France
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The 50 Best and Worst Found Footage Movies
Happy Halloween everyone! I watched 50 found footage movies and a lot of them were terrible, but there were also plenty that ranged from good to great. The video above ranks and reviews all 50 found footage films and provides plenty of under rated and obscure horror movie recommendations. Read more
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The 2018 Brickwall Film Awards
The Oscars get it wrong pretty often. In fact, they rarely get it right. To set the record straight (and really just for a bit of fun), I’m looking back at past years and re-picking the nominees and winners for the major Oscars categories and a couple of new categories of my own. This time… Read more
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The 2016 Brickwall Film Awards
The Oscars get it wrong pretty often. In fact, they rarely get it right. To set the record straight (and really just for a bit of fun), I’m looking back at past years and re-picking the nominees and winners for the major Oscars categories and a couple of new categories of my own. This time… Read more
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The Films of 2025, Ranked
It’s that time of year: It’s time to look back at and rank every 2025 film that I saw. Instead of doing a top 10 or bottom 10 or anything like that, I’m ranking absolutely everything. And this year, I saw a whole bunch. I’ll say up front that I don’t bother with movies that… Read more
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Late Shift (2025) Review
“Late Shift,” written and directed by Petra Biondina Volpe, is a Swiss and German production that centers around an ongoing shortage of healthcare professionals. The film has a singular message and dramatizes it exceptionally well with a story that tracks a single shift in an understaffed hospital from beginning to end. The nurse that we… Read more
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The Chilling Reality of The Vanishing (1988) Review
My old review for George Sluzier’s 1988 horror, thriller film, “The Vanishing” AKA “Spoorloos.” 8/10 Read more
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Little Amelie or the Character of the Rain (2025) Review
Grey joined me for a review and discussion of the 2025 animated film Little Amélie or the Character of the Rain from co-directors Liane-Cho Han Jin Kuang & Maïlys Vallade, and adapted from the autobiographical novel written by Amélie Nothomb. The story of a Belgian child growing up in Japan who believes she’s God .… Read more
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Le Samurai and the art of silence – review
Bryce joined me for a review and discussion of Jean-Pierre Melville’s “Le Samuraï.” Sam’s score = 8/10 Read more
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The Substance is 2024’s Grossest and Wildest Movie (Complimentary)
Grey joined me for a review and discussion of “The Substance” from French filmmaker Coralie Fargeat. Note that this review was recorded in September of 2024, after “The Substance” was awarded at Cannes but before there was any official Oscars news surrounding the film. Sam’s score = 9/10 Grey’s score = 9/10 Read more
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The Best Surrealist Filmmaker You’ve Never Heard of
I never hear anybody talking about the master surrealist that is Quentin Dupieux AKA Mr. Oizo, so consider this my tribute to him and my attempt to bring the tiniest bit more attention to his films and music. Read more
