Amanda Review: A Sun-Drenched, Darkly Humorous Existential Comedy
Sofia Coppola’s eighth feature doesn’t hit theaters for another few months, but you’d be forgiven if you thought it was actually Amanda, writer-director Caroli...
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Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One Review: Tom Cruise Still Finds New Ways to Surprise
"Your life will always matter more to me than my own.” So utters a weary Ethan Hunt in the back half of his most recent mission. It hits with appropriate poign...
Biosphere Review: Two Strong Performances Fuel Nifty Sci-Fi Indie
Biosphere feels like a movie Mark Duplass was born to lead. Small sci-fi with a provocative twist. One location, two characters, and a lot of talking. This is ...
The Passengers of the Night Review: Charlotte Gainsbourg Navigates the Trials of Life in Emotionally Mature Drama
Perhaps it’s presumptuous to say, but I sensed during The Passengers of the Night that I was watching another film in the line of The Fabelmans or (God forbid)...
Tribeca Review: Breaking the News is an Immersive Portrait of a Trailblazing Nonprofit News Agency
Examining the growing pains of The 19th*, a non-profit, non-partisan news agency founded right before COVID swept the United States in 2020, Breaking the News ...
Tribeca Review: In Cypher, a Star is Born for Global Domination
It was just as well that Cypher was the only public screening I attended at this year’s Tribeca Festival that wasn’t preceded by an introduction from a member ...
Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy Review: Nancy Buirski Unpacks the Cultural Impact of a Masterpiece
Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy professes to be something more than just a documentary about the making of Midnight Cowboy: an ext...
Tribeca Review: Transition Follows a Trans Reporter’s Harrowing Journey Profiling the Taliban
By the standards of a war-based documentary, Jordan Bryon and Monica Villamizar’s Transition rarely features violence. Steering clear of carnage, it instead fo...
No Hard Feelings Review: Jennifer Lawrence’s Comedy Outing is Well-Crafted, Funny, and Far Too Tame
When the trailer for Gene Stupnitksy's No Hard Feelings made the rounds online, it felt like a mild event. Not only for a return to big theatrical releases for...
Tribeca Review: LaRoy Allows Steve Zahn to Run Wild
Shane Atkinson’s debut sets itself in the ever-so-small town of LaRoy. Ray (John Magaro) is a man living the simple life, married to the local beauty-pageant q...