Brandon Streussnig On Film

"A bank robber finds himself unable to evade his pursuers." Directed by: Benny Safdie                       Josh Safdie Written by:   Ronald Bronstein                        Josh Safdie Starring: Robert Pattinson                  Benny Safdie                  Taliah Webster                   Jennifer Jason Leigh                  Barkhad Abdi                  Necro                  Peter Verby Some films can give us joy because they're just that, joyful. Superhero films or the latest  Star Wars entry make us feel childlike wonder the way few things can. Rom-Coms, when done right, can make us grin ear to ear for simply the charm they exude. So that's why it was a little jarring to find myself midway through the Safdie Brothers mini crime epic, Good Time , slack jawed with a stupid grin on my face. It's a rare thing for a film to just be so exhilarating and well made that you can't help but feel rejuvenated walking out of the t

"An unhinged social media stalker moves to LA and insinuates herself into the life of an Instagram star." Directed by: Matt Spicer Written by:   Matt Spicer & David Branson Smith Starring:  Aubrey Plaza                  Elizabeth Olsen                   O'Shea Jackson Jr.                   Wyatt Russell                    Billy Magnussen                    Pom Klementieff It's rare that we get a film that reflects social media as it actually is. Sure, we've gotten a biopic about Mark Zuckerberg or some bad horror films centered around Skype or Facebook. We've even gotten looks into what the future of the medium could bring us in both great ( Her ) and awful ( The Circle ) films. It wasn't until this year, though, that I finally saw something that was not only a depiction of the world as it is right now but a brutally biting satire at that. Ingrid Goes West might come off as a pastiche at first glance, a painting of vapid Cali