In the end, the film reduces Winehouse’s life to little more than a sexist trope.
Mothers’ Instinct Review: A Hitchcockian Thriller That Wants for a Double Dose of Camp
The film awkwardly pitches itself between a somber drama and antic melodrama.
Arcadian Review: A Subdued Nicolas Cage Anchors Strikingly Effective Creature Feature
The film rockets toward an action-packed finale filled with inventive touches and effects work.
The Sympathizer Review: A Performance-Driven Story That’s Thrillingly in Constant Flux
The series doubles as both a high-speed comedy and a dark, biting drama.
LaRoy, Texas Review: John Magaro and Steve Zahan Enliven Coen Brothers Karaoke Night
Writer-director Shane Atkinson’s film wears its Coen brothers influence on its sleeve.
The series allows us to get comfortable in the familiar rhythms of a detective show just so it can then completely wrongfoot us.
Having Esposito in the driver’s seat prevents the series from spinning out altogether.
Late Night with the Devil Review: David Dastmalchian Carries Devilishly Fun TV Satire
The further things go off the rails, the more the film revels in its retro special effects.
Though efficiently directed, the film is too concerned with keeping its main character likeable.
Despite some clunky characterization, the series is an ambitious and inventive piece of sci-fi.
Ricky Stanicky Review: The Strenuously Contrived Coming of Age of Three Man-Children
The film is stupid in a much less joyful way than Jeff Tomsic’s similarly themed Tag.
The series uses three distinct perspectives for a rumination on life and death.
In the basic rhythms of its story, Out of Darkness plays out like a Predator movie.
The Monk and the Gun Review: A Humane Satire About the Freedoms and Pitfalls of Democracy
The Monk and The Gun draws plenty of humor from a collision of attitudes and ideas.
The film takes on a justice system unequipped to prosecute those who commit sex crimes.
The series builds something different on the sturdy foundation established by the film.
For all its thematic heft, and to its benefit, Exhibiting Forgiveness moves lightly.
The series recreates the military machinery of its World War II tale in exacting detail but struggles to bring its human stories to life.
Shuchi Talati’s impressive debut feature fully recognizes the power of a lingering gaze.
I Heard It Through the Grapevine Review: James Baldwin Reflects on His Time in the South
I Heard It Through the Grapevine makes the political personal at every turn.