Film Reviews & Insights
Erza
Ezra, from director Tony Goldwyn and writer Tony Spiridakis, is a compassionate, empathetic and well-meaning film about three generations of autistic people. It is remarkable, in some regards, because of [...]
Summer Camp
Summer Camp is a story about three friends who grow up, grow apart and come back together. Or, that is probably how it was pitched and, for the first twenty minutes or so, it really seems to be holding true to that premise.
Atlas
Atlas, the new Netflix original starring Jennifer Lopez, is a mixed bag. With a strong cast and solid technical achievements, the bones are there to have something special. Yet, uninspired [...]
The Garfield Movie
The Garfield Movie, the most recent adaptation of Jim Davis’s legendary feline, is not the most traditional version of this story or characters yet, in many ways, it just feels [...]
Hit Man
Maverick filmmaker Richard Linklater returns to live-action after his overlooked retro-animated Apollo 10 1/2 with Hit Man, a cleverly scripted romantic action comedy that is highly enjoyable with a charismatic [...]
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
In the nine years since its release, Mad Max: Fury Road, George Miller's return to his iconic post-apocalyptic Wasteland, has become this titan of the film world. A film plagued [...]
Back to Black
Back to Black, the new film about the life and career of the late singer, Amy Winehouse, is, like too many biographical pictures, a mostly disappointing work. This is not [...]
Babes
One of the most refreshing things you realize about Babes is the humor and wit sprinkled with tropes of a buddy movie and cleverly crude humor on relationships, sex, and [...]
I Saw the TV Glow
Far more surrealist and avant-garde in approach than horror, Jane Schoenbrun's sophomore feature, I Saw the TV Glow, is, for better or for worse, going to defy the audience's expectations. [...]
IF
The concept of the childhood imaginary friend hasn’t been deeply explored in film, but there are some examples. From the dark comedy Drop Dead Fred, to horror films like Pin, May, and this [...]
Nowhere Special
Nowhere Special is a film with an ironic title. Very seldom have acts of pure love and selflessness been demonstrated on film, as here, in the tale of a dying window [...]