Hope is a hammer, Ady Barkan attempts to say. His tongue, lungs, and the rest of his body devastated by ALS (an incurable degenerative disease that paralyzes and eventually kills its victims), Ady tries again and again but just can’t get the words out to the audience of thousands gathered to hear the American healthcare...
A film review of 'Mass' written and directed by Fran Kranz and starring Jacob Isaacs and Ann Dowd as part of our Sundance 2021 coverage.
A film review of 'Pleasure' written and directed by Ninja Thyberg and starring Sofia Kappel as part of our Sundance 2021 coverage.
A film review of 'In the Earth' directed by Ben Wheatley and starring Joel Fry and Ellora Torchia as part of our Sundance 2021 coverage.
A film review of 'On the Count of Three' starring, directed, and written by Jerrod Carmichael and co-starring Christopher Abbott as part of our Sundance 2021 coverage.
A film review of 'CODA' written and directed by Sian Heder and starring Emilia Jones as part of our coverage of Sundance 2021.
Even though the theaters were closed for the vast majority of 2020 (at least where I live), I still managed to see nearly as many new releases this year as I did last year. In fact, I only saw five less, despite taking a six-month break from reviewing film. A small silver lining in all...
What can be said about 2020 that hasn’t already been said? It has been a nightmare year where routines were upended, social outings curbed, vacations put on indefinite hold. And with movie theaters around the country shuttered to slow the spread of COVID-19, the only sense of adventure for many was on the small screen....
A remarkable achievement that lifts up and celebrates the human spirit, ‘Soul’ ranks amongst Pixar’s best works and charters a life-affirming mission to the great beyond that’s sure to leave…
A departure from the road most traveled, Chloé Zhao's journey into the American Heartland offers a glimpse of the country's dejected finding renewed purpose, freely roaming like the buffalo before them.…