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Taylor Williams

Taylor Williams is a Brooklyn-based filmmaker and critic known for his self-titled YouTube channel, currently having an affair with the written word.

Ella McCay

‘Ella McCay’ Review: Sentimentality Runs for Office in James L. Brook’s Political Dramedy

by Taylor Williams
December 10, 2025

Ella McCay seeks to project optimism in a time of unrelenting divisiveness.

La Grazia

‘La Grazia’ Review: Paolo Sorrentino’s Elegant Portrait of a President at a Crossroads

by Taylor Williams
October 12, 2025

The relative restraint of La Grazia makes its baroque flourishes stand out all the more.

Nouvelle Vague

‘Nouvelle Vague’ Review: Richard Linkater’s Love Letter to the French New Wave

by Taylor Williams
September 28, 2025

There’s pleasure to Nouvelle Vague’s winking affection for Godard’s Breathless.

No Other Choice

‘No Other Choice’ Review: Park Chan-wook’s Ferociously Farcical Skewering of Capitalism

by Taylor Williams
September 20, 2025

Across Park’s film, “no other choice” becomes a kind of disingenuous mantra.

Love, Brooklyn

‘Love, Brooklyn’ Review: Rachael Holder’s Tender, Grounded Rom-Com Wants for More Bite

by Taylor Williams
August 25, 2025

For better and worse, Love, Brooklyn makes little room for cynicism.

Weapons

‘Weapons’ Review: Zach Cregger’s Eerie, and Disarmingly Funny, Horror Freak-Out

by Taylor Williams
August 5, 2025

For every moment of electrifying horror, the film cleanses the palette with comic relief.

Smurfs

‘Smurfs’ Review: A Multiverse of Empty Promises

by Taylor Williams
July 16, 2025

Its pastiche of Into the Spider-Verse is revealed to be nothing more than window dressing.

Videoheaven

‘Videoheaven’ Review: Alex Ross Perry’s Engrossing Lament to the Video Store

by Taylor Williams
June 29, 2025

The video store becomes something self-reflexive across the film’s three-hour running time.

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