Review
Showing Up offers a much different kind of artist and art scene than we’re used to seeing in film.
A new documentary about the John Lennon and May Pang affair is insightful but not exactly unbiased
Kantika is Elizabeth Graver’s poignant homage to her grandmother, but it is also a testament to her talent as a storyteller, to make a narrative so believable and compelling and, indeed, sometimes funny, just as it is in life.
The plot of The Red Balcony ticks along briskly. Jonathan Wilson is a gifted narrator and scene-maker.
We are understandably upset when market forces threaten the things we consider to be sacred.
It’s refreshing to watch a teen series where the characters are not trying to solve a murder, venture into a parallel universe, or become possessed by an evil force.
There could have been more serious attention to the music, more of his immortal rock songs played start to finish. Otherwise, Lisa Cortés’ Little Richard: I Am Everything is the documentary about the Black and Queer rock’n’roll icon we’ve been waiting for.
Local film festivals like BUFF are keeping what’s left of the American film industry from turning into a massive IP holder churning out algorithmically generated slop for the masses.
In honor of Big Ears’ tenth edition, here’s a look at ten of my favorite festival moments.
The Lost King contains perhaps too many calculated moments of sentimental synchronicity. Still, it manages to soar, thanks to the excellent performance of its lead, Sally Hawkins.
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