“You can’t stop the production just because somebody dies.” So says Pinny Grylls, co-director of the singular (and 2024 SXSW…
Film
From the earliest Gen Con wargaming clubs in the 1960s to the Freaks and Geeks and Stranger Things kids rolling…
Though not technically a musical, writer/director Fawzia Mirza’s The Queen of My Dreams is peppered with engaging song and dance…
Everyone obviously has a different idea of what constitutes a perfect day, but it is unlikely that anyone other than…
Prescient direction by Noora Niasari and actress Zar Amir Ebrahimi’s intuitive reach for her character’s touchpoints prevent a predictable plot…
It was love at first sight in 1990 when I first began visiting (and occasionally living in) Austin, TX —…
While it maybe never a good idea to go to a movie on an empty stomach unless you plan to…
“The Teachers’ Lounge” is Germany’s submission for Best International Feature Film to the 2024 Academy Awards, and just a few…
1. AMERICAN FICTION Based on the 2001 novel Erasure by Percival Everett, writer/director Cord Jefferson’s American Fiction is a quietly…
Chances are that at some point in your youth a Godzilla film scared the hell out of you. From the…
Who is the monster in any highly-charged random scenario? In the case of Kore-eda Hirokazu’s latest film, “Monster,” it could…
The past lives referred to in writer/director Celine Song’s emotionally complex and delicate debut feature, “Past Lives,” are not only…
More than thirty-five years after Robert Townsend’s groundbreaking film “Hollywood Shuffle” parodied the roles open to Black actors in Hollywood—pimps,…
It’s an idyllic summer day. A family is picnicking by a rustic lake amidst the sites and sounds of nature,…