“Blow the Man Down” Brings Murder and Mayhem to Maine Bridget Savage Cole and Danielle Krudy's chilling crime story finds spine-tingling tension in the mundane.
TV “Self Made” Is an Empowering Look at Black Icon Madam C.J. Walker Netflix's new limited series deftly looks at racism, colorism, sexism, and more, all with typically great work from Octavia Spencer.
TV Finding Empowerment Amid Orthodox Judaism in “Unorthodox” Netflix’s adaptation of Deborah Feldman’s memoir is cinematic and inspiring.
TV Brooklyn Nine-Nine Recap: “The Takeback” Returns to the Familiar Holt settles back into the role he was meant for & a friendship is renewed in a episode that briefly steps away from the precinct.
TV Star Trek: Picard Lumbers Toward Its Finale in “Et in Arcadia Ego, Part 1” Synths, secret sons and doomsday prophecies arise in a messy penultimate episode establishing galaxy-ending stakes.
TV “Ozark” Twists the Knife for an Intriguing Season 3 The eagerly-awaited third season of Netflix's award-winning drama amps up the paranoia and deceit.
Features Savouring the Lean Thrills of “Tremors” Thirty years on, the Kevin Bacon monster-Western remains a giddily effective creature feature.
TV “Motherland: Fort Salem” Shows Untapped Potential In Its First Episode Freeform's saga of military witches, has has themes ranging from societal to sexual, but so far it just scratches the surface.
TV “Little Fires Everywhere” Fails to Ignite Hulu’s high brow suburban soap opera features compelling performances, but leaves the viewer cold.
Festivals SXSW: “TFW No GF” Is a Surface-Level Look at Internet Trolls Alex Lee Moyer's documentary on the rise of incels doesn't quite unlock what makes them so angry and dissatisfied.
Festivals SXSW: “I’m Gonna Make You Love Me” Charts a Life in Transition Karen Bernstein's doc about the gender-fluid journey of Brian Belovitch is a deep well of empathy.
TV Westworld Season 3 Episode 1 Recap: A Whole New World HBO's robot-revolution series reinvents itself and throws Aaron Paul into the mix.
Festivals SXSW: Billie Piper Captures Some “Rare Beasts” Billie Piper makes waves with a visually stunning, but dramatically inert directorial debut.
“Sophie Jones” Finds Truth in Adolescent Turmoil With a quietly assured lead and a keen sense of rhythm, Jessie Barr's debut feature announces the writer/director as a talent to watch.
“Stargirl” Goes Full Manic Pixie Dream Girl Disney+'s adaptation of the Jerry Spinelli novel is tooth-achingly twee.
Festivals SXSW: “I Will Make You Mine” Hits a Humanistic High Note Lynn Chen's debut is an achingly honest tale of lost time and potential.
Festivals SXSW: “Cargo” Turns The Afterlife into a Quirky Space Drama India's "first spaceship movie" is a languid, but occasionally thoughtful sci-fi dramedy about the bureaucracy of death.
Festivals SXSW: “A Most Beautiful Thing” Kinda Rows In Place Mary Mazzio's inspirational sports doc is as empowering as it is occasionally muddled.
Filmmaker of the Month “Do the Right Thing” Remains Spike Lee’s Masterpiece Black cinema (and American cinema as a whole) hasn't been the same since the release of Spike Lee's revolutionary New York drama.
TV Brooklyn Nine-Nine Recap: “Ding Dong”, the Wuntch is Dead(?) Madeline Wuntch haunts the Nine-Nine from beyond the grave.
TV “The Letter for the King” Has a Slow Delivery Netflix's latest overstuffed fantasy adaptation is a challenge for viewers' time & patience.