Reviews

From ‘Mystic Pizza’ to ‘My Best Friend’s Wedding,’ every Julia Roberts rom-com, ranked

Julia Roberts has been many things throughout her storied 35-year career: Tinkerbell, a Flatliner, a Wicked Stepmother, a regular stepmother,… Read More

October 21, 2022

The Original Final Girl: An ode to Laurie Strode and the end of ‘Halloween’

Burn your Laura Dern in Jurassic Park costume, turn off Hocus Pocus and throw your candy in the damn river… Read More

October 19, 2022

‘Jackass: The Movie’: 20 years later, the era of the teenage dirtbag lives on, concussions be damned

The Jackass film franchise is now twenty years old. With four films under their belt (plus three extra bonus feature… Read More

October 19, 2022

‘Please Baby Please’ review: A stylized, liberated 1950’s underground fever dream that redefines traditional gender norms  | NewFest

Musicals from the 1950’s immediately conjure up vibrant images of guidos serenading girls in poodle skirts or elegant leading ladies… Read More

October 18, 2022

‘Aftersun’ review: Paul Mescal and Frankie Corio are mesmerizing as a father and daughter in limbo in Charlotte Wells’s extraordinary debut

In the opening minutes of Aftersun, a camcorder goes back through footage, stopping on a young girl asking her father,… Read More

October 18, 2022

‘Mama’s Boy’ review: Dustin Lance Black doc just barely balances line between being uplifting and a stilted vanity project | NewFest

In 2009, at the age of 34, Dustin Lance Black won an Oscar for his screenplay for the Harvey Milk… Read More

October 17, 2022

‘Lady Chatterly’s Lover’ review: Little to love beyond Emma Corrin and Jack O’Connell’s performances in Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre’s listless adaptation | LFF

A spirit of thoughtless anachronism looms over Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Netflix’s crude and cynical attempt at seeing… Read More

October 17, 2022

‘Inland’ review: Mark Rylance enchants in this realistic yet enigmatic folklore-influenced directorial debut from Fridtjof Ryder | LFF

English writer-director Fridtjof Ryder's directorial debut is a taut, well-made micro budget feature. After a successful crowdfunding campaign and production… Read More

October 16, 2022

‘No Bears’ review: Jafar Panahi turns the camera on himself in powerful, subtly playful examination of limits personal, political and artistic | LFF

The remarkable prolificacy of Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi, and the even-more-remarkable spirit of subversiveness that has only burgeoned in his… Read More

October 16, 2022

‘Personality Crisis: One Night Only’ review: Martin Scorsese music doc looks at the absurd and the sublime of elusive, forever cool New York Dolls frontman David Johansen | NYFF

Martin Scorsese has a knack for documenting New York institutions and illustrating the inner lives of the city's singular characters.… Read More

October 16, 2022

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