LONG STORY SHORT: Charming High Concept Romantic Comedy
LONG STORY SHORT: Charming High Concept Romantic Comedy

Long Story Short is a pleasing romantic comedy with charming performances and a modern screwball tone.

Tribeca 2021, Report 2: Werewolves Within, The Kids, No Future & Ultrasound
Tribeca 2021, Report 2: Werewolves Within, The Kids, No Future & Ultrasound

In her final report, Kristy Strouse reviews Werewolves Within, The Kids, No Future & Ultrasound.

BLACK WIDOW A Marvel Movie Trying to be a Drama 2
BLACK WIDOW: A Marvel Movie Trying To Be A Drama

As the first Marvel movie to be released after Avengers: Endgame, Cate Shortland’s Black Widow stars Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff.

ZOLA: A Chaotic Road-Trip Comedy For The Digital Age
ZOLA: A Chaotic Road-Trip Comedy For The Digital Age

It’s far from perfect but Zola delivers strong performances, visual language and sound design to make something unique and alluring.

IDENTIFYING FEATURES: Lost In Focus
IDENTIFYING FEATURES: Lost In Focus

Identifying Features takes time to get going but successfully wagers the audience’s patience with a terrifying finale that lingers long after the credits.

LET US IN: Let Me Out
LET US IN: Let Me Out

Let Us In attempts to recreate the feel of classic horror properties for children, only the results are not creepy, interesting, or original.

F9: Still Magnetic
F9: Still Magnetic

F9 keeps to what the series does best: absurdly fun action and time spent with a family you root for, but it’s not the smoothest ride of the series.

GOD EXISTS, HER NAME IS PETRUNYA: Drown the Patriarchy
GOD EXISTS, HER NAME IS PETRUNYA: Drown the Patriarchy

While Petrunya herself is certainly a figure worthy of veneration, the film doesn’t quite live up to her character.

LFG: Equal Pay for Equal Play
LFG: Equal Pay for Equal Play

As a portrait of one of the higher-profile fights to close the gender pay gap, it gets the job done with gusto.

SOME KIND OF HEAVEN: Boomer Disney World
SOME KIND OF HEAVEN: Boomer Disney World

In Lance Oppenheim’s playful and otherworldly documentary, we get a peculiar glimpse of the lives of people seeking to escape into something utopian.

PHYSICAL Season 1: Rose Byrne Is Feisty In Apple TV Plus' Juicy Black Comedy
PHYSICAL Season 1: Rose Byrne Is Feisty In Apple TV Plus’ Juicy Black Comedy

Physical never loses sight of what it does best: exploring Sheila’s inner journey in a way that is both entertaining and compelling.

Tribeca Film Festival 2021: IN THE HEIGHTS
Tribeca Film Festival 2021: IN THE HEIGHTS

In the Heights follows a small corner of individuals as they face gentrification, immigration, and acceptance of self during the summer’s hottest days.

"If I'm going to do this I'm going to do my own take on it" Interview With Amber Sealey, Director of NO MAN OF GOD
Tribeca 2021, Report 1: No Man of God, Shapeless & Mark, Mary & Some Other People

Kristy Strouse gives us her first Tribeca Film Festival report with three films: No Man of God, Shapeless and Mark, Mary & Some Other People.

Tribeca Film Festival 2021: PRAY AWAY
Tribeca Film Festival 2021: PRAY AWAY

In Pray Away, viewers are led into the minds of those who founded, lead, and propagated one of the biggest conversion therapy developers.

FRAMED: Is One Man's Obsession Art Or An Invasion Of Privacy?
FRAMED: Is One Man’s Obsession Art Or An Invasion Of Privacy?

Framed has just the right amount of suspense, drama, and romance to make it work, with a wonderfully written dialogue.