& Categories Festivals Movies SXSW 2020 November 15, 2021 “Once Upon a Time In Uganda” shows off Wakaliwood’s delirious DIY filmmaking Cathryne Czubek & Hugo Perez's endearing doc about Ugandan filmmaking group Wakaliwood is both accessible and specific.
R Categories CIFF 2021 Features Festivals Interviews October 27, 2021 Rebecca Hall on the dueling binaries and challenging form of Passing The acclaimed actress and first-time director discusses bringing Nella Larsen's novella about racial identity to the screen.
C Categories CIFF 2021 Festivals Movies Reviews October 25, 2021 CIFF 2021: Spencer, Acts of Love, House of Snails, and More Five of the Chicago International Film Festival's fiction features find truth through craft and performance.
C Categories CIFF 2021 Festivals Movies October 21, 2021 CIFF Dispatch: Highlights of the non-fiction entries A look at the best in the documentary category of the Chicago International Film Festival.
N Categories Festivals Movies NYFF 59 Reviews October 10, 2021 NYFF: Ahed’s Knee has style and righteous anger to spare Ahed's Knee, director Nadav Lapid's latest film, cannot match his best work, but it's far from a failure. It has style and anger to spare.
O Categories CIFF 2021 Features Festivals Movies October 10, 2021 Our 10 most anticipated films from the 2021 Chicago International Film Festival We break down the movies we're looking forward to seeing most out of this year's hybrid festival in Chicago.
N Categories Festivals Movies NYFF 59 Reviews October 1, 2021 NYFF 2021: The Tragedy of Macbeth is a sparse, elegant take on the Bard Joel Coen steps out on his own & directs a powerhouse cast in an extra-dark version of Shakespeare's tale of ambition & absolute power.
N Categories Festivals Movies NYFF 59 September 29, 2021 NYFF2021: Belle: The Dragon and the Freckled Princess fuses spectacle with spirit Belle: The Dragon and the Freckled Princess may try to juggle too much, but its vision deserves to be seen on the big screen.
R Categories Festivals Movies Reeling 2021 Reviews September 28, 2021 Reeling 2021: Mascarpone takes a while to rise but reveals some sweetness in the end Mascarpone, a dramedy from Alessandro Guida and Matteo Pilati, recovers from a monotone to become a warm study of a man rebuilding himself.
R Categories Festivals Movies Reeling 2021 Reviews September 26, 2021 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.
