British actor Ben Whishaw has amassed an impressive filmography over his 20 years or so as a regularly working actor. From independent period dramas like Jane Campion’s sultry, romantic Bright Star to […]
When it premiered on Broadway in late 2016, Dear Evan Hansen, an original new musical with a book by Steven Levenson and music and lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, received glowing […]
Riz Ahmed’s career choices of late have seen him star in everything from the world’s biggest franchise (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) to an impressive indie drama about a drummer going […]
As more and more films arrive that have been made during the last tumultuous 18 months (and counting), it’s interesting to see the many approaches filmmakers have adopted in order to do […]
Dating & New York, perhaps the first true romantic comedy of the roaring ’20s, very much wants to be the When Harry Met Sally for the Tiktok generation. It nearly gets there, too. […]
As the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks approach, there’s no shortage of documentaries, limited series, news specials and more made now to remember the tragic event a generation ago. Many […]
About a decade ago, Kay Cannon’s script for Pitch Perfect became one of the most endearing, funny and commercially successful female-led films in recent memory. It’s a sharp screenplay, filled with wit and […]
Written and directed by Todd Stephens, Swan Song is the third of three films the Sandusky, OH native has made set in his hometown; the first two, Edge of Seventeen and Gypsy 83, […]
There are a select few actors whose work I will seek out simply because they are in it, and one of them is James McAvoy. Long before his days with the X-Men, […]
I have no idea what I was occupied with at the time, but I somehow entirely missed (or have since entirely forgotten) the news of a painting suspected to be from the […]
At one point in the last decade or so, attaching Neill Blomkamp to a sci-fi horror film indicated a certain level of potential for the final product. The filmmaker hit the scene […]
This film was original reviewed as part of Third Coast’s Sundance 2021 coverage and is being reprinted now for its streaming release. On the heels of powerful COVID-centric documentaries like Alex Gibney’s […]
