Reviews

‘I Used to Be Funny’ review: Rachel Sennott is spectacular in Ally Pankiw’s confrontation of comedy and trauma | SXSW

How do comedians deal with PTSD? Typically, it’s to tell jokes to mask or subvert the trauma, but that doesn’t… Read More

March 13, 2023

‘Bottoms’ review: Emma Seligman’s unapologetically queer-centric high school sex comedy is a revelation for the subgenre | SXSW

As Emma Seligman’s sophomore feature film, Bottoms, begins, we are introduced to PJ (Rachel Sennott) and Josie (Ayo Edebiri), our… Read More

March 13, 2023

‘Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves’ review: Quest love and the friends you met along the way | SXSW

Behind the core of the role playing fantasy board game Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) lies the simple idea that makes… Read More

March 12, 2023

‘National Anthem’ review: Luke Gilford explores the wondrous, inviting world of America’s queer rodeo | SXSW

Midway through National Anthem, Dylan (Charlie Plummer) asks Sky (Eve Lindley) why she’s interested in him, self-proclaiming that he’s boring.… Read More

March 10, 2023

‘Ted Lasso’ season 3 review: The Emmy-winning hit proves an unforgettable match with signature wit and charm

It would be reasonable to doubt a last place team who uses a forgetful goldfish as their honorary mascot, but… Read More

March 10, 2023

‘Funny Games (1998) and (2008)’ retrospective: How Michael Haneke broke the rules in his continent-crossing examination of privilege, nihilism and violence

While both iterations of Funny Games technically ran in their first few festival circuits in 1997 and 2007, it feels… Read More

March 8, 2023

‘Scream VI’ review: Welcome to New York, it’s been slaying for you as thrills, tension, and blood flow in gory legacy sequel

When Radio Silence duo Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett rebooted Wes Craven’s iconic franchise, 2022's Scream, (the first sequel since… Read More

March 8, 2023

‘Daisy Jones & the Six’ review: A sizzling adaptation of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s 1970’s-era rock band novel might be spring’s next hit album

When we read about fictional bands, we usually can only imagine what their music would sound like. But Amazon Prime’s… Read More

March 1, 2023

‘Suzume’ review: Makoto Shinkai’s latest anime masterpiece is a jaw-dropping epic | Berlinale

If you follow the career of Makato Shinkai, you know he is renowned world-wide for his anime films, Your Name… Read More

February 26, 2023

‘In Water (mul-an-e-seo)’ review: Hong Sang-soo blurs the lines of his own self-reference to middling effect  | Berlinale

What’s a year without a Hong Sang-soo film? Does a film festival even exist, if it does not feature a… Read More

February 24, 2023

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