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  • Retrospectives

    ‘She Done Him Wrong’: Less Is More

    by Kali Tuttle March 7, 2023
    by Kali Tuttle March 7, 2023

    She Done Him Wrong is one of Cary Grant’s first memorable films and one of Mae West’s most famous. Despite premiering over 90 years ago, its story is still entertaining for the modern audience. One of…

  • DramaReviews

    ‘Creed III’: No Rocky? No Problem!

    by Sean Coates March 1, 2023
    by Sean Coates March 1, 2023

    The Rocky franchise has left an indelible mark on cinema history. It created the blueprint for the modern sports movie that had audiences passionately cheering for the underdog and making them want to get up and…

  • HorrorReviews

    ‘The Outwaters’ Is a Horrific Descent Into Hell

    by Spencer Henderson February 17, 2023
    by Spencer Henderson February 17, 2023

    As a seasoned film viewer, it takes quite an experience to truly rattle me. This is the long-term effects of a lifetime of desensitizing myself by a (possibly unhealthy) overexposure to horror films. I find…

  • PodcastsThe MovieBabble Podcast

    Ranking M. Night Shyamalan’s Filmography

    by The MovieBabble Staff February 14, 2023
    by The MovieBabble Staff February 14, 2023

    You can accuse M. Night Shyamalan of being many things, but he’s certainly never boring. On the heels of his latest film, Knock at the Cabin, coming to theaters, Spencer and Nick decided to come…

  • Streaming ComedyStreaming Reviews

    ‘You People’: A Shanda for the Goyim

    by Adina Bernstein February 13, 2023
    by Adina Bernstein February 13, 2023

    These days, interracial and interreligious marriage is (mostly) accepted. That does not mean, however, that the families of the engaged couples are welcoming of their child’s future spouse. The new Netflix romantic comedy, You People, is a…

  • Retrospectives

    ‘The Hook’: Three Perspectives of Man

    by Kali Tuttle February 9, 2023
    by Kali Tuttle February 9, 2023

    The Hook is a lesser-known war film concerning the end of the Korean War. It details the story of three soldiers forced with the difficult decision to execute a prisoner of war that fell into their…

  • Retrospectives

    ‘The Offence’: The Two Faces of Humanity with Sean Connery

    by Kali Tuttle January 29, 2023
    by Kali Tuttle January 29, 2023

    In order to return as James Bond for Diamonds Are Forever, Sean Connery demanded that United Artists had to back two movies of his choice. The first of the two was The Offence. Due to poor box office reception,…

  • DramaReviews

    ‘Saint Omer’ Is a Challenging Examination of Generational Trauma

    by Spencer Henderson January 25, 2023
    by Spencer Henderson January 25, 2023

    As someone who spent the first eight years of my life in a turbulent, abusive household, generational trauma is something I have thought about often throughout my adulthood. For some, there is a palpable fear…

  • PodcastsThe MovieBabble Podcast

    Our Most Anticipated Movies of 2023

    by The MovieBabble Staff January 23, 2023
    by The MovieBabble Staff January 23, 2023

    The new year has plenty to be excited about. We have a truly stacked slate for the first time since before the pandemic; many industry leaders — including Martin Scorsese, David Fincher, Wes Anderson, Sofia…

  • Top 10 Lists

    Nick Kush’s Top 10 Movies of 2022

    by Nick Kush January 17, 2023
    by Nick Kush January 17, 2023

    In last year’s top 10, I remarked that we’d eventually look back on 2021 as a significant transition year in the history of cinema. Well, allow me to expand (and slightly hedge) on that proclamation:…

  • Top 10 Lists

    Spencer Henderson’s Top 10 Best Movies of 2022

    by Spencer Henderson January 14, 2023
    by Spencer Henderson January 14, 2023

    2022 was a fantastic year for film. I have always held the belief that there is no such thing as a bad year for the medium. There will always be multiple great movies released. This…

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    Brennan Dubé’s Top 10 Best Movies of 2022

    by Brennan Dubé January 11, 2023
    by Brennan Dubé January 11, 2023

    My favorite films this year all stuck out to me for vastly different reasons. In a year in which we saw theatrical releases begin to stick to their slots rather than be stuck in a…

  • Features

    A Jewish Filmmaker in His Formative Years: James Gray’s ‘Armageddon Time’ vs. Steven Spielberg’s ‘The Fabelmans’

    by Adina Bernstein December 29, 2022
    by Adina Bernstein December 29, 2022

    There’s something fascinating about learning who a respected artist was as a child. Seeing who they were and who they grew up to speaks volumes about who they are as human beings and a creator.…

  • DocumentaryReviews

    ‘The Super 8 Years’: Returning to a Time Capsule

    by Nick Kush December 20, 2022
    by Nick Kush December 20, 2022

    In reflecting on the year, a film that always comes up in my mind is Audrey Diwan’s 1960s abortion drama, Happening. Many would point to the film’s startlingly prescient release just weeks before the Dobbs…

  • DramaReviews

    ‘The Eternal Daughter’ Is a Haunting and Beautiful Mother-Daughter Ghost Story

    by Nick Kush December 15, 2022
    by Nick Kush December 15, 2022

    There’s a palpable sense of “less is more” in Joanna Hogg’s brand of formalism. Her camera is happy to sit back and observe, only moving very precisely when the scene calls for it. Commonly shooting on…

  • Streaming HorrorStreaming Reviews

    ‘Christmas Bloody Christmas’: Won’t Somebody Please Think of the Children!

    by Chris van Dijk December 13, 2022
    by Chris van Dijk December 13, 2022

    Hey kids! Remember Tim Allen, the star of Jungle 2 Jungle? Remember those brilliant Santa Clause movies? Well, you’re in luck because Tim Allen’s Santa is back in an exclusive new miniseries streaming exclusively on…

  • MovieBabble Theater

    ‘The Sentence of Michael Thompson’ by Kyle Thrash and Haley Elizabeth Anderson

    by The MovieBabble Staff December 9, 2022
    by The MovieBabble Staff December 9, 2022

    Michael Thompson is the longest serving non-violent offender in Michigan history and this year he is finally up for clemency. In 1994, he was arrested for selling three pounds of cannabis to a close friend…

  • Streaming DocumentariesStreaming Reviews

    ‘Sr.’: Father and Son Share the Spotlight

    by Nick Kush December 6, 2022
    by Nick Kush December 6, 2022

    There must be some kind of small glitch in the Netflix algorithm. In the span of a few weeks, the streamer has released two black-and-white documentaries about a very famous person interviewing someone with Parkinson’s…

  • Series

    My Explorations of Tubi TV: Part 15

    by Ingridje December 3, 2022
    by Ingridje December 3, 2022

    Tubi TV is a fascinating, free service full of cult oddities from around the world. It’s got a little bit of everything a movie fan could ever want. As such, on a recurring basis, we’re…

  • Streaming ComedyStreaming Reviews

    The Mysteries Continue in ‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’

    by Bethany Lola November 30, 2022
    by Bethany Lola November 30, 2022

    Minutes before I made eye contact with Kathryn Hahn I was very much in a daydream of thinking, “how have I ended up meters away from Hahn herself?” After being invited to a press conference…

  • DramaReviews

    ‘Call Jane’: The Story of Abortion Outside of the System

    by Adina Bernstein November 28, 2022
    by Adina Bernstein November 28, 2022

    Abortion is one of those topics that are guaranteed to generate strong opinions, regardless of where one stands on the political and religious scale. At the end of the day, it is just another medical…

  • DocumentaryReviews

    ‘All the Beauty and the Bloodshed’: Nan Goldin’s Truth, Sacklers’ Lie

    by James Y. Lee November 27, 2022
    by James Y. Lee November 27, 2022

    One of the first notable visuals in Laura Poitras’s landmark documentary, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, is an excerpt slideshow from Nan Goldin’s legendary photography collection, “The Ballad of Sexual Dependency” — as good a time…

  • Streaming DocumentariesStreaming Reviews

    ‘Stutz’: Peeling Back the Layers

    by Nick Kush November 23, 2022
    by Nick Kush November 23, 2022

    It’s almost staggering to think about how long Jonah Hill has been in the public eye at this point. 17 years after he really wanted those goldfish shoes in The 40-Year-Old Virgin, I sometimes have to…

  • Streaming ComedyStreaming DramaStreaming Reviews

    London Film Festival 2022 Review: ‘Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths’

    by Ash Sivakumar November 15, 2022
    by Ash Sivakumar November 15, 2022

    Bardo is a state of mind. Or at least that is what director Alejandro González Iñárritu wants you to believe going into the film. Introducing his latest work at its U.K. premiere during this year’s…

  • Streaming HorrorStreaming Reviews

    ‘Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities: The Murmuring’ – A Spooky Story About Birdwatching…

    by Chris van Dijk November 9, 2022
    by Chris van Dijk November 9, 2022

    It’s the end of the road. Throughout the previous seven episodes, we’ve dealt with evil paintings, witches, extraterrestrials, and lots of rats. What’s this final episode going to treat us with? The answer: birds. No,…

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