Sundance Review: Benh Zeitlin’s ‘Wendy’ finds a director unable to grow up
Eight years ago, writer/director Benh Zeitlin’s first feature film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival like lighting in a bottle. Beats of the Southern Wild... Read More
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Sundance Review: ‘Downhill’ – Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Will Ferrell soar in high altitude comedy
Searchlight Pictures is lucky the first movie released under their new name exceeds expectations because a title like Downhill is ripe for puns. Directors Nat... Read More
Sundance Review: Miranda July’s ‘Kajillionaire’ exists between the mundane and the profound
If you want to understand Theresa (Debra Winger) and Robert (Richard Jenkins) in Miranda July’s new film Kajillionaire, you have to know that July’s parents... Read More
Sundance Review: Moss delivers a ferocious, electrifying performance in Josephine Decker’s ‘Shirley’
Sundance Review: Moss delivers a ferocious, electrifying performance in Josephine Decker’s ‘Shirley’
Newcomer Odessa Young delivers a breakthrough performance and Elisabeth Moss gives one of her best performances ever in director Josephine Decker’s brilliant follow-up to Madeline’s... Read More
Review: ‘The Gentlemen’ is a gangster’s paradise
The Gentlemen is a highly stylized, well-written gangster romp that’s entertaining as hell. Writer/director Guy Ritchie has outdone himself in his latest work with one of the best works of... Read More
Film Review: ‘Greed’ isn’t good
Despite jumping around genres with seemingly prolific ease, writer/director Michael Winterbottom seems to always return to dark comedy and satire, a genre he visits again... Read More
Sundance Review: ‘Never Rarely Sometimes Always’ is a haunting work that cuts right to the bone
It’s been three years since writer/director Eliza Hittman won the Sundance Film Festival’s Directing Drama Award for her excellent feature Beach Rats, and this year,... Read More
Sundance Review: Justin Simien’s ‘Bad Hair’ day
At nine years old my hair was course, and considered too hard to manage. The solution was to put a Revlon super perm in my... Read More
Sundance Review: ‘Taylor Swift: Miss Americana’
When the title card for the new Netflix documentary, Miss Americana, appeared on screen at last night’s premiere, a fan broke the silence and shrieked... Read More
Film Review: ‘Dolittle’ is the year’s first Razzie contender
Dolittle is a befuddling and bewildering mess that’s barely passable for kids and nearly unwatchable for grownups. Writer/director Stephen Gaghan $175M disaster is filled with... Read More
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