Benny Safdie

Film Review: Benny Safdie’s “The Smashing Machine” Grapples with Pain, Power, and Self-Worth

October 2, 2025
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This is far from a conventional sports drama: it is a study of a man’s struggle for sense of personal worth and relevance

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Television Review: “Happy Gilmore 2” — Par for the Course

July 31, 2025
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As a legacy sequels “Happy Gilmore 2” one isn’t a hole-in-one, but it doesn’t roll into a sand trap either.

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Television Review: “The Curse” — Inept White Saviors

November 11, 2023
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The series’s fierce satiric take down of America’s enlightened white elite is brilliant.

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