muscles” Christmas Exchangecore
Have you ever wanted to see a Santa movie with low-end production values and a super-mega-jacked St. Nick? Well look no further, because Filmcore scribes Armani Barron and Alex Kirschenbaum dove deep into the dregs of 1996 to view ...
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8 Things I Learned from Watching “Planes, Trains, and Automobiles” in 2018
31 years ago, John Hughes released a movie that, in 2018, seems quaint, dated, and newly necessary all at once. Think of how many movies you know — particularly family movies from the 1980s-2000s — ...