Features “Young Soul Rebels” is an essential piece of Black Queer Resistance Isaac Julien's British coming-of-age drama centers Black and Queer people in all their complexities.
Reviews You don’t know shit about “Showgirls” until you’ve seen “You Don’t Nomi” By: Theo Estes Jeffrey McHale explores the circuitous route the NC-17 flop took from Razzie shame to midnight fame.
Features Reexamining the anti-racist messaging of HBO’s “Whitewash” Lambasted at the time for not being direct enough about race, HBO's animated short takes on new significance in a post-BLM America.
Reviews Netflix dramedy “Can You Hear Me?” is worth listening to By: Megan Sunday A French-Canadian export weathers the challenges of girlhood with remarkable alacrity.
Reviews Stop by “The Dinner Party”, but don’t stay for dessert By: B.L. Panther Miles Dolec’s low-budget thriller offers a horrifying dish to pass, but the ingredients are richer than the result.
Reviews “Dear” is a schmaltzy but earnest love letter to kindness By: Lisa Laman Celebrities read letters from people whose lives they've touched in Apple TV+'s treacly new series.
Reviews “I May Destroy You” is a staggering work from Michaela Coel By: Beau North The star of Chewing Gum returns with a riveting new series that illuminates society's indictment of Black bodies.
Reviews “Dreamland” is an incoherent, messy audience endurance test By: Gena Radcliffe Bruce McDonald’s crime drama/thriller/horror movie is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside a NyQuil-induced hallucination.
“Tommaso” is the perfect cure for insomnia The only thing that saves Abel Ferrara's autobiographical drama is a typically excellent performance by Willem Dafoe.
Reviews “2040” is a pleasant and hopeful environmental documentary By: Lisa Laman Damon Gameau's look at what the planet will be like when his daughter reaches adulthood is a swift, engaging doc despite its cornier moments.
Features “Drugstore Cowboy” found beauty in the gutter Gus Van Sant's second feature is a stylish but sensitive and non-judgmental look at drug addiction.
Reviews “Spelling the Dream” sounds out a joyful documentary By: Sean Price A look at the Scripps National Spelling Bee tells a compelling story about both word power & the immigrant experience.
Features “Mala Noche”: A bad night makes for an auspicious beginning Gus Van Sant’s gritty, low-budget debut lays the groundwork for a successful career. And 35 years on, the subject matter seems eerily relevant.
Features June’s Filmmaker of the Month: Gus Van Sant For Pride Month, we highlight the work of America’s poet laureate for dirtbags, dreamers, and disaffected youth.
Features Thrilling, Absurd, and Poignant: Revisiting “Total Recall” 30 Years Later Paul Verhoeven's wild sci-fi action thriller remains a one-of-a-kind look at a bleak & plausible future.
Reviews “Debt Collectors” is a very good movie and a downright terrific sequel By: Justin Harrison Jesse V. Johnson's action dramedy boasts both dazzling fights sequences and compelling performances.
Filmmaker of the Month 2009’s “Friday the 13th” reboot turns Jason into a murderous pot farmer Marcus Nispel's confused, uninspired revamp of the franchise stresses the importance of not touching Jason's stash of sticky-icky.
Awards “Ramy” goes to messy places in its strong second season By: Dorothy Green Muslim-American actor and comedian Ramy Youssef returns for a bracingly funny, probing season about faith and purpose and failure.
Filmmaker of the Month How I learned to stop worrying and love “Freddy vs. Jason” Freddy vs. Jason is not a good movie - and that's not just okay, it may well be transgressive.
Reviews “Quiz” asks who wants to be a millionaire, and who will lie to get the prize By: Marshall Estes Stephen Frears' new miniseries is a deft three episodes that shifts perspectives and plots with ease, even if it doesn't completely pay off.
Interviews Phil Rosenthal spreads joy with joyful spreads in “Somebody Feed Phil” The acclaimed sitcom writer and food traveler talks about cultivating joy and hunger during challenging times.