In Hot Summer Nights, a boy comes of age during a summer he spends in Cape Cod.
Arlin Golden does a roundup for his second week at San Francisco International Film Festival, including Bo Burnham’s Eighth Grade, Boots Riley’s Sorry to Bother You, lesser-known documentaries, and more.
With an outstanding return performance from Michelle Pfeiffer, Where is Kyra? may have been sitting on the shelf for a couple of years, but the passage of time hasn’t diluted the sense of thematic urgency.
Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami highlights the unique life of the legendary singer, delving into her personal background and daily activities, and of course showcasing several of her mighty performances.
Everyone’s favorite superhero family is back in Incredibles 2, the long-awaited sequel to a Pixar classic.…
Steven Soderbergh’s Unsane easily fits within the category of exploitation cinema, but why were critics willing to overlook some of its questionable morals (or lack thereof)? Emily Wheeler takes a deeper look.
Though grounded by a strong presence in the young Madison Wolfe, I Kill Giants is often too dreary to be truly engaging, and too under-realized to be an immersive escape into a fantastical world.
Les Gardiennes is another gracefully-directed film by Beauvois, and it gifts the audience with another perfect arrangement from Legrand, three gripping performances from Smet, Bay, and Bry, and plenty of eye-catching imagery to make up for its lagging pace.
Sorry To Bother You is an intelligent, batshit crazy satire that offers plenty of the theater of the absurd, a standout performance from Lakeith Stanfield, the most original script of the past two years, and plenty of laughs and food for thought.
Matthew Roe explores the Dogme 95 movement, arguing that it shows the boundaries of the human psyche, creativity and sociopolitical climate more effectively than any other movement of its time.
Tully is a return to form for both director Jason Reitman and screenwriter Diablo Cody, with this “hipster Mary Poppins” tale feeling like a thematic sequel to their beloved Juno.
Field Guide to Evil will likely please genre aficionados and horror buffs, but on the whole, its lack of tonal cohesion will leave others underwhelmed.
Appropriately and beautifully shot on 35mm celluloid by Raso, Kodachrome is a touching, hilarious, and contemplative gem of a film with three wildly meritorious performances by Harris, Sudeikis, and Olsen, and timely themes.
In American Animals, four young men mistake their lives for a movie and attempt one of the most audacious heists in U.S. history.
We spoke with the writer/director of AN ORDINARY MAN, Brad Silberling, about his daring script, directing Ben Kingsley, working in Serbia and more!