In The Shift, an average guy named Kevin (Kristoffer Polaha) finds himself in a world he barely recognizes, run by the mysterious Benefactor (Neal McDonough),…
An 80-minute juggernaut of existential tumult, composer Gustav Mahler’s second symphony stems from humankind’s eternal pursuit of purpose amid the trials and tribulations of being.…
The Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PӦFF) runs in-person in Tallinn, Estonia, from November 3 to 19. Joshua Polanski will be reviewing for Midwest Film…
One of the best movies writer-director Eli Roth ever made was only 3 minutes long. Thanksgiving started as a fake trailer sandwiched between Robert Rodriguez’s…
Escape from Extinction is an informational documentary produced by American Humane, a conservation organization with a nearly 150-year history of positively influencing the treatment of…
In Meru, Free Solo and 2021’s The Rescue, Oscar-winning filmmakers Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi excelled at drawing body-tightening tension from true-life feats of…