Cinesight

Stanley Kubrick takes one giant leap for mankind in 2001: A Space Odyssey, and the CineSight crew has a variety of experience with the film, from first watch to double-digit rewatches.

In 1968, the world was on the cusp of the Space Age. Stanley Kubrick released 2001: A Space Odyssey and redefined sci-fi cinema, changing it from a genre populated almost exclusively by B-movies to something with a higher purpose, which we see in movies today like Arrival and Interstellar. Tune in for some stories about how we made first contact with this film, along with some discussion of the plot and the filmmaking techniques used to portray it!

We're continuing our series on films from 2008 with The Dark Knight, a comic book movie so good that no other film after it in its genre has been able to compete. Heath Ledger's chilling performance is unforgettable and redefined The Joker, the film was an impressive technical achievement because of the number of practical effects, and the writing transformed "comic book characters", usually an epithet meaning shallowly written, into complex people in desperate times. Enjoy!

Did you see Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri last year and want to see more by its writer and director, Martin McDonagh? So did some of the CineSight crew! And some had already seen it...

We praise the way the film treats bizarre characters in extreme circumstances as real people, and the performances of the actors, which are all tremendous.  Join us for this next part in our series of retrospectives from 2008.

The CineSight crew was in for a treat this week, as we all loved Spike Lee's latest offering: BlacKkKlansman. The film encourages healthy anti-racist activism while being stylish and hilarious. A strong script, a true story, and stunning cinematography are the icing on this cake. Enjoy!

It's nearly the end of the summer and time to go back to school with Bo Burnham's "Eighth Grade", starring Elsie Fisher. We all agreed that we want to see more from Burnham after this heartfelt coming of age film. Burnham's sense of humor is very present, but what surprised us was how believable the characters are and how organically the story unfolds. We hope you enjoy!

The interlude music is from Perturbator's "Future Club" and appears in the film most of the time Kayla sees Aiden.

This week the CineSight crew saw the new Mission Impossible, starring the old Tom Cruise! This movie finds the perfect balance between campy fun and hard-hitting action, and we have a lot of great things to say about it. Enjoy!

This week we discuss the fourth feature length film by Director Brett Haley, Hearts Beat Loud. We have varying opinions about the film and and get into some "what if" scenarios. We hope you enjoy!

This week we discuss and review Sorry to Bother You, a movie which baffled us at first, but as we talk more about it, grows on us. The film is at once eclectic and pointed, and as such, bewildering. Who would have expected a charged social satire would also blend in sci-fi and fantasy?

After the spoiler wall, we talk about some of the more complicated parts that we and others struggled to understand.

The music during the spoiler wall interlude is "The Guillotine" by The Coup, a Boots Riley-lead hip hop band.

Summer is in full swing and you may be wondering: what should I watch on Netflix? Amazon Prime? Hulu?

Not these pieces of shit! The CineSight crew have all assigned each other different, terrible movies to stream, and now they're here to rant about them!

The CineSight crew gets mixed messages from and gives mixed reviews to Stefano Sollima's follow-up to Denis Villeneuve's Sicario. A jumbled plot and some careless performances drag down this movie's otherwise effective suspense and action sequences.