C Categories Movies Reviews September 12, 2021 Come from Away’s warmth is undermined by key creative choices Come from Away, a musical true story about a town that took in 38 planes in the wake of 9/11, undercuts its warmth with its creative choices.
T Categories Festivals Movies Reviews TIFF 2021 September 11, 2021 TIFF: Listening to Kenny G is about as pleasantly inoffensive as his music Penny Lane's profile on the smooth jazz superstar can't quite muster up enough energy to make its explorations of his notoriety (good and bad) sing.
T Categories Festivals Movies Reviews TIFF 2021 September 11, 2021 TIFF: Dear Evan Hansen is a confounding adaptation of the stage musical Ben Platt's age is the least of our problems in Stephen Chbosky's misguided adaptation of the already-misguided musical Dear Evan Hansen.
M Categories Movies Reviews September 10, 2021 Malignant is a mess, but an entertaining mess James Wan directs a gory collection of homages that somehow pulls together into a good time.
K Categories Columns Features KinoKultur Movies September 5, 2021 KinoKultur: Deep Rising and The Strangeness’ Tentacular Tales Though decades and budgets apart, Stephen Sommers and Melanie Anne Phillips' creature features dig into the unique terror of the tentacle.
J Categories Movies Podcasts Right on Cue September 3, 2021 Joel P. West on balancing East and West for Shang-Chi The Short Term 12 and Just Mercy composer takes on his biggest challenge yet -- the expansive sound of the MCUi.
T Categories Movies Reviews September 2, 2021 This overly familiar action revenge thriller is too little, too Kate Mary Elizabeth Winstead works tirelessly to uplift Netflix's latest derivative shoot-em-up, to disappointing results.
A Categories Movies Reviews September 1, 2021 Amazon’s Cinderella is bippity-boppity-blah The songs are bad and the social commentary is even worse in this new take on the classic fairy tale.
F Categories Fantasia 2021 Festivals Movies September 1, 2021 Fantasia 2021: The subversive erotic shorts of Botanicum Eroticorum From the erotic to the absurd, Fantasia's adult short film showcase explores the form, function, and frottage of cinematic sex.
O Categories Movies Reviews September 1, 2021 On Broadway only tells part of the illustrious street’s story Oren Jacoby's documentary takes an interesting angle on New York theater's history but leaves out critical context in telling its tale.
