S Categories Festivals Movies Reviews Sundance 2021 February 10, 2021 Sundance 2021: “Passing” lingers in the gulf between black & white Rebecca Hall adapts Nella Lawson's novella about Black social mobility (and its corresponding resentments) to haunting effect.
& Categories TV May 4, 2020 “Westworld” season 3 finale questions the nature of its programming Season 3 finally comes to a shuddering halt, bogged down in the same plotting problems it spent all season fleeing from. Westworld season 3 was..
& Categories Filmmaker of the Month Movies April 27, 2020 “Thor: Ragnarok” was a joyous punch in the face of colonialism Taika Waititi's irreverent revamp of the Thor series, Thor: Ragnarok, manages to weave some much-needed criticism of imperialism among the gags.
W Categories TV April 26, 2020 Westworld season 3 episode 7 recap: Poetic Sensibilities Caleb learns the nature of his reality and graduates to the top of the food chain as the season draws to a close.
W Categories TV April 19, 2020 Westworld Season 3 Episode 6 Recap: “Decoherence” Clutches Its Pearls Lines in the sand are drawn (or deepened) as the world crumbles around our heroes.
W Categories TV April 5, 2020 Westworld Season 3 Episode 4 Recap: We’re in the Endgame Now The disparate players merge on the chessboard as Westworld starts making some game-changing moves.
W Categories TV March 29, 2020 Westworld Season 3 Episode 3 Recap: You Are My Sunshine Both Charlotte and Caleb wrestle with identity crises, and the show spins its wheels.
W Categories TV March 15, 2020 Westworld Season 3 Episode 1 Recap: A Whole New World HBO's robot-revolution series reinvents itself and throws Aaron Paul into the mix.
M Categories Movies June 12, 2019 Men in Black International Review: You’ll Pray for a Neuralyzer Not even the cosmic star power of Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson can stop this tired, paint-by-numbers reboot.
L Categories Movies April 19, 2019 Little Woods Review: Suffering the Workin’ Woman Blues Tessa Thompson and Lily James are two sisters struggling with rural poverty and difficult choices in this gripping, but uneven drama.
