Screen Rats

T here’s a modern phenomenon whereby certain a la mode young celebrities have accrued a fanbase of itinerant bobbysoxers who, with their collective power, possess the …

A comedic one-shot murder mystery surrounding a group of hairdressers at a regional hairdressing competition, Medusa Deluxe is the debut feature by writer/director Th…

W hat does it mean to ‘look professional,’ really? This image — suits, pencil skirts, rigorously controlled coiffures — is based on a purely arbitrary set of cultural …

T he end of a relationship is rarely smooth sailing, particularly when the decision is one made unilaterally. In 1923, on the remote – fictional – Irish island of Inis…

I nvoking the words of the Chinese philosopher Confucius, Seo-rae – the femme fatale at the heart of Park Chan-wook’s 11th narrative feature, Decision to Leave – issue…

I n 2015, during his widely debated TED talk, American entrepreneur and visual artist Chris Milk described Virtual Reality as “the ultimate empathy machine.” Since the…

T he first New York Dolls gig was at the Endicott Hotel, a homeless shelter. In the concert documentary Personality Crisis, the band’s last man standing David Johansen…

D esire is the double-edged panacea for loneliness in the cinema of Korean director Park Chan-wook. It’s seen in Song Kang-ho’s vampire preacher in 2010’s Thirst and t…

T he Chinese actor Tang Wei was catapulted to fame when she was selected from a massive casting process to play the lead in Ang Lee’s 2007 erotic period drama, Lust, C…

L aura Poitras goes where the fight is. The documentarian follows injustice wherever it may lead, whether that’s the Middle East (for her Al Qaeda expose The Oath), H…

F ollowing the mid-trilogy atrocity that was 2021’s Halloween Kills , expectations for the climactic episode of this new set of IP cash-in films from director David Go…