‘Everybody’s Talking About Jamie’ review: Rose-colored to a fault, but with its queer heart firmly in the right place
There’s an atypical lead at the center of Everybody’s Talking About Jamie. A reed-thin teenage boy with platinum blonde hair and the confidence of someone... Read More
Film Reviews
‘He’s All That’ review: Addison Rae’s gender-swapped flop pales in comparison to the original
With YouTubers like Flula Borg, Lily Singh, and Anna Akana able to successfully parlay internet stardom into a career in Hollywood, it was only a... Read More
‘Candyman’ review: Nia DaCosta’s entertaining exploration of Black mythology ends up a little bittersweet
Trauma in any form is devastating to the human psyche. It can take years, an entire lifetime to process and cope with, or to even... Read More
‘The Night House’ review: Rebecca Hall is tremendous in David Bruckner’s tense, twisty horror thriller
When will the world finally wake up and recognize the wondrous talents of Rebecca Hall? Not only has the actress conquered nearly every genre, from... Read More
‘Respect’ review: Jennifer Hudson honors Aretha Franklin and belts out another Oscar-worthy performance
Liesl Tommy’s Respect opens in Detroit, in the home where Aretha Franklin (1942-2018) lived for much of her childhood. It is 1952, and “Re,” the family’s sobriquet... Read More
‘Free Guy’ review: Ryan Reynolds is one ready player but video game film treads overly familiar territory
The Deadpool star brings his deadpan shtick but is often overshadowed by his winning co-stars Leave it to Disney to make a movie about existential... Read More
‘The Suicide Squad’ review: A gory, gut-punching (and eating), magnificent rollercoaster of madness
The opening sequence of James Gunn’s new film, The Suicide Squad, immediately seizes the audience’s attention. The Guardians of the Galaxy director skips the usually slow and steadyintroduction. Instead, he throws us... Read More
‘Vivo’ review: A pleasant, if conventional, musical comedy should satisfy families
While Lin-Manuel Miranda missed out on his chance to EGOT five years ago (after Moana’s “How Far I’ll Go” lost Best Original Song to La... Read More
‘Stillwater’ review: Tom McCarthy’s latest is a harrowing if uneven drama with Matt Damon’s best performance in years
Unless you were living under a rock, it was hard to forget about the Amanda Knox case. A story in which a young American girl... Read More
Retrospective: 20 years later, Julie Andrews and Anne Hathaway remain the brightest crown jewels of ‘The Princess Diaries’
“Amelia Mignonette Thermopolis Renaldi. Princess. Of. Genovia.” Give a woman of a certain age a microphone (and several cocktails—guilty) and she can easily recite this... Read More
Interview: Cinematographer Darius Khondji on Shooting on Film and Finding the Light and the Darkness of ‘Marty Supreme’ 
Writer/Director Charlie Polinger Tackles Teenage Boy Body Horror in his Debut Feature ‘The Plague’ [VIDEO INTERVIEW] 
‘The Testament of Ann Lee’ Review: Amanda Seyfried is Mother (Ann) in Mona Fastvold’s Miraculous Musical Drama [A] 
With ‘Song Sung Blue,’ Craig Brewer Pays Tribute to Kate Hudson and Hugh Jackman, Joy Amongst Sadness, and the Creation of Art [VIDEO INTERVIEW]