Sam Kench
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You’re Wrong About Warfare (2025) -Review & Analysis
Grey joined me for a review and discussion of Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza’s “Warfare,” the most misunderstood film of 2025. We dispel some of the misconceptions surrounding the film and analyze the film’s themes in addition reviewing the movie as a whole. Sam’s score = 8/10 Grey’s score = 8.5/10 Read more
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Waltzing With Brando Might be the Worst Film I’ve Seen This Year
Yes, the Brando of the title does refer to the one and only Marlon Brando, one of cinema’s most famous and idiosyncratic performers. This isn’t a standard biopic of Brando as an iconic, but you might wish it was instead of what it actually is. “Waltzing with Brando” is told from the perspective of Bernard… Read more
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Peppermint Candy is Essential Cinema
“Peppermint Candy” is one of South Korea’s finest dramas. Writer, director Lee Chang-dong might not be quite as well known and admired in the U.S. as the likes of Bong Joon-ho and Park Chan-wook, but he is undoubtedly a filmmaker that deserves adulation worldwide. This video was originally intended as a normal review but ended… Read more
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Confession of Murder (2012) Review
My review of the 2012 action thriller Confession of Murder from director Byung-gil Jung starring Jae-yeong Jeong and Shi-hoo Park. 6/10 Read more
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Boxing Helena Deserves More Respect
Boxing Helena was the controversial first film from David Lynch’s daughter, Jennifer Lynch. The movie was panned by critics, and Jennifer Lynch even won the Razzie for worst director, but Boxing Helena deserves more respect. Here’s why: Read more
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And the Ass Saw the Angel by Nick Cave – Book Review
And the Ass Saw the Angel is a 1989 southern gothic novel written by Nick Cave of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Grinderman, and The Birthday Party. Read more
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A Taxi Driver (2017) Review
A Taxi Driver is a South Korean drama from 2017 starring Song Kang-ho and Thomas Kretschmann. 7.5/10 Read more
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How Marriage Story Redefines the Closeup
A video essay exploring how writer/director Noah Baumbach redefines the close-up shot in his 2019 drama Marriage Story starring Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson. Read more
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The Psychology of Rick Dalton
How does Quentin Tarantino keep in audience invested in the drama of the Lancer TV pilot within “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood?” A story within a story can be a tricky thing to execute without lowering the stakes of the primary narrative, so how does Tarantino pull it off? This video essay digs into… Read more
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The sadness (2021) Review
The Sadness is the ultraviolent horror movie debut of filmmaker Rob Jabbaz shot in Taiwan and streaming on Shudder. 7/10 Read more
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