It’s hard to remake a film that means so much to people, but Andrew Ahn’s The Wedding Banquet is a charming and poignant update to... Read More
Film Reviews
Do you find cabbages inherently hilarious? Yes, everyone likes the cabbage merchant running gag in Avatar: The Last Airbender (say it with me: “MY CABBAGES!”),... Read More
Anyone who’s paid attention to the last two decades can understand how celebrity worship has warped the cultural zeitgeist. One such way is journalism, where... Read More
How scared do we allow ourselves to be in the face of disaster? I was not scared watching Didn’t Die, the new zombie movie from... Read More
Amid the recent surge of big screen musicals, Bill Condon (Dreamgirls) returns to the director’s chair with a new adaptation of Kiss of the Spider... Read More
Justin Lin’s first non-franchise feature in 18 years, Last Days heralds his return to independent filmmaking. The technical polish he has acquired during his time... Read More
“It’s funny, the things you pack and the things you leave,” says Dusty (Josh O’Connor) to a friend in the aftermath of the wildfire that... Read More
The second feature by Sophie Brooks (The Boy Downstairs), Oh, Hi! starts out as a pretty nondescript indie rom-com that typically makes the rounds at... Read More
One of the most quietly devastating films at this year’s Sundance Film Festival is also one of the festival’s sleeper hits. Director Cole Webley’s feature... Read More
No, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You is not an amputee’s revenge fantasy. The Sundance Film Festival world premiere from Mary Bronstein (Yeast) is... Read More