Corsage Director Marie Kreutzer on Small Acts of Rebellion and How Fashion Has Historically Imprisoned Women
Millennium Mambo Restored: Revisiting Hou Hsiao-hsien’s Hypnotic Portrait of Precarity Hou Hsiao-hsien’s Millennium Mambo premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2001 to, sadly, so little enthusiasm outside...
The Pale Blue Eye Review: Scott Cooper Crafts a Chilly, Tedious Gothic Murder Mystery With a filmography of muscular acting showcases, patient tempos, and emphasis on brooding atmosphere, it’s evident Scott Cooper...
Nelly & Nadine Review: A Moving Look at Finding Love in a Hopeless Place Near the end of World War II, Sweden––which had managed to remain neutral during the conflict––conducted one of...
Babylon Review: Damien Chazelle’s Brash, Bombastic Comic Opera Captures the Birth and Death of Cinema Those seeking an insightful exploration of cinema history in Hollywood’s Golden Age or a nuanced, affecting character study...
Thessaloniki Review: Blue Jean is an Unflinching, Defiant Queer Drama The Blue Jean of David Bowie’s 1984 hit was a girl with “a camouflage face,” not unlike the...
Avatar: The Way of Water Review: James Cameron’s Sequel is a Misbegotten Pleasure “Wow, this is uncomfortable” was my first thought watching Avatar: The Way of Water. James Cameron’s sequel—so long-rumored,...
Thessaloniki Review: Blitz Sci-Fi Film Lola Packs Schmaltz and Ambition Andrew Legge’s Lola, a faux found footage film that plays with historical and science fiction, gives weight to...
Emancipation Review: Will Smith Leads a Misguided and Fruitless Slavery Epic “They don’t make the Gladiator/Braveheart-type movies anymore” is the kind of complaint you’ll hear when talking about the...
DOC NYC Review: Love in the Time of Fentanyl Finds Compassion and Tenderness in Hell A kind of sequel to his short film Haven, which concerned a radical treatment program that offered drug...
DOC NYC Review: Dusty & Stones is a Wise, Warm Look at the Adventures of a Country Music Duo from Swaziland Already legends in the remote town of Matsapha, Swaziland, country singers Gazi “Dusty” and Linda “Stones” find a...