Review
What elevates An Iliad beyond the routine is MaConnia Chesser’s dazzling performance as The Poet.
Common Ground Revisited infuses new life into J. Anthony Lukas’s book, but it doesn’t offer any easy answers. The play fills in the fine details, deepening our understanding of how we got here and how far we have to go.
Cha Cha Real Smooth is sappy but welcome: it is an unconventional comedy that offers a rare dose of empathy for the family in these anxious times.
All the Colors of the Dark and The Case of the Bloody Iris are underrated giallo gems worth seeking out, representing not only the best of the genre, but sex symbol Edwige Fenech’s onscreen magnetism at its strongest.
Rather than a triumphant return to form from one of horror’s greatest visionaries, Dark Glasses plays like a faded Xerox copy of director Dario Argento’s past hits.
This clever, funny, sexy series from HBO Max is my pick for the best new feel-good retro comedy of 2022.
Woody Sez falls short as a compelling chronicle of Guthie’s life and times. It becomes a sort of “greatest hits” round-up and the steady stream of music is moving and then some.
As always, the documentaries at the Tribeca Film Festival were where you found the best films. Here are four I would recommend.
One comes away a trifle numb: in part due to the sheer number of films made; but in part both awed and terrified by Hollywood’s ability to use what were, for the most part, mediocre films to make the ravages of war not only so acceptable to the American public, but glorious.
Rachel Dretzin’s superb documentary delves into a baffling question: why didn’t these cult members just get up and leave?
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