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Interview: Filmmakers Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza on Using Memory, Sound and the Bond of Brotherhood to Make Warfare

In 2006 Ramadi, Iraq, Navy SEAL team Alpha One took control of a multi-story residence, from which communications officer Ray Mendoza (D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai) used air support to monitor their position […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • April 15, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Alex Garland Co-Directs Warfare, an Immersive and Impressive Cinematic Experience

    Right at the top of the new war drama from co-directors Alex Garland (Ex Machina, Annihilation, Civil War) and Ray Mendoza (the military technical adviser on Civil War), a title […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • April 10, 2025
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Filmmaker Todd Haynes Plumbs the Depths of Complicated Women in May December

    Todd Haynes is a filmmaker’s filmmaker, an artist who makes not just movies, but cinema. From award-winning period pieces (Carol, Far From Heaven) to acclaimed documentaries (The Velvet Underground, Six […]

  • Lisa Trifone
  • November 17, 2023
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Michael Shannon Is Just About the Only Thing Worth Watching in Heart of Champions

    Heart of Champions

    Like many, I’ll watch Michael Shannon in anything. And I have proven this time and time again. Case in point, the new film from director Michael Mailer (Blind) and writer […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • October 28, 2021
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: A New Entry in the Bad Boys Franchise is Stuck in the Past

    Bad Boys for Life

    Despite the fact that Bad Boys for Life (the third Bad Boys movie, for those counting, and the first since 2003) is meant to focus on its lead characters getting […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • January 15, 2020
    • Film , Film & TV , Review

    Review: Life Struggles and New Romance is Just OK in The Sun is Also a Star

    I genuinely love a good, grown-up romance film. I’m not talking about rom-coms, and you damn well better know the difference. But lately most of the attempts at genuine, heartfelt, […]

  • Steve Prokopy
  • May 17, 2019
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