Trash Fire
By Paul Weissman November 18, 2016
With more than a touch of Grand Guignol horror, this indie desperately wants to be a midnight movie,
With more than a touch of Grand Guignol horror, this indie desperately wants to be a midnight movie,
Barry Jenkins’s film is like three short films strung together to tell one sweeping story.
Perhaps no other film this year arrived with as much expectation and coverage as Nate Parker’s directorial debut.
Familiar works such as Garden State and even Donnie Darko come to mind as Little Sister rolls on, albeit with a looser, more determinedly madcap feel.
A quiet, female-focused triptych of tales that keeps its scope quite modest.
Gen X has officially arrived at movie middle age, with all the loss, regret, and reckoning that entails.
Following the sudden suicide of his fiancée, Josh (Thomas Middleditch) listlessly decides to go on with his bachelor’s party.
Even after nearly half a century, the filth of Multiple Maniacs still holds up. While it is so low budget and amateurish, the film’s flaws are actually the best part of the viewing experience.