There are often projects whose complexity and importance I find difficult to fathom. How does one, for instance, distill the history of Black film into 100 titles? How does one define “Black” separately and in conjunction with “film”? Should a movie be helmed by a Black director to be considered a Black work? What about
The Oscar-nominated Shorts programs continue to attract audiences who are either looking to complete their Oscar viewing list or just curious cinephiles seeking works from new voices from around the world. This year’s crop is a mostly solid bunch and difficult to predict. There are three English-language crowd-pleasers in the Live Action category (those always
James Van Der Beek often felt like he was fleeing the ghost of Dawson Leery. As with so many actors who become known for playing teen heartthrobs, that breakthrough role sometimes felt like it defined Van Der Beek, who died this week after a two-year battle with colorectal cancer. He occasionally found ways to disrupt
By the end of the surreal third season of AMC’s “Dark Winds,” it felt as if the foundation of the series had seen an irreversible shift. After battling personal demons, Lt. Joe Leaphorn’s (Zahn McClarnon) past decisions forced his wife, Emma (Deanna Allison), to walk away from their marriage, leaving Joe alone for the first
Anyone who grew up in the suburbs knows how weird some of your neighbors can be. Unless it was you, and you’re the weird one. Inspired by the 1989 Tom Hanks starrer written by Dana Olsen, Peacock revisits the murder-laced cul-de-sacs and suburban paranoia that hit so hard with “Desperate Housewives”—but this time with a
Find below links to all of our coverage of this year’s Sundance, broken out by program. The reviews are written by Brian Tallerico, Robert Daniels, Marya E. Gates, Zachary Lee, Monica Castillo, and Peyton Robinson. (Note: If a title isn’t linked yet, the review is still tentatively forthcoming.) Gemma Chan, Mason Reeves and Channing Tatum
Linda Liddle (Rachel McAdams) is a tragic fussbudget who brings stinky tuna sandwiches to the office, has a pair of lucky shoes (also stinky) and lives alone with her pet budgerigar with whom she shares her morning toast. She is also a dedicated, decisive, diligent – the one person who is keeping her corporate accounting firm afloat by
Perhaps I’m just a worrywart, but in the hypothetical event I decided to raise a chimpanzee as a member of my family, I would be inclined to put some measures into place in case of an emergency. Even the friendliest pet dog can unexpectedly turn on its master – imagine what a primate weighing around 40 kilos in possession of a 1,300
You know the old celebrity adage, “I don’t wake up for less than a million dollars,”? Well Jason Statham doesn’t wake up and still pockets the loot, sleepwalking through yet another gritty hardman caper, this time from director Ric Roman Waugh (no relation). Things get a little more serious this time with Statham introduced as angular ex-special
It is ironic that Richard Linklater has chosen to homage a film carved out of spontaneous new techniques with one so mired in contrivances that it is impossible for it to breathe. To be fair, Breathless is the name of the game in this black-and-white reconstruction of the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s first film. The year is