C Categories Movies Reviews March 6, 2023 Creed III rivals Ryan Coogler’s Creed in quality Michael B. Jordan makes a strong directorial debut with an intimate, thrilling tale of brotherhood gone bitter—and a stupendous action climax.
T Categories Movies Reviews July 5, 2022 Thor: Love and Thunder commits too hard to the joke Taika Waititi buys too much into his own hype with his followup to Thor: Ragnarok, a scattered farce that grows tiring faster than a bolt of lightning.
R Categories CIFF 2021 Features Festivals Interviews October 27, 2021 Rebecca Hall on the dueling binaries and challenging form of Passing The acclaimed actress and first-time director discusses bringing Nella Larsen's novella about racial identity to the screen.
S Categories Festivals Movies Reviews Sundance 2021 February 10, 2021 Sundance 2021: “Passing” lingers in the gulf between black & white Rebecca Hall adapts Nella Larsen'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.
