7500 (2019 | USA | 92 minutes | Patrick Vollrath) 7500 was just released Thursday of last week on Amazon Prime. It …
Category: Reviews
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 …
On Screen: Civil Rights and BLM edition
Admittedly, in this week’s recommendations we are four white voices discussing black films and black artists. Theirs are the voices we’d like …
Pain and Beauty Engross You in The Painter and The Thief
The Painter and The Thief (2020 | United States | 102 minutes| Benjamin Ree) Drug addiction is an absolute monster. One that looms …
Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani keep The Lovebirds from Plummeting
The Lovebirds (2020 | United States | 86 minutes| Michael Showalter) It’s a cliché, but it’s a cliché for a reason: Dying …
Little Things–and Brian Dennehy–Mean a Lot in Driveways
Driveways (2019|United States|83 minutes|Andrew Ahn) Character actor Brian Dennehy, who passed away last month at the age of 81, was a durable …
Spaceship Earth Takes a Trip Back to the Future
Spaceship Earth (2020 | United States | 113 minutes | Matt Wolf) When eight “Biospherians”, clad in their Star Trek-inspired jumpsuits, locked themselves …
Capital in the Twenty-First Century brings rock star economics to the screen
Capital in the Twenty-First Century (2020 | New Zealand | 103 minutes | Justin Pemberton) Like countless millions, I haven’t yet gotten …