Articles by Owen Morawitz
Atreyu's 'Baptize' Has All the Lasting Impact of a Post-Energy Drink Buzz
PUBLISHED Jun 3, 2021
In a much-publicized 2018 interview with Rock Sound, former Atreyu vocalist Alex Varkatzas claimed the band "invented metalcore," before go...
'Bloodthirsty' Is a Creature Feature Without the Bite
Directed by Amelia Moses
PUBLISHED May 20, 2021
The initial premise of Bloodthirsty has all the ups and downs of a familiar character drama. Grey (Lauren Beatty) is an indie singer-songwr...
'Enfant Terrible' Paints a Painful Picture of Punk Provocateur Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Directed by Oskar Roehler
PUBLISHED May 17, 2021
"Everything is film. Everything," says Rainer Werner Fassbinder to one of his on-set collaborators in Enfant Terrible. For the German filmm...
'The Marksman' Shoots for Thrills and Misses by Miles
Directed by Robert Lorenz
PUBLISHED Apr 22, 2021
There's a telling moment towards the second act climax of writer and director Robert Lorenz's The Marksman. Grizzled Arizona rancher Jim Ha...
'Drunk Tank Pink' Showcases Shame's Talent for Vivid Storytelling
PUBLISHED Jan 11, 2021
In the world of Shame's Drunk Tank Pink, perception is everything. Opener "Alphabet" kicks off with rattling snare and lurching rhythms fr...
Amazon Prime's 'Utopia' Fails to Recapture the Magic of the British Original
Created by Gillian Flynn
PUBLISHED Sep 22, 2020
For a long time, Hollywood has suffered from a severe crisis of imagination. When the big studios and Orwellian media conglomerates that fo...
'Lovecraft Country' Brings Cosmic Horror Down to Earth with All-Too-Human Monsters
Developed by Misha Green
PUBLISHED Sep 22, 2020
Based on the 2016 novel of the same name by author Matt Ruff, HBO's Lovecraft Country takes place in 1950s Jim Crow-era America and follows...
Nas's 'King's Disease' Is Uneven — but Still His Most Satisfying Project in Years
PUBLISHED Aug 31, 2020
There's no denying that Nasir "Nas" Jones is a cultural force unto himself. Across a career spanning three decades, the Queensbridge, NY-br...