You could argue that it’s extremely ironic that The Electric State, an absolutely dismal movie about humanity learning to love corporate-branded A.I. robots rising up…
It becomes clear very early on that the new documentary CHAOS: The Manson Murders is going to be largely incoherent. What is unclear is how…
The title appears like a misnomer. At a tight 67 minutes, and with such glorious irreverence embedded within its form, Broken Rage doesn’t even need…
“How would you define Black genius?” So comes the question from Questlove at the top of his documentary SLY LIVES!, posed to a remarkable assortment…
In Scott Derrickson’s The Gorge, Miles Teller and Anya Taylor-Joy play two of the best snipers in the world representing, respectively, the superpowers of the…
Like every other movie in the franchise, Michael Morris’ fourth installment, Bridget Jones: Mad about the Boy, begins with a prologue delivered by Bridget Darcy…
35 years have passed since Wallace, the affable human inventor, and Gromit, his silent but otherwise exceedingly human-like and exceptionally faithful canine companion, made their…
Over the past few years, Netflix has, to various degrees, made gestures toward bringing beloved box-office stars from Millennial childhoods like Lindsay Lohan, Winona Ryder,…
An improbable 14 films in, and the Star Trek franchise has finally delivered its first truly unwatchable feature film. It’s difficult to think of a…
It’s been a couple of years now, but it’s still disconcerting to see the classic MGM logo in front of Amazon streaming movies. It’s flagrant…
Perhaps good things happen in airports on Christmas Eve in real life, but never in the movies. Carry-On is no exception, a reasonably diverting thriller that…
There’s something uncanny in the way that Never Too Late, the documentary that explores Elton John’s life and career on his farewell tour, is structured.…
An aging singer, years past her prime and in failing health after decades of self-abuse, attempts a Pyrrhic comeback. The compressed structure of a few…
David Gordon Green’s Nutcrackers opens with a group of four mischievous young kids (portrayed by the real-life siblings Homer, Ulysses, Arlo, and Atlas Janson) who,…
“Beware of narrative and form. Their power can bring us closer to the truth, but they can also be a weapon with a great power…
Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw’s Gaucho Gaucho is a mesmerizing study of form and image-making, a film as preoccupied with its subjects as it is…
Coming on the heels of Thursday’s Thanksgiving football, it’s fitting when discussing Our Little Secret to take a quick look back at seemingly innocuous moment…
In 1973’s The Day of The Jackal, adapted from the novel by Frederick Forsyth, an English assassin is hired by the Far Right OAS in…
In his film adaptation of August Wilson’s play The Piano Lesson, director Malcom Washington approaches his source material with both reverence and flexibility, providing space…
There’s a feeling most people will recognize, like leafing through a photo album you’ve seen a hundred times — the faces are familiar, the stories…