PHOTO: Paramount Pictures A Stephen King adaptation directed by Edgar Wright and starring Glen Powell sounds like a slam dunk on paper. After all, Wright has given us such singular creations as Shaun of the Dead , Scott Pilgrim   vs. the World , and Baby Driver , so pretty much anything he puts his name on is sure to pique most people’s interest. Wright is passionate about every film he makes, so his choice to adapt The Running Man  suggests that he has a strong vision that c

PHOTO: Netflix When seeing the words “Un Film de Richard Linklater” during the opening credits of Nouvelle Vague , I couldn’t help but let out a small chuckle. This isn’t because I feel that Linklater is ill-equipped for a film like this, but because there’s something surreal about the notion that he’s directing a film almost entirely in French. But then again, Linklater has made a variety of films in different genres and mediums over his career, so maybe it is more surprisin

PHOTO: MUBI The opening moments of Die My Love may feature the best example of tone setting I’ve seen all year. We begin with an extended shot of our two lead characters, Grace and Jackson, entering a dilapidated house in rural Montana. This house belonged to Jackson’s late uncle, but now belongs to them. Grace and Jackson quietly discuss the house during this, and eventually sit on the floor. It is daytime in this scene, and there is a stillness to it that makes the film fee

PHOTO: Focus Features With images of bees and voice-over narration from Jesse Plemons, we are introduced to the world of Bugonia , the latest from filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos. Plemons’s narration tells us about the lives of bees and the hierarchy that exists within their colonies. This illustration informs so much of the rest of the film, and the voice-over does a great job of getting the viewer acquainted with the tone of the film as well as the world view of Plemons’s charac