C Categories Reviews TV July 12, 2021 Catch and Kill digs deeper into the monstrous deeds of Harvey Weinstein The HBO docuseries doesn't offer much we don't already know, but fleshes out the information provided by Ronan Farrow's in-depth book and podcast.
T Categories Reviews June 13, 2021 Tribeca 2021: “The Kids” of Larry Clark’s classic are not, in fact, all right Eddie Martin's documentary gives voice to the cast of young actors in Larry Clark's seminal Kids -- and the traumas that came from the experience.
P Categories Columns Movies P.S.H. I Love You October 6, 2020 P.S.H. I Love You: Avoid the trip to “Cold Mountain” Philip Seymour Hoffman does his level best to elevate Anthony Minghella's Oscar-friendly Miramax Western, but even he can't save it.
& Categories Columns Movies P.S.H. I Love You July 6, 2020 “The Talented Mr. Ripley” benefits from Hoffman’s skill It's good, but Anthony Minghella's 1999 adaptation really comes alive when Philip Seymour Hoffman's scumbag enters the picture.
& Categories Filmmaker of the Month Movies June 22, 2020 “Good Will Hunting” was Gus Van Sant’s big swing for the normies Gus Van Sant's Oscar-winning character drama is a safe, middlebrow nuts-and-bolts picture as formative as it is uncreative for the filmmaker.
T Categories Movies February 15, 2020 The Assistant Review: A Brutal Condemnation of Complicity Kitty Green's latest incisively explores the systems that protect predators, resulting in something more than a simple Weinstein allegory.
J Categories Features Filmmaker of the Month Movies July 2, 2019 July’s Filmmaker of the Month: Quentin Tarantino With his ninth film coming out this month, we look back on the indie titan and his deeply metatextual approach to cinema.