Reviews “Palmer” plays all the notes of a small-town drama well By: Sean Price Thanks to the father-son relationship at the center of its plot, Fisher Stevens' drama about an ex-con's redemption mostly succeeds.
Filmmaker of the Month “Amelia” is little more than smoke on the wind Mira Nair's most American film may well be her most impersonal.
Reviews “Haymaker” spectacularly whiffs every last shot By: Justin Harrison Nick Sasso’s martial-artist-meets-pop-star romance is a hollow, muted, shabbily made affair.
Reviews Cookie-cutter disability drama “Penguin Bloom” fails to flower By: Rob Kojder Naomi Watts and Andrew Lincoln struggle predictably in the wake of a debilitating accident, and don't dig too deep below the surface of what it means to be disabled.
Features PSH adds a dose of comedy to a sweetly old-fashioned drama Nobody's Fool features a late-in-his-career Paul Newman at his best, and Bruce Willis when he still cared.
Reviews “Selena + Chef” turns up the charm to high By: Ashley Lara The pop singer's celebrity chef cooking show is surprisingly down to earth and accessible.
Columns Criterion Corner: Luis Buñuel, “Minding the Gap”, “Rolling Thunder Revue” January's Criterion offerings include a box set of Bunuel's final films, Martin Scorsese on Bob Dylan, and Bing Liu's astonishing doc debut.
Filmmaker of the Month “Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love” is Mira Nair’s inane misadventure Mira Nair crafts a messy, regressive tale of sexual liberation filtered through a heteronormative gaze, giving us sex without tempering it with love.
Filmmaker of the Month “Monsoon Wedding” is a warm-hearted ode to family and Indian culture Mira Nair's breakthrough international hit both draws from Bollywood tradition and breaks out of its restrictions, creating something wholly new and endearing in the process.
Reviews You’ll want to get to know “Our Friend” By: Michael Snydel Jason Segel, Dakota Johnson, and Casey Affleck forge a treacly, generous bond in a drama that almost drowns in its own schmaltz.
Reviews “We Are: The Brooklyn Saints” is messy but inspiring By: Lisa Laman This documentary series gives short thrift to its adolescent athletes, much to its own detriment.
Features “Vanity Fair” puts a modern flair on a dusty classic Mira Nair turns a dreary novel into something bright and beautiful, and changed how we looked at it.
Reviews “Psycho Goreman” swings for the fences but misses By: Sean Price The latest Shudder original is a clever homage to movies of the past, but quickly loses its focus.
Recap The Expanse Season 5 Episode 8 recap: “Hard Vacuum” Naomi goes out of the frying pan and into the fire, as the occupants of Earth and the Rocinante face hard choices about how to strike back at Marco Inaros.
Reviews “Painting With John” is an unlikely balm to the soul By: Gena Radcliffe A quirky documentary series starring an indie Renaissance man might be just the thing to get you through these troubling times.
Reviews “The Sister” is fine, but not much more By: Oluwatayo Adewole Hulu's latest prestige series looks good and features a powerful performance by its leading man, but isn't anything we haven't seen before.
Columns PSH is marvelous in “The Big Lebowski” Philip Seymour Hoffman plays the ultimate lackey in The Coen Brothers' gleefully silly stoner comedy.
Interviews Sarah-Violet Bliss on “Search Party” season 4 We talk with the series co-creator, writer and director about finding the balance between darkness and comedy.
Reviews “The Empty Man” is, in fact, hollow By: Jonah Koslofsky David Prior's overlong occult horror is stylish but suffers from sluggish pacing and a lackluster hero.
Interviews Assembling the Black music soundscapes of Steve McQueen’s “Small Axe” Small Axe music supervisor Ed Bailie talks to us about filling Steve McQueen's five-part anthology with the grooviest, most authentic tunes.
Reviews “The Good Lord Bird” is an absurd abolitionist Western By: C.M. Crockford Ethan Hawke chews the scenery in a historical drama that gleefully plays around with the truth.