Articles by Owen Morawitz

Every Time I Die's Ninth Album Gives a 'Radical' Edge to Their Dark Metalcore

PUBLISHED Oct 20, 2021

Longevity and critical acclaim notwithstanding, it's a bold move for any musical outfit to label their new record Radical. After all, using...

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...