“Beware of narrative and form. Their power can bring us closer to the truth, but they can also be a weapon with a great…
In England, every director of eligible age faces being conscripted into making a movie about the British experience of a world war of their…
Familiarity abounds in The Instigators, but something in the formula feels off. Inauspiciously being released on Apple TV+ after a mostly perfunctory, one-week theatrical release,…
The rare eagerly anticipated sequel to a hit documentary, Girls State, from filmmakers Jesse Moss and Amanda McBaine, understandably exists in the shadow of…
It’s been over 20 years since the legendary HBO miniseries Band of Brothers captivated you and your dad with its scrupulous, detailed, and reverent…
The age-old question of how to know if your romantic partner is “the one” is a confrontation that every couple has encountered at some…
The main question asked in Errol Morris’ newest film — a presentation of late author John le Carré’s final interview — is not posed…
Following his loose trilogy of Oakland-based documentaries, Peter Nicks returns to spotlight arguably the most dynamic professional basketball player of the last decade. Golden…
Dexter Fletcher’s Ghosted is a high-concept romantic action comedy with movie stars and a decent budget that, were this 2005, would presumably have the…
Narrative video games have been an appealing cash-grab for years now, but the recent phenomenon of The Last of Us has made game adaptations…
In the course of that rich history of films about con artists, the appeal has almost always been to watch largely amoral professionals execute…
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse is quite naked in its ambitions to become the next classic British Christmas special —…
Emancipation attempts, and mightily fails, to balance a film stodgy enough to play in a high school classroom with Hollywood’s typically rousing approach to historical…
Causeway is a sturdy enough film with fine anchoring performances, but it doesn’t otherwise boast much in the way of substance. It’s been some time…
Raymond and Ray, while patiently contemplative, plays it too safe as a dramedy of life’s joys and sorrows. The story of estranged siblings in…
The Greatest Beer Run is a toothless, dad-movie escapade that spares too little thought for the tragedy that surrounds its lighthearted story, rendering its attempts…
Sidney often teeters into hagiography, but the clear affection that strips the film of balance is also what animates it so vividly. Narrated in large…
In the first three days that doctors and patients were trapped inside Memorial Medical Center after Hurricane Katrina made landfall, the body count was…