Like every teenage cinephile in 2011, I worshiped Nicolas Winding Refn’s DRIVE. The combination of the petty crime antics and explosive bloodshed of ...

“A TIME OF APPARENT MAGIC”  Christopher Nolan’s alleged magnum opus, THE ODYSSEY, opens with a title card meant to set a distinct precedent. ...

Beloved by passionate corners of the internet, BACKROOMS, directed by Kane Parsons, creator of the original YouTube series, quickly garnered attention not only ...

In the short film ONE NIGHT, we witness a connection in a diner, but it sparks into much more than that for Margaret ...

The handful of female-led superhero movies struggle with an identity crisis. They often feel afraid to embrace femininity in both aesthetic and complexity. ...

Memoirs From a Picture Show is a semi-regular column from the Merry-Go-Round staff chronicling memories, miracles, and anomalies from our time spent in ...

Shit starts getting pretty embarrassing once you find yourself admitting when art makes you feel seen. The older you get, the more alarming ...

I don’t know what’s scarier in this movie: being subjected to van life or an entity haunting the main couple. PASSENGER, directed by ...

Curry Barker’s micro-budget OBSESSION (an effects-heavy theatrical debut shot in California’s Burbank suburbs for a reported $750k) is transparently, if not cynically, cyclical; ...

After a blockbuster-ridden 2010s, SNATCH filmmaker Guy Ritchie has spent the 2020s relentlessly sharpening his skills as a cinematic airport novelist. While other ...