N Categories Movies Reviews September 29, 2021 No Time to Die shakes up the Bond franchise but fails to stir Even as it makes bold steps toward the future, Daniel Craig's swan song as 007 feels like a frustrating hodgepodge of the films that came before it.
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.
R Categories Festivals Movies Reeling 2021 Reviews September 26, 2021 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.
R Categories Festivals Movies Reeling 2021 Reviews September 26, 2021 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.
N Categories Festivals Movies NYFF 59 Reviews September 26, 2021 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.
R Categories Festivals Movies Reeling 2021 Reeling 36 September 26, 2021 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.
R Categories Festivals Movies Reeling 2021 Reviews September 25, 2021 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.
R Categories Festivals Movies Reeling 2021 Reviews September 24, 2021 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.
