Discussing Film

2 weeks ago | discussingfilm.net | Yasmine Kandil

No two Wes Anderson movies are quite the same. Of course, the Houston-born filmmaker’s taste for symmetrical compositions and dry wit has become synonymous with the whimsical body of work he has crafted over the past three decades. Still, each finely detailed story has its distinct spirit and sentiment.

2 weeks ago | discussingfilm.net | Yasmine Kandil

Across England’s vastly diverse capital city of London, the homelessness crisis has recently hit an all-time high. Just off the curb of streets flooded with double-decker buses and packs of lime-bikers, it doesn’t take much searching to see that the rising rent prices, housing shortages, insecure job market, and inadequate social resources have driven thousands to rough sleeping for survival.

3 weeks ago | discussingfilm.net | Bill Bria

All horror stories are about trauma in one way or another, and thus their tone can be calibrated toward a more adrenaline-pumping fear or an insidiously disturbing one. Horror films about grief, specifically, are typically not light affairs, and Bring Her Back (2025) is no exception.

3 weeks ago | discussingfilm.net | Andrew J. Salazar

The Final Destination franchise is finally back after a 14-year hiatus, but at the risk of writing a shameless pun, it could be dead on arrival. Halloween (2018) kicked off a new era for horror legacy sequels, with Hollywood studios reviving any IPs they could still get their hands on. From The Craft: Legacy (2020) to Candyman (2021) to Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022) to The Exorcist: Believer (2023), the success rate of bringing horror franchises back has been very hit or miss.

1 month ago | discussingfilm.net | Jacob Fisher

Andor Season 2 is finally here, following a tumultuous development process that was delayed by almost a year due to the 2023 Hollywood strikes. During that time, the Star Wars franchise has taken some hits on the Disney+ streaming service with The Mandalorian Season 3 becoming its lowest-rated thus far, and the subsequent pivot to making Season 4 into a movie, The Mandalorian and Grogu.