NYFF Review: Steve McQueen’s ‘Mangrove’ is his most ambitious and exciting work to date
The second Steve McQueen film to premiere at this year’s edition of the New York Film Festival, Mangrove is the first segment of the Small... Read More
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‘Great British Baking Show’ S8 E1 recap: “Cake, Weak”
Hello and welcome to our very special and very first recap of “The Great British Baking Show!” We’re very excited to meet our 12 bakers... Read More
Film Review: The new ‘The Boys in the Band’ is a strikingly familiar tune played by a great new band
Film Review: The new ‘The Boys in the Band’ is a strikingly familiar tune played by a great new band
A towering white birthday cake, with cute pink frosting piped around its edges, melts away in vociferous downpour. Only a small wound is carved into... Read More
Film Review: ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ favors sensationalism over social impact
“The Democratic Convention is about to begin in a police state.” – Walter Cronkite 1968 was a year of global social upheaval. Mass student protest erupted... Read More
NYFF Review: ‘Isabella’ doesn’t sink or swim—it just floats
Filmmaker Matías Piñeiro has added to his Shakespearean-inspired filmography with Isabella, which is as much a meditation on Measure for Measure as it as an... Read More
Film Review: Tell me, tell me, how to be, how to be a ‘Kajillionaire’
Certain movies make you think a new way. Something like Yorgos Lanthimos’ Dogtooth aggressively owns that idea outright — it turns language itself against its viewers, reorganizing... Read More
TIFF Review: ‘Beginning’ knows where to start but no idea how to end
Plot: When a mysterious attack takes place on a church in one of Georgia’s remote villages, a game of power ensues between a woman and... Read More
From ‘Cast Away’ to ‘Buried’ – 9 Isolation Double-Features to Remind You…It Could Be Worse
At the start of COVID, we thought it would be fun to keep track of how many days we’ve been locked down here in Los... Read More
A renewed appreciation for ‘Always,’ Spielberg’s least-noticed, but most heartfelt film
As we all breathlessly anticipate director Steven Spielberg’s take on West Side Story, which is currently still aiming for a December 18 release date, I... Read More
NYFF Review: A humble pig gets her time in the spotlight in gripping nature doc ‘Gunda’
Victor Kossokofsky loves to prod at the boundaries of what he can do with documentary cinema — 2018’s Aquarela, for instance, asked its audience to... Read More
Utah Film Critics Association (UFCA) Nominations: ‘One Battle After Another,’ ‘Sinners’ Lead 
Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC) Winners: ‘Hamnet,’ ‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You’ Lead 
Philadelphia Film Critics Circle (PFCC) Winners: ‘One Battle After Another,’ ‘Sinners’ Fight It Out 
Boston Online Film Critics Association (BOFCA) Winners: ‘One Battle After Another,’ Wagner Moura, Rose Byrne and More