Tom Harper on the High-Flying Dangers of “The Aeronauts”
The director of Wild Rose and The Aeronauts sits down to talk about his high-flying historical adventure, now available on Amazon Prime Video.
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Sharper lacks some much-needed edge
Despite its solid performances & elegant look, the Apple TV+ thriller mostly falls flat.
The Aeronauts Review: Going to Heaven in a Handbasket
Tom Harper’s ascent to the stratosphere has moments of tension, but they’re undercut by a choppy narrative and a shallow approach to its true story.
CIFF Dispatch: “Waves”, “Deerskin,” “The Aeronauts”, “The Prince”
Trey Edward Shults’ family drama, Tom Harper’s big-budget balloon thriller, and others dominate this latest CIFF dispatch.
There’s no getting blood from Heart of Stone
Netflix’s latest Gal Gadot project reveals the shallowness of their action brand and her acting commitment.
Wild Rose Review: A Star Is Born (But Not Much Else)
Jessie Buckley rocks the stage in a country-fied music drama that treads too-familiar territory outside its Scottish stage.
Night Always Comes but struggles with balance
A standout Vanessa Kirby can’t overcome a film divided against itself.
She Rides Shotgun on a grim but compelling road trip
The new Taron Egerton-starring thriller rivetingly explores a moving and dangerous father/daughter dynamic
Black Bag is the kind of film you don’t want to keep secret
Steven Soderbergh’s latest is a twisty intimate spy tale that hinges on hushed words far more than loud bangs.
Shrinking Season 2 invests in self-improvement
The Jason Segel-led comedy about flawed therapists returns in better shape than we left it.
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off what’s come before in favor of dawning something new and wonderful
The ScienceSaru-produced animated series rebuilds rather than retells Bryan Lee O’Malley’s beloved comic.
Am I Being Unreasonable? pits motherhood and memory against twists and truth
Hulu’s latest import focuses on the secrets we all carry and the lengths we go to in order to live with them.
Even by the standards of broadcast network superhero fare, Gotham Knights is a massive dud
Everything about the pilot episode of Gotham Knights that could go wrong has gone spectacularly off the rails.
Elizabeth Moss makes Shining Girls incandescent
AppleTV+’s serial killer series is kept grounded by strong talent on either side of the camera.
The Syed Family Xmas Eve Game Night offers relief from the overwhelming white heteronormity of the holiday rom-com
Kausar Mohammed and Fawzia Mirza discuss the mold-breaking short The Syed Family Xmas Eve Game Night and where it could go from here.
“The Twentieth Century” tells one king’s hilarious rise to disappointment
Matthew Rankin’s gonzo reinterpretation of Canadian political history is as riotously funny as it is insightful about the symbolic nature of Western politics.
August DVD Releases: Agnes Varda, Swallow, Gamera and more
Criterion compiles a legend’s filmography into a single set, Gamera gets a big box, & more in our rundown of August’s DVD & Blu-ray releases.
“Thousand Pieces of Gold” remains a layered tale of colonialism
Newly restored in 4K by Indiecollect and released by Kino Lorber, Nancy Kelly’s 1991 western softly explores racial and gender-based oppression in late-1800s America.
The Assistant Review: A Brutal Condemnation of Complicity
Kitty Green’s latest incisively explores the systems that protect predators, resulting in something more than a simple Weinstein allegory.
Just Mercy Review: Conviction Brought Down by Convention
Destin Daniel Cretton’s legal drama has its moments of impact and an impressive cast, but it’s far too lopsided to stick the landing.
Tim Burton’s “The Nightmare Before Christmas” is All Sorts of Delightful and Scary
Henry Selick’s stop-motion holiday fable is a spooky classic, thanks to Tim Burton’s macabre quirks and an array of catchy tunes.