N Categories Reviews TV May 28, 2022 Now & Then has style, but its thrills are strictly intermittent Murderous secrets bubble to the surface in a show whose whole cannot match its best parts.
K Categories Columns Features KinoKultur May 28, 2022 KinoKultur: Jigsaw & Dementia offer two different takes on British noir The newly restored Jigsaw & Dementia are equally stylish, but the superior Dementia places its victim at the forefront
T Categories Features Filmmaker of the Month April 4, 2022 Top of the Lake sees Campion go deep but narrow Jane Campion's first television work in decades boasts masterful character work and a frustratingly blinkered perspective.
I Categories Features Filmmaker of the Month April 1, 2022 In the Cut sees Jane Campion turn her eye to the 21st century The great director delves into New York's anxious days post-9/11 via a thriller about a woman usure who she can trust.
S Categories Festivals Movies Reviews SXSW 2022 March 18, 2022 SXSW 2022: The Cow should be put out to pasture Winona Ryder is the sole saving grace in The Cow, an unnecessarily convoluted mystery with a distastefully archaic view of women & aging
D Categories Movies Reviews February 10, 2022 Death on the Nile is a polished, pretty looking shell Despite its lavish appearance, Kenneth Branagh's second take on Agatha Christie barely justifies its existence.
H Categories Features Reviews TV January 20, 2022 How Yellowjackets became the surprise sleeper hit of the winter The occult horror-mystery about the survivors of a gruesome disaster captured audiences with dark humor & compelling characters.
B Categories Movies Reviews January 14, 2022 Brazen is a hollow attempt at rekindling made for TV movie magic Netflix continues to dip from the well of nostalgia in a not as tawdry as it wants to be murder mystery.
L Categories Movies Reviews October 29, 2021 Last Night in Soho is nice to look at but not much else Edgar Wright's Giallo homage wants to say something about feminism but is too frothy and oversimplified.
T Categories Reviews TV June 21, 2021 The overly talky “Mysterious Benedict Society” has eccentricities to spare The latest piece of Disney+ programming is all dressed up but mistakes excessive chit-chat for drama.
