Jun 29, 2026 Cultural Diet Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time by Lili Horvát (2020) Sometimes you need to watch a movie simply because of its title. Empire of the Spiritual Ninja. Mec…
Jun 28, 2026 Cultural Diet The Mysterians by Ishirô Honda (1957) Ishirô Honda may be best known for introducing the world to Godzilla and other kaiju including Roda…
Jun 27, 2026 Cultural Diet Dreadnaught by Yuen Woo-ping (1981) Yuen Biao stars in this kung fu caper as Mousy, a cowardly laundryman who’s constantly beaten up an…
Jun 26, 2026 Cultural Diet Orpheus by Jean Cocteau (1950) Where to begin with Jean Cocteau’s Orpheus? Well, for starters, it was the very first film to show …
Jun 23, 2026 Cultural Diet Fantastic Planet by René Laloux (1973) On the distant planet of Ygam, human beings called Oms live at the mercy of Draags, giant blue alie…
Jun 23, 2026 Cultural Diet Samurai Rebellion by Masaki Kobayashi (1967) Isaburo Sasahara is one of his clan’s best swordsmen, though he spends his days testing his lord’s …
Jun 23, 2026 Criterion Announces the Complete Stanley Kubrick Collection The lavish set includes all thirteen of the director’s feature films remastered in 4K.
Jun 22, 2026 Cultural Diet Out of the Past by Jacques Tourneur (1947) To his fellow citizens in Bridgeport, California, Jeff Bailey is just the guy running the local gas…
Jun 21, 2026 Cultural Diet The Blue Angels by Paul Crowder (2024) I’ve always loved a good air show, ever since my parents took me and my brother to Offutt Air Force…
Jun 19, 2026 Cultural Diet Le Samouraï by Jean-Pierre Melville (1967) Alain Delon exudes cool in this stylish noir thriller about Jef Costello (Delon), a hitman who meth…
Jun 15, 2026 Arrow Video Is Giving Takashi Shimizu’s Ju-On: The Grudge the 4K Treatment And I’ll give you three guesses as to whose review will be included in the film’s booklet.
Jun 11, 2026 Review Roundup: Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day Critics respond to the latest alien-themed blockbuster from the one and only Steven Spielberg.
Jun 9, 2026 Cultural Diet Mortal Kombat II by Simon McQuoid (2026) I thought I had adjusted my expectations accordingly for Mortal Kombat II. After seeing the movie’s…
Jun 7, 2026 They’re Making a Carman Movie Vale Vision’s upcoming biopic chronicles the life and career of one of the biggest Christian artists of all time.
Jun 7, 2026 Cultural Diet Scanners by David Cronenberg (1981) David Cronenberg’s film about psychics is arguably most (in)famous for its “exploding head” sequenc…
Jun 5, 2026 Cultural Diet Tokyo Drifter by Seijun Suzuki (1966) Tetsuya is fiercely loyal to his former yakuza boss Kurata, who has gone straight and left the crim…
Jun 4, 2026 Review Roundup: Travis Knight’s Masters of the Universe Critics respond to the latest adaptation of the storied ’80s toy franchise.
Jun 3, 2026 Cultural Diet 2001: A Space Odyssey by Stanley Kubrick (1968) My 16-year-old has a list of “classic” movies that they’ve been steadily working through. Unfortuna…
Jun 3, 2026 My Cultural Diet (May 2026): Piranesi, His Girl Friday, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, Peking Opera Blues A quick rundown of last month’s cultural experiences.
May 31, 2026 Cultural Diet Hero and the Terror by William Tannen (1988) It’s easy to deride Chuck Norris’s movies, and in truth, some of them are pretty lackluster. But I’…