P Categories Movies Reviews March 2, 2023 Palm Trees and Power Lines puts a sinister spin on a teenager’s first love Jamie Dack’s unsettling but empathetic drama shows what grooming actually is
S Categories Movies Reviews January 12, 2023 Skinamarink subtly makes your skin crawl Kyle Edward Ball’s feature debut is slow, but pays off in perfectly capturing the dark nothing of childhood fear.
T Categories Movies Reviews January 11, 2023 The Seven Faces of Jane is a messy flop Seven directors work together to create a film that feels like a freshman year film school project.
N Categories Movies Reviews November 23, 2022 Nanny illustrates the horror of the American Dream with West African folklore Nikyatu Jusu’s Sundance debut uses an immigrant story to reveal America’s darkest horrors.
S Categories Movies Reviews November 3, 2022 Something in the Dirt takes a low-fi approach to cosmic horror Aaron Moorhead & Justin Benson play neighbors who film a documentary about the paranormal & other big questions.
C Categories Movies Reviews November 2, 2022 Causeway is a solid piece of contemplative indie filmmaking Save for a clumsy third-act, Causeway works well as an examination of trying to live in the present while reeling from trauma in the past.
C Categories Movies Reviews September 10, 2022 Clerks III is Kevin Smith’s love letter to himself The sound of giving up rings loud & clear in this exercise in empty nostalgia.
T Categories Movies Reviews January 12, 2022 The Pink Cloud is an eerie, devastating piece of quarantine sci-fi Iuli Gerbase's indie science fiction drama may have been made before COVID, but it perfectly captures our pandemic-laden despair.
T Categories Festivals Movies Reviews Tribeca 2021 June 23, 2021 Tribeca 2021 Roundup: “Roaring 20s,” “Shapeless” & more The New York-based festival roars back to post-lockdown life with its usual solid lineup of future award winners and indie gems.
T Categories Festivals Movies Reviews Tribeca 2021 June 21, 2021 Tribeca 2021: Vanessa Kirby wanders through a hazy NYC in “Italian Studies” Adam Leon's foggy mood piece is as endearingly formless as its amnesiac protagonist, a moody reflection on creativity and youth.