Backstory is a fundamental aspect of character development and storytelling in general. Sometimes you need flashbacks to convey backstory, and that can be totally okay—even integral to a particular ...

I suppose I'm one of the few critics who will not see Seven, David Fincher's film about a serial killer who murders according to the seven deadly sins. That's right. I refuse to go. I don't care that ...

Wicked: For Good picks up after the 2024 film. Elphaba, now demonized as The Wicked Witch of the West, lives in exile, hidden within the Ozian forest while continuing her fight for the freedom of Oz’s ...

Super Mario Bros. has a solid cast of characters who are thrust into a psychedelic smattering of scenes hastily glued together in nearly offensively stupid ways, but it’s also strangely ambitious at ...

A familiar presence at the fest, the German auteur is the head of the international jury at the fest’s 76th edition. By Gregg Kilday Freelance Contributor That same year, the festival lauded Wenders ...