Articles by Devan Suber
Oct. 4, 2019
‘Monos’ is as dark and disturbing as it is brilliant
The first thing we see is a group of young teenagers playing some form of soccer while blindfolded. They’re in the mountains, a crumbling brutalist…

May. 24, 2019
‘Barry’ Season Two is Bill Hader’s best work to date
No show last year walked a trickier tonal tightrope than “Barry.” Bill Hader and Alec Berg’s pitch black comedy about a hitman who wants to…

Nov. 17, 2017
Gerwig’s newest film ‘Lady Bird’ exudes warmth, emotion
There’s a scene somewhere towards the middle of Greta Gerwig’s “Lady Bird” that perfectly encapsulates the entire film. In it, 17-year-old Christine “Lady Bird” McPherson…

Nov. 10, 2017
Fever Ray drops ambitious new record, ‘Plunge’
Since the beginning of her time as one half of electronic duo The Knife, Karin Dreijer has always had a flair for the theatrical. She…

Nov. 3, 2017
Sean Baker’s ‘The Florida Project’ exceeds expectations
Sean Baker’s 2015 film “Tangerine” gained attention at Sundance primarily for the way it was filmed: using two iPhone 5S phones with additional lenses. A…

Sep. 29, 2017
Darren Aronofsky breaks boundaries with ‘Mother!’
Movies like “Mother!” are not allowed to exist. The studio system is in place precisely to keep movies this crazed, this passionate, this bold from…

Aug. 11, 2017
‘Detroit’ too shallow, struggles to make lasting statement
The most dispiriting thing about “Detroit” is how it reminds us of how things haven’t changed, even in the years of Black Lives Matter. Directors…

Jul. 14, 2017
‘A Ghost Story’ offers fresh take on horror genre
“A Ghost Story” starts off like you’d expect any haunted house movie: with a couple (Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara), alone in a suburban farm…

Jun. 9, 2017
‘It Comes At Night’ creeps into top tier horror status
Judging by his last film (2016’s “Krisha”) it wasn’t much of a stretch for Trey Edward Shults to make a horror movie next. While ostensibly…

Jun. 2, 2017
Book to silver screen: ‘American Gods’ TV adaptation succeeds
Adapting a beloved novel is always a tough proposition, especially when the author in question has a devoted following. Such was the case with “American…
