Category: Drama
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F1: Racing Straight Into My Heart
F1 (2025) Joseph Kosinski Let’s imagine, for a second, that Nate has been given the keys to the next big blockbuster. What does he need in it? Big stars? Beautiful, immersive cinematography? A score from one of his favorite composers? A bomb soundtrack? Given this, it surely seems like I wrote F1, a movie I knew I’d enjoy going in, but definitely not this much. While the path of F1 was well-tread, especially…
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The Life of Chuck: Living in the Little Moments
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. The Life of Chuck (2024) Mike Flanagan Though it wasn’t technically an entry into my Adaptation Appreciation list for this year, I did read The Life of Chuck ahead of seeing the film and absolutely loved it. I’m game for any sort of existential, “life-affirming” (as the reviews have said) story, and the trailers for this film got me super hyped. Thankfully, The Life of Chuck absolutely delivered, and…
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Sinners: A Gospel of Blood and Blues
This review contains spoilers. Sinners (2025) Ryan Coogler It seems fitting that I spent my Good Friday seeing a film called “Sinners”, and though Ryan Coogler’s original story rarely dealt directly with religion as the movie’s title would have one assume, Sinners was a thrill and a huge surprise regardless. I initially wrote Sinners off as more horror fluff, but once the Letterboxd rating started going up after its debut, I got…
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The King of Kings: Has the Power of God, But Not Anime, On Its Side
The King of Kings (2025) Jang Seong-ho As my closest followers know, my newly-crowned favorite movie of all time is The Prince of Egypt, which has sat in the top 4 since I got Letterboxd. It is a biblical adaptation done right—grand, heroic, and complex—so when Angel Studios started throwing around this “The King of Kings is the first major animated Biblical epic since The Prince of Egypt” rhetoric, I had to see…
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Freaky Tales: Hard to Describe, But I Love Oakland Now
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. Freaky Tales (2024) Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck Now that I’ve seen A Minecraft Movie, I’m gonna be really annoyed by all of the Minecraft-related lines at the theater whenever I go to see something else, starting with the 10 minute wait for my Peace Tea before Freaky Tales today. It was nice, though, to subsequently head into a way calmer theater for, yes, a better movie, too.…
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Porcelain War: An Artful Look at War That Needed More Art
Porcelain War (2024) Slava Leontyev and Brendan Bellomo THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. I’m beyond excited that I’ve now completed my first ever Oscar death race (that’s what I’ve seen it called on Reddit, so I’m going with it), and Porcelain War made for a strong finish to a whirlwind last month. It’s certainly hard to keep absorbing such tough, gut-wrenching stories like this and No Other Land (and a myriad…
