S Categories Festivals Movies Reviews SXSW 2022 March 20, 2022 SXSW 2022: To Leslie is familiar, but its eye is unflinching and its compassion deep Andrea Riseborough and Marc Maron shine in a study of a one-time lottery winner years after her life has gone bust.
S Categories Festivals Movies Sundance 2020 January 24, 2020 Sundance 2020: “Luxor” Gets Lost In Translation A solid first half and great work from Andrea Riseborough aren't quite enough to make up for Zeina Durra's Egyptian indie.
1 Categories Festivals Movies July 8, 2022 10 films sure to spook us at Fantasia 2022 A few films to thrill the blood and stir the loins at Montreal's premiere genre film festival.
A Categories CCFF 2022 Festivals Movies Reviews May 20, 2022 A review of the 2022 Chicago Critics Film Festival From indie melodramas to animated tales of displaced shells, this year's critics-curated festival offers up a Midwestern answer to the big boys.
S Categories Festivals Movies Reviews SXSW 2021 March 17, 2021 SXSW 2021 Narrative Competition: “I’m Fine”, “Here Before”, “Our Father”, “The Fallout” Tales of poverty, paranoia, and adolescences framed by tragedy cap off SXSW's Narrative Feature Competition.
& Categories TV March 6, 2020 “ZeroZeroZero” Doesn’t Add Up to Much Amazon's adaptation of the Roberto Saviano novel is far too passive and jumbled to capture your interest.
S Categories Festivals Movies Sundance 2020 January 26, 2020 Sundance 2020: “Possessor” Is a Grab Bag of Sci-Fi Clichés Brandon Cronenberg's second feature is a po-faced collection of genre tropes that wastes its cast and a modest sense of style.
1 Categories Festivals Sundance 2020 January 15, 2020 10 Films We’re Excited to See at Sundance 2020 New films by Julie Taymor, Dee Rees, and Justin Simien mix with fascinating new docs and debut features in our list of Sundance 2020 must-sees.
G Categories Movies January 3, 2020 Get Ready to Trudge Through “The Grudge” (2020) Nicolas Pesce's 2020 extension of the Japanese horror franchise is maybe its most leaden, unscary entry yet.
B Categories Features February 13, 2019 Bloody Good Romance: 12 Horror Films to Sate Your Valentine’s Day Bloodlust Gena Radcliffe and Beau North dig into a dozen gruesome, bloody tales of love and horror this Valentine's Day.