And here I feared my brain was too depraved…

Summer of 85’s opening scene: “murder!!!” 

When you sit down to watch a documentary about electronic music, you expect to see some raves, right?

The first A Quiet Place establishes its “anything can happen” stakes in traditional fashion: by killing off two main characters, including the movie’s second most famous face AND — always a shocker — a child!

Are you aware that a (live) “Theatre Hall of Fame” exists?!

There’s an old refrain, forged at the peak of prestige Oscars bait, that every Holocaust story has been told on the big screen. 

The new documentary Sisters with Transistors — currently playing at Syndicated in Brooklyn — poses a sharp complication to, well, basically the entire premise of this piece. 

“Let’s welcome Noah Baumbach to the e-stage.  

Maybe Zack Snyder was on to something…