Review: Parody Songs and Plenty of Heart, Laughs (and Cameos) in Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
It should come as a surprise to no one that when approaching his own biopic, song-parody performer “Weird” Al Yankovic…
Review: In Blonde, a Narrow Script and Chaotic Filmmaking Reduce an American Icon to an Empty Vessel
Blonde, the new film by Andrew Dominik (Killing Them Softly, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford),…
Review: Monos is a Visceral, Visually Captivating Portrait of Adolescence and Survival
Like reading books or wandering an art gallery, one of the best aspects of film is its ability to transport…
Review: Parenting Drama Weightless Lacks Any Heft At All
The aptly titled Weightless is all about an aimless man named Joel (Alessandro Nivola) who meets and must parent his…
Review: Seek Out the Poignant, Touching Who We Are Now
From writer-director Matthew Newton (From Nowhere) comes a story of people who struggle to keep at bay the things that…
Film Review: I, Tonya Proves a Fascinating, Sympathetic Portrait Driven by Year’s Best Performances
This exquisite biopic from director Craig Gillespie (Lars and the Real Girl, The Finest Hours) asks you to consider—or perhaps…
