Film Reviews
The Dummy Detective is both a love letter and a send-up of noir and murder mysteries, with the end result as up in the air as the puppet our hero holds.
Music can heal, but Matter of Time shows how it can also change lives by turning performance into purpose.
Lovely to look at on the surface, yet even more rewarding when you delve deeper, Days and Nights in the Forest is all too worthy of being revisited.
A delightful and nostalgic glimpse into the past, Can She Bake a Cherry Pie? deserves a place in the pantheon of great New York City movies.
Here it is, my final Sundance coverage from Park City. It’s been a bittersweet journey,…
Criterion has prepared a 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray edition of Howard Hawks‘ 1940 screwball comedy…
Imitation is a form of flattery, sure, but imitation also necessitates distance. Those who imitate…
From this year’s Sundance, the first is an uncomfortably funny teen drama; The second a dark, gritty thriller based on true stories of violence.
Some of this year’s coverage from Sundance Film Festival 2026, the last in Park City.
Dave Bautista is a fascinating actor. As a professional wrestler-turned-film actor, he could have been…
Reflection in a Dead Diamond is a wild sensory ride that ramps up the cool and stylish elements of the action genre over the actual action.
Nadja might lack the gloss of later vampire films with larger budgets, but that’s part of what makes it such a fun watch.
Pillion is a deeply charming, earnest film about the ways young people throw their hearts and bodies into things without knowing any better.
Like Strawberry Mansion before it, OBEX is a cinematic adventure with substantial charm in spite—or perhaps because—of its imperfections.
Chaperone is a truly unique film with stellar talent behind and in front of the screen.