Playing out like a faded photograph of a bygone era on the periphery of Paris, Gagarine comes courtesy of first-time feature filmmakers Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh, who based the […]
At this point, I think it’s fair to say that any comic book character that has even the most remote stink of Spider-Man on them is fair game for a […]
File this one under the category: Documentaries I Didn’t Know I Needed Until I Watched It. From first-time filmmaker Lisa Hurwitz, The Automat tells the all-but-lost history of the Horn […]
Taking a crack at a bare-bones action-thriller B-movie, Chris Pine (Star Trek, Wonder Woman) plays Special Forces Sgt. James Harper in The Contractor. He finds himself in trouble with the […]
Using the same animation style (and lead animator Tommy Pallotta) he used in Waking Life and A Scanner Darkly, writer/director Richard Linklater brings us the more personal tale of his […]
Apparently writer/director Judd Apatow and co-writer Pam Brady (Hot Rod, Hamlet 2, Team America) see the health-related restrictions put on film and television productions during the pandemic as creating both […]
There are times when a film might attempt to pack too much movie into a single work, and I can easily see people having that issue with the latest from […]
In a setup and general vibe that reminded me of films like Romancing the Stone, The Lost City tells the story of frustrated romance novelist Loretta Sage (Sandra Bullock), who […]
An early candidate for the most adorable film of the year, the festival favorite 7 Days recently won the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature for director Roshan Sethi, […]
On the heels of what was effectively a one-woman show in the school shooting drama The Desperate Hour, star Naomi Watts returns with another film clearly shot during the pandemic […]
First-time filmmaker Mariama Diallo combines social commentary and surrealist horror in Master, a film that earns most of its goodwill through yet another riveting performance from Regina Hall. She is Gail […]
This one is bonkers. Top to bottom bonkers. More importantly, the return to movie-making by director Adrian Lyne (Fatal Attraction, 9 1/2 Weeks, Jacob’s Ladder), Deep Water) finds ways to […]