Screen Rats

T here’s lightweight, there’s extremely lightweight, and then there’s The Railway Children Return, an undemanding teatime frolic following the country-bound monkeyshin…

O n 24 February 2022, after years of escalating aggression, Russia invaded Ukraine. This declaration of full-scale war has had swift and dire consequences: the destruc…

“A nother place in the universe, up under different stars: that’s where the ultimate destiny would come in.” So declared cosmic prophet and master of funk Sun Ra in th…

I sabel Sandoval is not only one of the greatest filmmakers working today, but one of the most formidable human beings. She is extremely versatile, empathetic, and cap…

I n the autumn of 2020, a trio of Italian filmmakers traversed their country to take the emotional and psychological temperature of Italian adolescents. Those who were…

A crowd-pleaser at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival, Brian and Charles will perhaps test the patience of anyone with an allergy to all things twee. Harold and Maude me…

A fter a seven-year hiatus, David O. Russell — director of such recent works as American Hustle, Silver Linings Playbook, Joy , and Kentucky Fried Chicken’s “I Ate Th…

F ounded in 1947 by John Grierson, the Edinburgh International Film Festival is the world’s oldest continually running film festival. With its annual fortnight of film…

F ollowing his brief slide into alcoholism and manic depression in Avengers: Endgame , Thor: Love and Thunder finds Chris Hemsworth’s silken-haired protagonist back in…

I n the summer of 2020, actor Asia Kate Dillon – a star of TV’s Billions, and noteworthy as one of the small screen’s few non-binary performers portraying a non-binary…

R on Underwood’s Tremors opens with Valentine McKee (Kevin Bacon) standing on the edge of a rocky cliff, and urinating onto the ground far below. He is first shown fro…