Film
A powerful document about the persecution of an American icon and the government that tried to destroy him.
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Pieces of a Woman is an affecting film about the depths of mourning highlighted by Vanessa Kirby’s gut-wrenching lead performance.
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While the film is determinedly called “Herself “(“you got this, girl…”), the subtitle could equally have been “It Takes a Village…”
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Celebrate impeachment in your home with this critic’s fourteenth list of movies guaranteed to entertain.
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I Died a Million Times is an enjoyable and informative read for film noir aficionados and casual movie fans alike, offering a cogent analysis of ’50s gangster noir as a cinema of social commentary.
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2020 offered another rich year for the documentary form, well beyond the tabloid entertainment of the likes of Tiger King
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The filmmakers use their story to point towards a way to help us navigate through our own polarization; it has something to do with each of us widening our perspective to take in more than just our immediate experience.
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The film feels amateurish in the most complimentary Stendhalien sense: created in a spirit of play, rather than a sweaty effort to advance a studio agenda.
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In its efforts to subvert well-known tropes, and reclaim the subgenre’s feminist cultural potency, Promising Young Woman undercuts its own transgressive potential by doing away with what makes rape-revenge films compelling.
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Film Commentary: “Nomadland” and Freedom’s Call — A Realistic Look at a Growing Subculture
Director Chloé Zhao evokes the refreshing experience of freedom felt at the end of a nomad’s typical work day.
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