S Categories Festivals Movies Reviews Sundance 2021 January 31, 2021 Sundance 2021: “Eight for Silver” lacks bark and bite Sean Ellis' werewolf period piece is a humorless medley of conflicting approaches that somehow ends up dull.
T Categories Reviews TV November 23, 2020 The true pride of “Black Narcissus” is in its performances FX and BBC's adaptation of Rumer Godden's 1939 novel is a well-acted and handsomely mounted, if baggy, miniseries.
& Categories Movies Reviews November 17, 2020 “Mank” is a tragedy, not a love letter David Fincher's biopic of Citizen Kane writer Herman J. Mankiewicz is a slick, cynical reframing of Hollywood's Golden Age.
& Categories Reviews TV June 10, 2020 “F Is for Family” again in its fourth season, but F is no longer for funny The return of Netflix's adult animated sitcom brings with it a few moving moments and arcs, but it's too lacking in laughs.
& Categories Movies May 27, 2020 “The Vast of Night” is a fuzzy, evocative sci-fi debut Andrew Patterson's tale of strange goings-on in '50s New Mexico is full of detail, even if it doesn't reach its full potenial.
& Categories Movies May 16, 2020 “Seberg” is a political thriller with no real point of view Benedict Andrews' retelling of FBI's pursuit of the French New Wave star under the Hoover administration relies far too heavily on broad stokes.
& Categories Movies May 8, 2020 “Valley Girl” is far from high art, but that’s part of the fun Rachel Lee Goldenberg's remake of the 1983 rom-com is a light, airy work of kitsch that's easy to fall into.
& 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 Movies April 22, 2020 “True History of the Kelly Gang” Looks at Australian Folklore with Mixed Results Justin Kurzel puts manhood, infamous 1800s criminals, and the first feature film ever made into a bushranging blender.
& Categories Movies March 10, 2020 “First Cow” Breezes Through the West with Peace and Patience Kelly Reichardt's latest is a kindhearted storybook of a film that gracefully balances the sights, sounds, and textures of pre-Gold Rush Oregon.
