I sit down with two subjects from the upcoming AIDS documentary 5B to talk about Pride and the plague years.
2019
Jill Magid’s documentary delves into messy conversations about the link between art and legacy, becoming a short but […]
The vulgar auteur commits to a 13-hour crime drama that traffics in his most minimalist, nihilistic sensibilities.
Pixar’s fourth trip into the toybox opens up fascinating existential questions while maintaining its delightful core of childlike whimsy.
Sam Jackson returns with two more generations of Shafts in a slick actioner let down by milquetoast jabs at millennials.
Not even the cosmic star power of Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson can stop this tired, paint-by-numbers reboot.
Jack Quaid and Maya Erskine break long-standing rom-com modes in this refreshing, personable love story.
The second season of Netflix’s kawaii-metal workplace anime elevates its adorable gimmick with a newfound maturity.
This indie doc about modern slave labor in the East Asian fishing industry is well-intentioned but pulls its punches when they’re most needed.
Denys Arcand’s droll French caper comedy leans a little too hard on cliche and creaky anti-capitalist screeds.
This slow-burn dystopian sci-fi thriller questions the motives & limits of maternal love.
The sequel to the popular 2016 film has its characters learning new tricks, but its overabundance of plot and characters neuter its message.
The pioneering superhero franchise gets its last hurrah in the form of a messy, somber swan song.
America’s first celebrity fashion designer gets the documentary treatment in an insightful treatment that still occasionally gets in its own way.
Mindy Kaling’s screenwriting debut offers a shaggy but sincere look at the male-dominated world of talk shows. If […]
Ron Howard returns to accessible but fluffy music docs with this hagiography of the iconic opera tenor.
Ava DuVernay tells the tale of the Central Park Five in a stirring but unsubtle miniseries.
Elton John’s not the man they think he is at home in Dexter Fletcher’s sparkling, muddled biopic.
