Michael Frank

Michael Frank is a film critic and journalist based in Brooklyn. He thinks the Before trilogy should be in the Louvre and once bumped into John Oliver at brunch. He has bylines in RogerEbert, Film Inquiry, The Playlist, and AwardsWatch.

Interview: Lorne Balfe on the cost of ‘Rebuilding Paradise’

Scottish composer Lorne Balfe has worked on big budget films like Mission Impossible: Fallout, Bad Boys for Life, Terminator: Genesys,… Read More

June 24, 2021

Interview: Joshua Caleb Johnson on working with Ethan Hawke in ‘The Good Lord Bird’ and what he dreams of next

The Good Lord Bird, the John-Brown-inspired miniseries created by Ethan Hawke and Mark Richard, garnered attention due to Hawke’s portrayal… Read More

June 17, 2021

Interview: Rachel Lee Goldenberg opens up about her abortion road comedy ‘Unpregnant’ and being “the keeper of so many people’s stories”

For director Rachel Lee Goldenberg, Unpregnant represents another step towards a larger audience. Beginning her career in straight-to-video B-movies, Goldenberg… Read More

June 15, 2021

Interview: Thomas Brodie-Sangster (‘The Queen’s Gambit’) on the Sex Pistols and Scott Frank’s chess skills

Thomas Brodie-Sangster broke onto the acting scene when he was just a kid, becoming known as the cute tyke from… Read More

June 11, 2021

SXSW Review: ‘Women Is Losers’ aims high but falls short despite winning performance from Lorenza Izzo

Set in 1960s and 1970s San Francisco, Women Is Losers, cannot be faulted for its ambition. With a higher production… Read More

March 23, 2021

SXSW Review: ‘I’m Fine (Thanks for Asking)’ is just, well, fine

Set during, yet never mentioning, the ongoing pandemic, I’m Fine (Thanks for Asking) follows widowed Danny (Kelley Kali), mother of… Read More

March 21, 2021

SXSW Review: A weaker strain in the era of the COVID comedy, ‘Recovery’ doesn’t commit to the heart of the joke

Written by and starring Mallory Everton and Whitney Call, Recovery doesn’t make any mistake about its time and place. Set… Read More

March 21, 2021

SXSW Review: ‘The Fallout’ explores teenage grief with a gentle hand

In an ideal, much safer world, Megan Park’s The Fallout wouldn’t need to exist. Winner of the SXSW Narrative Feature… Read More

March 19, 2021

SXSW Review: ‘Language Lessons’ finds humanity over laptop screens

Familiarity surrounds Language Lessons, an 80-minute examination of a friendship between a Spanish teacher and her student. Natalie Morales, in… Read More

March 19, 2021

NYFF Review: Middling modernist myth-making in ‘Atarrabi and Mikelats’

French filmmaker Eugène Green, like many directors, has a distinct style. His characters speak directly to the camera. They stand… Read More

October 7, 2020

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