Review: ‘Didi’Newcomer Sean Wang’s First Feature Is This Summer's Coming-Of-Age Hit
It’s summertime – which means there’s at least one coming-of-age independent film gracing theaters and keeping audiences out of the heat. Instead of the derivative,...
Review: ‘Kneecap’The Irish Rap Group Get Their Own Triumphant Biopic
Kneecap starts with voiceover narration which – if you’ve read my reviews for a while– you know how often that device doesn’t work. It...
Review: ‘Dandelion’KiKi Layne And Thomas Doherty Hit A High Note With Nicole Riegel's Singer/Songwriter...
Unlike many movies that follow a young artist’s career, we never see the titular character “make it” in Dandelion. That may seem like a...
Review: ‘Daddio’Sean Penn Drives Dakota Johnson Home in Christy Hall's Debut Feature
Fresh off a plane, Dakota Johnson hails a cab outside some New York adjacent airport and just so happens to land in Sean Penn’s...
‘Ghostlight’ Interviews: Dolly De Leon, Keith Kurferer, Tara Mallen, & Katherine Mallen KupfererThe Ghostlight...
In IFC's Ghostlight, a blue-collar worker who is trying to manage his home life while dealing with personal tragedy discovers the theater. That's it. That's the...
‘Ghostlight’ Interview: Directors Alex Thompson And Kelly O’Sullivan
Kelly O'Sullivan and Alex Thompson weren't supposed to make Ghostlight (review here) when they did. The two, known for their first film together, the...
Review: ‘Thelma’June Squibb And Richard Roundtree Are A Perfect Action Duo In Josh Margolin's...
*NOTE: This review was originally part of our 2024 Sundance Film Festival coverage.*
As an “old lady action-movie,” Thelma is everything you want it to be.
Directed and...
Review: ‘Fancy Dance’Lily Gladstone And Isabel Deroy-Olson Deliver In Erica Tremblay's Gripping Tale Of...
Note: This review was initially a part of our coverage of the 2023 Sundance Film Festival. It has been updated to note the passage...
Review: ‘Ghostlight’Alex Thompson And Kelly O'Sullivan Invite You To The Healing World Of Community...
Ghostlight lets you know its theater roots from its opening scene. As Dan (Keith Kupferer), a middle-aged construction worker, wakes up at the crack...
Review: ‘Ezra’Bobby Cannavale, Robert De Niro, And Rose Byrne Struggle Raising A Child With...
There’s a lot that Ezra does right. The new film from actor and director Tony Goldwyn centers on a family whose son is on...