A breakdown of Weapons' meaning, themes, and techniques—from parasitism and violence to ambiguity and Cregger’s creative ...

This is a live list where I rank the movies of 2025. If something isn’t on the list, I haven’t seen it. Leave your comments and we’ll talk. The movies within a category are in alphabetical order. I ...

An in-depth breakdown of Ari Aster’s Eddington, exploring its themes, SolidGoldMagikarp, COVID allegory, and the collapse of shared reality.

Below you'll find the notes I made while preparing for our essential explanation of Us. This was my first time seeing the movie since it came out in theaters ...

In this section of our Colossus Movie Guide for In the Mood for Love, we will explain the film’s ending.

A haunting look at how 28 Years Later explores childhood, parental influence, and identity through a devastating coming-of-age arc.

In the years since, my relationship to the Alien franchise has been up and down. I’ve never stopped loving the first film. But I’ve gone in and out of loving and disliking (and sometimes outright ...

In this section of our Colossus Movie Guide for The Batman, Chris and Travis share an in-depth discussion of the strengths and flaws of the film.

In this episode of the Film Colossus Podcast, we delve into one of the most confounding movies ever: Synecdoche, New York. And we’re here to say the movie, while surreal and outlandish and subversive, ...

Good: Rocket Raccoon Since the first Guardians film way back in 2014, Rocket has been one of the best parts of the MCU. But also a mysterious one. He was never the focus character. He stole scenes. He ...

Often, a film noir plot mimics a dream, which is usually a disconnected series of events that, inevitably, comments on something very specific: you.