Festivals A Dispatch from the 2021 AFI Docs Film Festival By: Soham Gadre Documentaries from Zac Manuel, Garrett Bradley, Dilsey Davis and more highlight a difficult year taking its furtive steps back into a potentially post-COVID world.
Reviews The Forever Purge closes the series with a nihilistic whimper By: Clint Worthington James DeMonaco's bracing, didactic series about the evils of American carnage hits its end, as brutal as it is thunderously unsubtle.
Anniversaries “I’ll finally be free” – Psycho III at 35 By: Peter Sobczynski Anthony Perkins - Norman Bates himself - steps behind the camera to make a morbidly funny and surprisingly moving Psycho sequel.
Reviews Flimsy time-travel aside, The Tomorrow War is reasonably fun By: Jon Negroni The Tomorrow War, a Chris Pratt-starring future war epic, is derivative and messily constructed, but it boats some charm.
Reviews Fear Street: Part 1 is too in love with the past for its own good By: Lisa Laman A lack of scares and too much vulgarity drag down the better parts of this inaugural Fear Street film.
Reviews Neighbors are the real danger in the hilarious Werewolves Within By: Gena Radcliffe Josh Ruben directs a horror comedy that’s both social satire and a clever whodunit.
Reviews Black Widow is an (above average) international super spy By: Tim Stevens The MCU's latest delivers what you want, but feels a little bit too late.
Reviews Season 2 of “Central Park” gets off to a wonderful & imaginative start By: Lisa Laman The animated show from the creators of Bob’s Burgers continues to be utterly delightful and surprisingly creative.
Festivals Tribeca 2021 Roundup: “Roaring 20s,” “Shapeless” & more By: Gena Radcliffe The New York-based festival roars back to post-lockdown life with its usual solid lineup of future award winners and indie gems.
Reviews “F9” is more of the same, for better and for worse By: Jonah Koslofsky The latest entry of the perennial series is a mixed bag of the movies' trademark ridiculousness and shoddy, lackluster action sequences.
Reviews Blu-ray review: “The Paper Tigers” is one of 2021’s very best films By: Justin Harrison Quoc Bao Tran's dramedy about aging gung fu students' quest to avenge their murdered sifu is funny, thoughtful, and boasts excellent fights.
Festivals Tribeca 2021: Vanessa Kirby wanders through a hazy NYC in “Italian Studies” By: Clint Worthington Adam Leon's foggy mood piece is as endearingly formless as its amnesiac protagonist, a moody reflection on creativity and youth.
Festivals Tribeca 2021: “Agnes” turns an exorcism into a crisis of faith By: Clint Worthington Mickey Reece's latest eases you into a darkly comic take on the typical possession film, before turning an ambitious 180 into more solemn territory.
Reviews The overly talky “Mysterious Benedict Society” has eccentricities to spare By: Lisa Laman The latest piece of Disney+ programming is all dressed up but mistakes excessive chit-chat for drama.
Reviews The epilogue to “I’ll Be Gone in the Dark” focuses on the victims By: Beau North The follow-up to the groundbreaking HBO true crime miniseries puts a compassionate spotlight on the Golden State Killer's victims and survivors.
Reviews “False Positive” eerily illustrates the horrors of pregnancy By: Gena Radcliffe Ilana Glazer co-writes and stars in a jarring thriller about a mother-to-be suffering from paranoia...or is she?
Reviews “Fatherhood” will hardly win Dad Movie of the Year By: Oluwatayo Adewole Kevin Hart dips his toes into dramedy, but the film can't quite overcome a weak script and a heaping helping of unearned melodrama.
Reviews Tribeca 2021: Parts of “Poser” sing, but the whole warbles By: Michael Frank "Poser" - Noah Dixon and Ori Segev's Columbus indie scene drama/thriller, offers strong acting, killer tunes, and frustrating storytelling.
Festivals Tribeca 2021: “Accepted” looks at American education’s racial divide By: Clint Worthington Dan Chen's documentary starts as a celebration of unexpected Black success, but pulls back the curtain to ask more enticing questions about the racial inequities in education.
Festivals Tribeca 2021: “No Running” stumbles over its sci-fi premise By: Clint Worthington Delmar Washington's well-intentioned sci-fi parable about racial profiling gets tripped up in the constraints of its budget.
Festivals Tribeca 2021: “The Novice” is mercilessly compelling By: Jesse Hassenger Isabelle Furhman's relentless lead performance as an obsessive aspiring athlete propels Tribeca rowing drama "The Novice" forward.