& Categories Features Filmmaker of the Month Movies July 15, 2020 “A Time to Kill” is a misguided page-turner of a movie Joel Schumacher's second John Grisham adaptation is a myopic look at race and the criminal justice system in the American South.
J Categories Movies Reviews June 23, 2020 Jon Stewart’s “Irresistible” is toothless, out-of-touch political satire The former Daily Show host's sophomore film is a dated, centrist screed that fundamentally misunderstands our current political moment.
R Categories Interviews Podcasts Right on Cue May 15, 2020 Rosalind Chao on the trailblazing Western “Thousand Pieces of Gold” The veteran actress discusses her early turn in Nancy Kelly's recently-restored feminist Western Thousand Pieces of Gold, and her career since.
& Categories Movies April 27, 2020 “Thousand Pieces of Gold” remains a layered tale of colonialism Newly restored in 4K by Indiecollect and released by Kino Lorber, Nancy Kelly's 1991 western softly explores racial and gender-based oppression in late-1800s America.
& Categories Filmmaker of the Month Movies December 8, 2019 “American Beauty” as the Ultimate Boomer Opus Sam Mendes' Best Picture winner is a flawed but evocative time capsule of '90s middle-age anxiety.
L Categories Movies November 25, 2019 Little Women Review: Gerwig’s Girls March to Their Own Drum Greta Gerwig's adaptation of the Louisa May Alcott book is sensitive, challenging, and earnestly engages with the source material.
A Categories Movies November 24, 2019 A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Review: Mr. Rogers’ Radical Kindness Tom Hanks fills the loafers of childhood's kindest saint in Marielle Heller's case study of Mr. Rogers' impact.
T Categories Movies News Trailers July 22, 2019 Trailer: Tom Hanks slips on Mr. Rogers’ cardigan in “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” Tom Hanks charms as Fred Rogers in the trailer for Marielle Heller's A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, out in theaters this Thanksgiving.
