First Cow (2019 | USA | 121 minutes | Kelly Reichardt) First Cow opens in modern times with a William Blake quote …
Category: Reviews
Roundtable: Our Favorite Films of 2020 (so far)
To mark the occasion of our very weird year managing to stumble across the halfway mark, Chris and I got together for …
Tradition Plays A Big Role in Seattle Jewish Film Fest 2020
I have to say, being my first year “taking part” in the Seattle Jewish Film Festival (SJFF), I’m enjoying it immensely despite …
Athlete A is a moving, but incomplete, story of sports’ biggest (and very worst) scandal
Athlete A (2020 | USA | 105 minutes | Bonni Cohen, Jon Shenk) It seems hardly fair that after ESPN gave us …
Jon Stewart mines familiar territory in Irresistible
Irresistible (2020 | United States | 101 minutes | Jon Stewart) During the course of his sixteen year tenure hosting a very …
The Last Black Man in San Francisco Left Me Breathless
In light of events over the last month and bringing black voices to the forefront, I was excited to find Joe Talbot’s …
7500: True to Life or Over the Line?
7500 (2019 | USA | 92 minutes | Patrick Vollrath) 7500 was just released Thursday of last week on Amazon Prime. It …
Ready or not, Pete Davidson begins his reign as The King of Staten Island
The King of Staten Island (2020 | USA | 137 minutes | Judd Apatow) By any objective measure, two hours and seventeen …
Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods arrives at exactly the right moment
Da 5 Bloods (2020 | United States |156 minutes | Spike Lee) In another timeline, Spike Lee’s latest joint, Da 5 Bloods …
Shirley exposes the horrors of the creative process
Shirley (2020 | United States | 107 minutes | Josephine Decker) In her new film the actor, director, and performance artist Josephine …