Review: Bad Samaritan—Doctor, No!
I’ve a confession to make as I attempt to review Bad Samaritan—I love David Tennant. I’m a hard core Whovian and David Tennant is “my” Doctor. In fact, I enjoyed […]
Review: Disobedience Thoughtfully Channels the Necessity of Rebellion
On the heels of a well-deserved Oscar win (Best Foreign Language Film for last year’s A Fantastic Woman), Sebastián Lelio returns to theaters this week with Disobedience, a story of love and loss […]
Review: Charlize Theron Delivers Some of Her Best Work in a Magical Tully
To discuss Tully, the new collaboration between screenwriter Diablo Cody and director Jason Reitman (the two made Juno and Young Adult previously) is to take away a little bit of […]
Review: Did You Wonder Who Fired The Gun? is Unflinching, Unsettling and Essential
While many news-oriented documentaries attempt to maintain a certain level of professional journalistic distance from their subjects, director Travis Wilkerson (An Injury To One) has taken a much different approach […]
Review: Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami Is a Lot, Will Leave You Wanting More
Grace Jones is an icon in so many fields, it’s hard to keep track. She’s had success as a model, actress, singer, performance artist, fashion icon and businesswoman, and it […]
Review: A Sincere Pain and Brave Performances Work for Duck Butter
For a few years now, I’ve been trying to find a common theme in the works of writer/director Miguel Arteta, and I think it comes down to capturing rebellious spirits […]
Review: Humanity is at the Heart of Captivating The Rider
The story behind the making of writer/director Chloé Zhao’s second feature, The Rider, is almost as intriguing as the finished film. While doing research for her previous feature, 2015’s Songs […]
Review: Check the Super Hero Fatigue at the Door and Get Thee to Avengers: Infinity War
Part wish fulfillment, part self-fulfilling prophecy, part playing with your expansive action-figure collection in endless combinations, Avengers: Infinity War—the culminating chapter (well, the first of two, with Avengers 4 arriving […]
Review: Netflix’s Kodachrome Isn’t Fully Developed
Debuting on Netflix today (but also getting a limited run at the Landmark Century Centre Cinema) is Kodachrome, the latest from director Mark Raso (Copenhagen) about a record company A&R man (Jason […]
Review: For Best Results, Commit to the Ride That is The Endless
In their beautifully realized 2015 horror work, Spring, the filmmaking team of Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson somehow merged a magnificent love story along the lines of Before Sunrise with […]
Review: Super Troopers 2 Is a Sophisticated Stupid (in a Good Way)
Super Troopers 2 is an exceedingly silly movie, which should come as no surprise since the first film is also very silly. But what separates the two films—besides more than […]
Review: I Feel Pretty Means Well, but Isn’t Quite Funny Enough
Much has already been written about the latest from comedic actress Amy Schumer, I Feel Pretty. It’s been accused of fat shaming some of its characters and basically just portraying […]