Category: Reviews
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‘Mank’ Might Be David Fincher’s Most Meticulous Movie Yet
Even though Mank is dramatically lacking, it’s a movie I liked living inside.
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‘The Silent Partner’ Curbs Expectations
‘The Silent Partner’ is escapist in the best way
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‘The 40-Year-Old Version’: A Vibrant Debut from Radha Blank
The film lolls around in the disorienting reality of Radha’s alternately tugging responsibilities, and what sorts of ripple effects can form when you begin to prioritize your creative vagaries over your everyday obligations.
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‘Time’: The Waiting is the Hardest Part
On Garrett Bradley’s essential documentary.
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‘The Velvet Vampire’ Transcends Its Origins
On Stephanie Rotham’s sexy, somnolent vampire movie.
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Time Crisis
On ‘High Noon’ and ‘Broken Lance.’
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‘His House’ Inventively Unites Supernatural and Real-World Horrors
On Remi Weekes’ excellent debut.
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Something More
On ‘Kajillionaire’ and ‘Shithouse.’
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‘The Brute’ is an Unusually Straightforward Melodrama from Luis Buñuel
This is a a tawdry melodrama, but it’s fun-tawdry.
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Moving Forward, Looking Backward
Sofia Coppola’s latest and ‘Yes, God, Yes,’ Karen Maine’s smart and funny directing debut.
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The Human Comedy
On ‘Real Life,’ ‘Modern Romance,’ and ‘Lost in America,’ three projects from writer-director-actor Albert Brooks.