Carson Burton

Assistant Editor

Carson Burton is a writer, entertainment fanatic, and a proud Crocs owner that loves everything from Mean Girls to 2001: A Space Odyssey. He is a recent graduate of Northwestern University, where he studied Journalism and Film and Media Studies. He will watch any sort of movie you put in front of him, and he can talk for hours upon hours about anything from Scooby-Doo to Sergei Eisenstein. Carson has loved film ever since he was a kid watching Austin Powers with his siblings at a far-too-young age, and his love for movies only continues to grow as he writes about entertainment for various online outlets. As an avid movie watcher and constant consumer of entertainment news, Carson hopes to learn more about the medium and grow as a critical voice.

Matthew Allan

April 21, 2026

‘The Wizard of the Kremlin’ Review: A Lackluster Look at the Rise of Putin

The Wizard of the Kremlin, by Olivier Assayas, shows audiences the rise of Vladimir Putin (Jude Law) through his spin doctor, Vladimir Barano...

Festivals

March 6, 2026

‘Couture’ Review: Angelina Jolie Leads a Look into Fashion’s Most Important Week

Alice Winocour’s Couture (2025) takes us to Paris Fashion Week as we follow the American filmmaker Maxine Walker (Angelina Jolie), young mode...

Festivals

March 5, 2026

Review: ‘Rose of Nevada’ Shows the Horror of Being Damned if You Do or Damned if You Don’t

This review contains spoilers, so be sure to watch the film before reading! In Rose of Nevada, Mark Jenkin takes us to a coastal villa...

Lists

March 5, 2026 · by Carson Burton

Ranking the Oscar-Nominated Live Action Short Films

From dystopian kissing dramas to charming stories of friendship, the collection of Live Action Short Films nominated at this year’s Oscars of...

Glasgow 2026

March 3, 2026

‘Midwinter Break’ Review: A Cozy Crowdpleaser About a Couple Trying to Restart an Unreachable Spark

Polly Findlay's Midwinter Break follows Stella (Lesley Manville) and Gerry (Ciarán Hinds) as a couple trying to rekindle their lost flame aft...

Glasgow 2026

February 23, 2026

Glasgow Film Festival 2026 Curtain Raiser

Cornish horror with a time-travel flair, a documentary of Glaswegian civil resistance, and an animated mouse having a midlife crisis are all ...

Carson Burton

February 13, 2026

‘Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die’ Review: Gore Verbinski Screams at the Future with Unhinged, Messy Insanity

It’s been 10 years since Gore Verbinski took the director’s seat, and — surprise, surprise — a lot has changed since. With Good Luck, Have Fu...

Carson Burton

February 21, 2025

Marvel’s Politics of Apathy: There’s Nothing Brave to 'Captain America: Brave New World'

At the beginning of Captain America: Brave New World (2025), Harrison Ford’s Thaddeus Ross stands before a crowd to celebrate his election vi...

Carson Burton

January 15, 2025

'Den of Thieves 2: Pantera' Review: Gerard Butler and O’Shea Jackson Jr. Carry Silly yet Surprising Heist Film

Den of Thieves 2: Pantera (2025) surprised me (complimentary). Whereas the first Den of Thieves, released in 2018, exemplifies the epitome of...

Carson Burton

September 2, 2024

‘Rear Window’ at 70: Hitchcock’s Masterpiece is as Pertinent as Ever

I have a confession: I have more cinematic blindspots than I care to count. It’s a constant source of stress, honestly. The sea of content th...

Carson Burton

July 23, 2024

The Top Six Most Anticipated Films From Fantasia Fest

The Fantasia International Film Festival kicks off this week in Montréal, ushering in an exciting new slate of feature films and selected sho...

Carson Burton

July 21, 2024

Review: 'Twisters' is the Perfect Storm of a Blockbuster

It’s funny to me that the term “blockbuster” has become such an all-encompassing term for, essentially, a movie made to make a lot of money. ...

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Carson Burton

September 11, 2023

EP 055: The Nun II

In the ninth addition to The Conjuring franchise, The Nun prequel returns to see Sister Irene come face-to-face with a powerful force once ag...

Carson Burton

August 9, 2023

DOUBLE FEATURE 023: Bicycle Thieves (1948), Nights of Cabiria (1957) & Italian Neo-Realism

For the 23rd double feature we are entering the era of 1940's and 50's Italy for a double feature on Italian Neo-Realism, a period of filmmak...

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