The Treatment
C. C. SimmonsHippocratic assertions from an antihero of film criticism
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Revisiting Pools + Màquina, OKIFF Volunteer Opportunity, and More
It wasn’t too long ago that I wrote about ’ Pools — a coming-of-age dramedy starring Odessa A’zion — but in light of the film’s recent addition to the Letterboxd Video Store, I thought I’d mark the occasion by reupping and reflecting on my...
walking away
In phonetics, a “hiatus” refers to the blink-and-you’ll-miss-it pause between two vowels that each house their own syllable in a given word. Think words like “cooperate,” “poetry,” or, indeed, “hiatus” itself.
This is, to me, deeply wonder...
The Drama and the Sins of the Surface
Today we’re reviewing The Drama. You already know the who and the what; under the watchful eye of writer-director Kristoffer Borgli, Charlie (Robert Pattinson) and Emma (Zendaya) are on the verge of a happy marriage, but an unthinkable reve...
Sew Torn
Today we’re reviewing Sew Torn, a 2024 crime thriller and SXSW darling directed by Freddy Macdonald, the youngest director (at age 25) to ever be accepted into the American Film Institute. Co-written with his producer father Fred Macdonald,...
Köln 75
Today we’re reviewing Köln 75, a 2025 German music biopic written and directed by Ido Fluk and starring Mala Emde as wunderkind music promoter Vera Brandes, who — at age 18 — played the central and decisive role in organizing a concert in t...
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