Reviews One of Us Is Lying doesn’t quite have its story down yet By: Tim Stevens Peacock's new teen drama-thriller One of Us Is Lying has promise but needs to shake its devotion to the source material's pacing.
Reviews The Eyes of Tammy Faye looks at history from too far away By: Tim Stevens Great performances cannot overcome a bland, distanced take on the biggest Evangelical scandal in U.S. history in The Eyes of Tammy Faye.
Reviews The Baby-Sitters Club returns for a heartwarming season 2 By: Shannon Campe Netflix's good-hearted adaptation of the classic YA books digs deeper into the ever-complex relationships between its teen characters.
Reviews TIFF 2021: What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? Not as much as we might with a lighter touch By: Soham Gadre Alexandre Koberidze's film is lovely and well-performed, but overly insistent on its epic status.
Reviews Lamb: A pastoral allegory that’s equal parts haunting and frustrating By: Theo Estes Lamb, Valdimar Jóhannsson’s debut feature, is moody and captivating but shaky thematics keep it from living up to its own promise.
Recap The Great British Baking Show kicks out the jams in episode 2 Bring some milk for three challenges involving cookies...er, ah, biscuits.
Reviews Welcome to the Blumhouse: Bingo Hell/Black as Night By: Lisa Laman The first two entries in the newest Welcome to Blumhouse collection are a flawed pair of scary films.
Reviews The Addams Family 2 is frighteningly phoned-in family entertainment By: Lisa Laman The iconic kooky and spooky family hits a new low in big-screen excursions.
Festivals NYFF 2021: The Tragedy of Macbeth is a sparse, elegant take on the Bard By: Jonah Koslofsky Joel Coen steps out on his own & directs a powerhouse cast in an extra-dark version of Shakespeare's tale of ambition & absolute power.
Reviews The Many Saints of Newark brings the family back together By: Michael Frank The prequel to the landmark HBO series fleshes out the capos who came before Tony Soprano.
Recap Ted Lasso “Midnight Train to Royston” Recap: It’s the hope that kills The season finally gets its villain as everyone's good moments are rapidly undercut in Ted Lasso Season 2 Episode 11.
Reviews Doom Patrol Season 3 goes deeper still By: Tim Stevens The strangest superheroes battle the undead, aliens, time travelers, and more on their way to figuring themselves out in Season 3.
Features And to dust we shall return: Midnight Mass, God, death & me Mike Flanagan’s Netflix miniseries may scare some & bore others, but for a few it offers unexpected peace and comfort.
Reviews No Time to Die shakes up the Bond franchise but fails to stir By: Matt Cipolla 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.
Festivals 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.
Festivals Reeling 2021: Mascarpone takes a while to rise but reveals some sweetness in the end By: B.L. Panther Mascarpone, a dramedy from Alessandro Guida and Matteo Pilati, recovers from a monotone to become a warm study of a man rebuilding himself.
Festivals Reeling 2021: Invisible: Gay Women in Southern Music is as enthralling as it is expansive By: B.L. Panther Invisible, T.J. Parsell's documentary about queer women and the country music they make, gives its subjects a space to shine.
Festivals Reeling 2021: The Sixth Reel is a hilarious, warm, cinephiliac comedy By: B.L. Panther With The Sixth Reel Charles Busch writes, directs, and stars in a delightful, frantic, thoughtful picture about the hunt for a lost film.
Recap The Great British Baking Show defies gravity (and expectations) in the season 12 opener By: Ashley Lara The latest crop of bakers make some flaky pastry tarts as the world's comfort-food show starts another season.
Festivals Reeling 2021: Gemmel & Tim preserves the memories of two Black gay men denied justice By: B.L. Panther Michiel Thomas' heartbreaking documentary calls for justice and equity and highlights the racial disparities in how society treats even gay men.
Festivals NYFF 2021: Bergman Island offers scenes from a creatively fractured marriage By: Peter Sobczynski Mia Hansen-Løve's latest wrestles with the creative and romantic frustrations between men and women, with Ingmar Bergman watching mindfully overhead.