T Categories Movies Reviews July 2, 2021 The Forever Purge closes the series with a nihilistic whimper James DeMonaco's bracing, didactic series about the evils of American carnage hits its end, as brutal as it is thunderously unsubtle.
& Categories TV April 26, 2020 “We’re Here” brings gay fantasia to the heartland. But is it enough? HBO brings three drag queens to small-town America for a heartwarming, albeit surface-level, primer on queer culture.
S Categories Festivals Movies SXSW 2020 March 24, 2020 SXSW: “Hamtramck, USA” Tests the Great American Melting Pot America's first Muslim-majority city learns the limits (and victories) of multiculturalism.
& Categories TV March 11, 2020 “The Plot Against America” Is Alt-History and Chilling Reality David Simon and Ed Burns' adaptation of the Philip Roth novel paints a harrowing picture of an alternate America that feels all too prescient.
& Categories TV January 10, 2020 “Little America” Turns an Honest Eye to the Immigrant Experience Apple TV+'s anthology series offers a complicated, relatable snapshot of the American melting pot.
& Categories Filmmaker of the Month Movies October 29, 2019 “Gangs of New York” Bites Off More of the Big Apple Than It Can Chew Martin Scorsese's 2002 historical drama is big, brassy and full of great performances, but its runtime and tone leave it unfocused.
A Categories Movies August 21, 2019 American Factory Review: Auto-Economic Asphyxiation Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar track the intersection of culture and capitalism in this intriguingly humanistic doc.
A Categories Movies August 21, 2019 Angel Has Fallen Review: Naught But for Nolte The third entry in Gerard Butler's mil-porn series about patriot dads is almost saved by the sudden appearance of a wild Nick Nolte.
& Categories Movies June 4, 2019 “Halston” Captures American History Through a Designer’s Rise and Fall America's first celebrity fashion designer gets the documentary treatment in an insightful treatment that still occasionally gets in its own way.
V Categories Movies December 17, 2018 Vice Review: Adam McKay Vents Spleen About Dick Cheney Christian Bale transforms into Dick Cheney in Adam McKay's deeply angry essay film.
