L Categories Movies Reviews September 27, 2022 Lou brings forth an underwhelming soul Mostly stagnant direction trips up an otherwise decent woman of war, played with intensity by Allison Janney.
N Categories Podcasts Right on Cue September 24, 2022 Nima Fakhrara on the clattering fury of Netflix’s Lou The composer of the Netflix thriller talks about building texture into Allison Janney's dark night of the soul.
A Categories CCFF 2022 Festivals Movies Reviews May 20, 2022 A review of the 2022 Chicago Critics Film Festival From indie melodramas to animated tales of displaced shells, this year's critics-curated festival offers up a Midwestern answer to the big boys.
S Categories Festivals Movies Reviews SXSW 2022 March 20, 2022 SXSW 2022: To Leslie is familiar, but its eye is unflinching and its compassion deep Andrea Riseborough and Marc Maron shine in a study of a one-time lottery winner years after her life has gone bust.
P Categories Features Movies P.S.H. I Love You April 12, 2021 P.S.H. I Love You: Skip his small role in “Strangers With Candy” Only diehard Hoffman completists need to see his appearance in the movie spinoff of the poorly aged Comedy Central cult sitcom.
S Categories Anniversaries Features Movies October 1, 2020 Sorkin’s Game: How “The Social Network” surprisingly succeeds in its take on women David Fincher's Facebook drama remains a bright spot in Aaron Sorkin's filmography in how it skewers male entitlement.
& Categories Movies April 22, 2020 “Bad Education” Is a Slight Sophomore Slump for Cory Finley The Thoroughbreds director struggles to mix his sardonicism into a script about the biggest financial scandal in public school history.NOW STREAMING: Powered by JustWatch In..
T Categories Movies January 21, 2020 Troop Zero Review: Lite-le Miss Sunshine Amazon Prime's girl scout comedy wastes its cast and period setting to make for an involving, generically cute indie.
& Categories Features Filmmaker of the Month Movies December 27, 2019 “Away We Go”: An Inter-State Indie-Statement Despite getting off on the wrong foot, Sam Mendes's oft-forgotten dramedy remains a salient look at 2000s anxieties as often seen onscreen.
H Categories Hall of Faces Podcasts TV December 24, 2019 Hall of Faces: Which is the Best Doctor Who Christmas Special? We cross-over with the Debating Doctor Who podcast to figure out which Christmas Special (and their stars) deserves a spot on the Hall of Faces.
