“Welcome to Chechnya” documents a mass murder in modern times
David France’s gut-wrenching documentary on the state-sanctioned purge of GLBT people in Chechnya is an excellent expose of the atrocities and portrait of the heroes in Russia.
David France’s gut-wrenching documentary on the state-sanctioned purge of GLBT people in Chechnya is an excellent expose of the atrocities and portrait of the heroes in Russia.
Spike Lee explores the painful history of Blackness in American warfare with this lengthy, but gripping, Vietnam epic.
Jeffrey McHale explores the circuitous route the NC-17 flop took from Razzie shame to midnight fame.
Stephen Frears’ new miniseries is a deft three episodes that shifts perspectives and plots with ease, even if it doesn’t completely pay off.
Ryan Murphy’s latest show for Netflix is a glitzy alternate history that gives power to the marginalized.
One of Spike Lee’s most underrated films depicts a New York in which the more things change, the more racism stays the same.
Ricky Tollman’s directorial debut has great ingredients, but they add up to a terrible stew.
Al Pacino leads a team of Nazi Hunters in a brassy Amazon series stuffed with Holocaust pathos and comic-book sleaze.
Hulu’s gender flipped, more diverse take on Nick Hornby’s modern classic about entitled men-children has charm & heart.
The DCEU embraces its inner Bugs Bunny, and is all the better for it.
Season 12 continues its upward trajectory with a perfectly-fine adventure with a few interesting supporting players.
The Childrens’ Hospital spinoff takes on the spy-action genre with double the length and about as many laughs.
“Sesame Street” and “Co-op” songwriter Eli Bolin explains how he crafted the catchy, kid-friendly tunes for “John Mulaney and the Sack Lunch Bunch”.
From HBO (Chernobyl, Watchmen, Succession) to Netflix (Russian Doll, The Crown, Stranger Things) and beyond, we break down the best TV of the year.
From Ad Astra to Us, we celebrate the cream of the cinematic crop in 2019.
Mrs. Coulter is rejected once again, and the Gyptians ride in to rescue the missing children.
The cult-hit space opera heads to Amazon for a bigger budget, wider scope, and renewed sense of purpose.
How Wes Anderson’s bittersweet family dramedy helped me break rules, love cinema, & change my life. Every month, we at The Spool select a filmmaker to explore in greater depth — their themes, their deeper concerns, how their works chart the history of cinema and the filmmaker’s own biography. For Thanksgiving, we’re going off the beaten … The Royal Tenenbaums: Me and Wes Down by the School Yard
From Jed Bartlet to CJ Cregg to Losh Lyman, we elect one of Aaron Sorkin’s quick-witted White House wonks from The West Wing to our Hall of Faces.
Ronald D. Moore’s alt-history space race series proves to be one of Apple TV+’s most alluring offerings.
Today’s CIFF Dispatch looks at documentaries My Father and Me and The Human Factor, character drama Litigante and rape thriller Instinct.