‘Minions & Monsters’ Review: Illumination Says “Bello” and “Banana” to Cinéastes with a Chaotic, Haphazard Spoof of Classic Hollywood [C+]
Few people can remain neutral about the Minions. The blobby, pestering mayhem machines have ruled children’s pop-culture entertainment for the better part of fifteen years... Read More
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‘Couture’ Review: Angelina Jolie is Coming Apart at the Seams in Alice Winocour’s Underwhelming Fashion House Drama [B-]
Angelina Jolie is a special type of movie star. After being one of the biggest box office draws of the 2000s, she’s slowed down significantly... Read More
‘Iron Boy’ review: Sublime Hand-Painted Watercolors Animate Uplifting Family-Friendly Story Of Growing Pains [B+]
Adolescence is often an awkward culmination of internal and external forces coming to a head all while trying to maintain some semblance of dignity and... Read More
‘Supergirl’ Review: Milly Alcock’s Got Swagger to Spare in a Film That Doesn’t Let Her Take Flight [B-]
There’s a certain amount of freedom granted to Supergirl, the film, and the character. Last year’s Superman introduced Kara Zor-El (Milly Alcock) to the world... Read More
Frameline50 Reviews: ‘Drunken Noodles,’ ‘On the Road,’ ‘Sparks,’ ‘Strange River’
For half a century, the nonprofit organization Frameline has championed queer cinema in a mission to connect filmmakers and audiences in the Bay Area and... Read More
‘Girls Like Girls’ Review: Let’s Go, Lesbians, Let’s Go [C+]
Every queer person understands the pains of teenage yearning. In those formative years, who didn’t fall deep into the throes of an all-consuming crush? Who... Read More
‘AMA’ Album Review: Ama Lou Who? The Artist Comes Into Her Own [B]
On her self-titled second album, Ama turns poise into plot, and the record’s smoothest surfaces conceal its sharpest instrument: her power to decide when a... Read More
‘The Invite’ Review: Who’s Afraid of Olivia Wilde? [A]
Romantic partnerships are rife with stories to tell and emotions to explore. This is why there are endless movies about them. People longing for love,... Read More
‘Toy Story 5’ Review: Jessie’s Girl [B+]
When Toy Story debuted just over thirty years ago, audiences were introduced to an inventive concept that nearly any moviegoer could relate to, no matter... Read More
‘The Accompanist’ Review [A-] Tribeca Festival
The Office actor Zach Woods makes his directorial feature debut with The Accompanist, premiering in the Tribeca Festival Spotlight Narrative section. It’s an often hilarious... Read More
50th San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival (Frameline50) Awards: ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma,’ ‘Leviticus’ and More 
Academy Museum Elects Guillermo del Toro, Gale Anne Hurd, John Gore to Board of Trustees 
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‘Minions & Monsters’ Review: Illumination Says “Bello” and “Banana” to Cinéastes with a Chaotic, Haphazard Spoof of Classic Hollywood [C+]