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Reeling 2021: Invisible: Gay Women in Southern Music is as enthralling as it is expansive

Invisible, T.J. Parsell’s documentary about queer women and the country music they make, gives its subjects a space to shine.

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Reeling 2021: The Sixth Reel is a hilarious, warm, cinephiliac comedy

With The Sixth Reel Charles Busch writes, directs, and stars in a delightful, frantic, thoughtful picture about the hunt for a lost film.

Great British Baking Show Season 12 Episode 1 Recap
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The Great British Baking Show defies gravity (and expectations) in the season 12 opener

The latest crop of bakers make some flaky pastry tarts as the world’s comfort-food show starts another season.

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Reeling 2021: Gemmel & Tim preserves the memories of two Black gay men denied justice

Michiel Thomas’ heartbreaking documentary calls for justice and equity and highlights the racial disparities in how society treats even gay men.

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NYFF 2021: Bergman Island offers scenes from a creatively fractured marriage

Mia Hansen-Løve’s latest wrestles with the creative and romantic frustrations between men and women, with Ingmar Bergman watching mindfully overhead.

The Journey of Monalisa
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Reeling 2021: The Journey of Monalisa is intimate and winding

The Journey of Monalisa, Nicole Costa’s documentary about the life of poet, artist, friend, and sex worker Iván Monalisa is insightfully wry.

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B.L. Panther

Reeling 2021: Invisible: Gay Women in Southern Music is as enthralling as it is expansive

Invisible, T.J. Parsell's documentary about queer women and the country music they make, gives its subjects a space to shine.
The Sixth ReelR
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B.L. Panther

Reeling 2021: The Sixth Reel is a hilarious, warm, cinephiliac comedy

With The Sixth Reel Charles Busch writes, directs, and stars in a delightful, frantic, thoughtful picture about the hunt for a lost film.
Gemmel & Tim (Reeling)R
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B.L. Panther

Reeling 2021: Gemmel & Tim preserves the memories of two Black gay men denied justice

Michiel Thomas' heartbreaking documentary calls for justice and equity and highlights the racial disparities in how society treats even gay men.
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Peter Sobczynski

NYFF 2021: Bergman Island offers scenes from a creatively fractured marriage

Mia Hansen-Løve's latest wrestles with the creative and romantic frustrations between men and women, with Ingmar Bergman watching mindfully overhead.
Being BeBeR
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B.L. Panther

Reeling 2021: Being Bebe is an affectionate (if shallow) portrait of a queen

Being BeBe is a charming chronicle of Bebe Zahara Benet's life, but its undermined by its tendency to dodge heavier history.
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B.L. Panther

Reeling 2021: No Straight Lines traces the history of queer comic books

Vivian Kleiman's documentary is a playful look at the art form that helped so many queer people find identity, even if only on the page.

RIGHT ON CUE

Laura Karpman (What If...?)L
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September 24, 2021

Laura Karpman on remixing the sound of the Marvel universe with What If…?

We talk to the What If...? composer about blending the existing palette of the MCU with new, diverse soundscapes.
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The American Astronaut (2001)B
September 24, 2021
Sarah Gorr

Boosting the signal of 2001’s cult space Western musical The American Astronaut

Twenty years on, Cory McAbee's singular cult film is nearly as impossible to find as it is to look away from.
Punch-Drunk LoveP
September 13, 2021
Jonah Koslofsky

PSH I Love You: Punch-Drunk Love

Punch-Drunk Love, PTA's Adam Sandler romance , sees the great Philip Seymour Hoffman play a louth, loathsome sleazebag.
Deep RisingK
September 5, 2021
B.L. Panther

KinoKultur: Deep Rising and The Strangeness’ Tentacular Tales

Though decades and budgets apart, Stephen Sommers and Melanie Anne Phillips' creature features dig into the unique terror of the tentacle.
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August 31, 2021
Clint Worthington

Criterion Corner: Ashes and Diamonds, Company, Beasts of No Nation

Netflix original Beasts of No Nation, Sondheim musical doc Company, and Andrzej Wajda's postwar masterpiece dot August's Criterion releases.
Star Trek: Lower DecksT
August 28, 2021
Andrew Bloom

The secret ingredient in Star Trek: Lower Decks is love

The animated series, now in its second season, pays homage while also poking gentle fun at its predecessors.

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Great British Baking Show Season 12 Episode 1 RecapT
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Ashley Lara

The Great British Baking Show defies gravity (and expectations) in the season 12 opener

The latest crop of bakers make some flaky pastry tarts as the world's comfort-food show starts another season.
Ted Lasso Season 2 Episode 10 Featured Hannah Waddingham Harriet Walter FeaturedT
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Tim Stevens

Ted Lasso “No Weddings and A Funeral” Recap: The team gets Rick Rolled

Ted Lasso Season 2 Episode 10 "No Weddings and A Funeral" neatly navigates tricky emotional waters in and out of the memorial service.
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Andrew Bloom

Foundation is solid enough to build upon in its early stretch

Apple TV+’s latest sci-fi series is a glossy, gorgeous-looking adaptation of the Isaac Asimov novels, which nonetheless struggles to find humanity among its big ideas...
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Gena Radcliffe

Midnight Mass is a haunting excursion into the mysteries of faith

Mike Flanagan continues an impressive run in a miniseries about a dying town forced to worship at the altar of death and unquestioning belief.
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Reyzando Nawara

In Season 3, Sex Education reaches new levels of maturity

Sex Education's characters wrestle with regressive sexual politics and communication issues on the way to its most mature season yet.
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Tim Stevens

Ted Lasso “Beard After Hours” Recap: The wild night is calling

Ted Lasso Season 2 Episode 9 takes viewers on one bizarre night with Coach Beard.

FILMMAKER OF THE MONTH

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April 30, 2021
Cian Tsang

“Twixt” runs red with the blood of Coppola’s messy ambitions

Francis Ford Coppola's final film to date may not be his best (or even good), but it encapsulates his yearning for creative freedom.
TetroT
April 29, 2021
Michael Guarnieri

The underrated “Tetro” reflects Coppola’s empathetic side

Though pretentious at times, the 2009 drama comes from a fresh new perspective of the filmmaker.
Youth Without YouthI
April 28, 2021
B.L. Panther

In “Youth Without Youth”, Coppola delves into mystic linguistics

Time has largely been kind to the great director's fascinating and flawed modern fable.
The RainmakerI
April 28, 2021
Beau North

In “The Rainmaker”, Coppola directs young Damon masterfully

Coppola brings noir style and gorgeously grody design to his John Grisham adaptation.
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April 26, 2021
Priyanka Bose

“The Outsiders” is a loving portrayal of young male vulnerability

One of Coppola's most beloved films is a gentle look at teenage boys struggling in a world that has it out for them.
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April 26, 2021
David Rollison

The meant-to-be heartwarming “Jack” is a grotesque misfire

Perhaps the lowest point in Coppola's filmography doesn't get any better upon rewatch decades later.