A Categories Anniversaries Movies June 14, 2021 America wasn’t ready for “The Cable Guy” Audiences didn’t know what to make of a new & deeply unsettling Jim Carrey in Ben Stiller’s dark comedy.
P Categories Columns Features Movies P.S.H. I Love You June 10, 2021 P.S.H. I Love You: “My New Gun” & a leap of faith Even in his early screen appearances, Philip Seymour Hoffman knew exactly what he was doing.
& Categories Movies Reviews March 11, 2021 “Kid 90” shows us the highs and lows of child stardom Soleil Moon Frye directs this bittersweet albeit breezy look back at the Hollywood teen stars of the '90s, and their difficult road to now.
P Categories Columns Movies P.S.H. I Love You February 8, 2021 P.S.H. I Love You: “Patch Adams” is dead on arrival Robin Williams smarms his way through his misguided, treacly 1998 medical dramedy.
R Categories Festivals Movies Reeling 2020 Reviews October 5, 2020 Reeling 2020: “Ahead of the Curve” has all the queer joy that’s fit to print Jen Rainin's documentary about famed lesbian magazine Curve is a welcome snapshot of queer lit history, in all the publication's ups and downs.
F Categories Fantasia 2020 Festivals Movies Reviews August 16, 2020 Fantasia 2020: “Free Country” is “True Detective” in the Eastern Bloc Christian Alvart's remake of a 2014 Spanish thriller turns post-Wall German backwoods into a tense stage for murder and grit.
“ Categories Anniversaries Movies July 28, 2020 “Look, it’s the gentleman guppy”: “Waterworld” at 25 Say what you will about Kevin Costner's disasterpiece, but it's a reminder of the time when studios were willing to wade into uncharted seas.
2 Categories Anniversaries Movies July 28, 2020 25 Years of “The Net,” and the new age of techno-thrillers A look back at a time when "the internet" was portrayed as a mysterious boogeyman that could destroy your life.
& Categories Columns P.S.H. I Love You July 20, 2020 “Scent of a Woman” proves a putrid example of early ’90s Oscar bait 1991's Scent of a Woman remains one of the most baffling recipients of Oscar gold, a prep-school drama lifted only by an early Philip Seymour Hoffman turn.
J Categories Movies June 16, 2020 Joygasm! “Batman Forever” celebrates its 25th birthday Love it or hate it, Joel Schumacher's first take on the Caped Crusader was a neon-lit spectacle. Two of our writers debate its flaws & merits.