‘Boston Strangler’ review: Keira Knightley is reliably great in film that highlights important work of the female journalists rather than the serial killer they’re covering
Matt Ruskin’s Boston Strangler is not the first time the titular serial killer has appeared onscreen. The 1964 The Strangler was inspired by the murders,... Read More
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‘Yellowjackets’ season two review: Trauma deepens for the wilderness gang, as does the show’s richer examination of it
Sophomore seasons of television can succumb to the same pitfalls as movie sequels: they can be bloated, try too hard to out-do what they’re following,... Read More
‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ review: The operatic fourth edition of the action series proves that too much is never enough | SXSW
It’s been almost 10 years since the first John Wick brought Keanu Reeves (who was one of the biggest action stars of the 90s thanks... Read More
‘Cora Bora’ review: Megan Stalter is a captivating, comedic wrecking ball in Hannah Pearl Utt’s hilarious and poignant comedy | SXSW
The music that Cora (Megan Stalter) plays isn’t particularly pleasant on the ears. With lyrics like “get out of my house” and “dreams are stupid... Read More
‘If You Were the Last’ review: Zoë Chao and Anthony Mackie give gravity some levity as stranded astronauts in an out-of-this-world comedy | SXSW
When do you really know that the world is ending, and it’s okay to do something completely out of character with irreversible consequences? There’s no... Read More
‘Problemista’ review: Julio Torres’s inventive immigration satire finds him bonded with an extra kooky Tilda Swinton | SXSW
When we first meet Alejandro at a young age in Problemista, he is dreaming of a world beyond the one that we live in. His... Read More
‘Self Reliance’ review: Jake Johnson’s spoof on high concept game show premise plays it a bit too safe | SXSW
Right before we were about to see Jake Johnson’s feature length directorial debut Self Reliance at the 2023 SXSW Film Festival, he came on stage... Read More
‘I Used to Be Funny’ review: Rachel Sennott is spectacular in Ally Pankiw’s confrontation of comedy and trauma | SXSW
How do comedians deal with PTSD? Typically, it’s to tell jokes to mask or subvert the trauma, but that doesn’t necessarily make the pain go... Read More
‘Bottoms’ review: Emma Seligman’s unapologetically queer-centric high school sex comedy is a revelation for the subgenre | SXSW
As Emma Seligman’s sophomore feature film, Bottoms, begins, we are introduced to PJ (Rachel Sennott) and Josie (Ayo Edebiri), our two protagonists who we will... Read More
‘Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves’ review: Quest love and the friends you met along the way | SXSW
Behind the core of the role playing fantasy board game Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) lies the simple idea that makes audiences go to the movies;... Read More
‘Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat’ Review: The Emmy-Nominated Hit Returns as an Hilarious Workplace Comedy [B+] 
‘The Comeback’ Season 3 Review: Cherish is the Word I Use to Describe Lisa Kudrow [A-] 
‘Tow’ Review: Rose Has Plenty to Byrne But In Woefully Uninspired Vehicle [C+] 
‘They Will Kill You’ Review: Zazie Beetz’s Final Girl Slays in Gonzo Satanic Slasher [B+] SXSW