film & tv

Film & TV: Parasite

TLS scams their way into a review of Bong Joon-ho’s smart and sassy modern satire, Parasite.
[Aggregate score: 9.3]

Film & TV: The Lighthouse

Trapped together in a claustrophobic and disconcerting situation, TLS navigates a review of the often disturbing, sometimes humorous, but constantly compelling sophomore effort by Robert Eggers, The Lighthouse.
[Aggregate score: 9.6]

Film & TV: El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie

Two old crew reflect a bit on Breaking Bad and review the Netflix film follow up to its story, El Camino.
[Aggregate score: 9]

Film & TV: Ad Astra

Such is the gravity of Heart of Darkness that its resonance can be felt far away in space. The caveat being the further the signal travels, the less clear it seems, ala Ad Astra.
[Aggregate score: 5.75]

Film & TV: The Lives of Others

We continue our journey through foreign language films with a review of The Lives of Others, a movie about life in state-controlled East Germany shortly before the fall of the Berlin Wall. [Aggregate score: 9.6]

Film & TV: The Distinguished Citizen

Stopping down in South America on their global cinema tour, TLS hangs out with a renowned author returning to his hometown to find out what people really think of him and his work.
[Aggregate score: 10]

Film & TV: Timbuktu

TLS travels to the troubled land of Timbuktu in this nuanced look at the life and times of the city and its citizens under extremist occupation. [Aggregate score: 8]

Film & TV: Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood

In Quentin Tarantino’s ninth film release, TLS salutes the fading days of Golden Age tinsel town through a meta-Western bent.
[Aggregate score: 9]

Film & TV: The Art of Self Defense

TLS attempt to become “real men” in the off-beat quirky dark comedy, The Art of Self-Defense.
[Aggregate score: 8]

Film & TV: Midsommar

TLS visits a secluded Swedish community and explores themes of relationships and grief in Ari Aster’s masterful Midsommar.
[Aggregate score: 10]