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Retro Comedies Worth Revisiting

Some of these 80s and 90s romps were sleeper hits and others were reviled. However, the successful good humor or forgotten bad pastiche herein are both worthy of a new millennium viewing. Can't...

Movie Review: ‘I Used To Be Funny’ is Tonally Uneven, Despite Sennott’s Great Performance

Director: Ally PankiwWriter: Ally PankiwStars: Rachel Sennott, Olga Petsa, Jason Jones Synopsis: Sam is a young stand-up comedian and au pair struggling with PTSD, who is weighing whether or not to join the...

Ada, ‘The Piano,’ and Constantly Drowning in a Sea of Art

“At night! I think of my piano in its ocean grave, and sometimes of myself floating above it. Down there, everything is so still and silent that it lulls me to sleep....

Movie Review (Tribeca 2024): ‘Firebrand’ Feels Dull and Idle

Director: Karim AïnouzWriters: Henrietta Ashworth, Jessica AshworthStars: Alicia Vikander, Jude Law, Eddie Marsan Synopsis: Katherine Parr, the sixth wife of King Henry VIII, is named regent while the tyrant battles abroad. When the...

Movie Review: ‘Tramps!’ Tells the Story of Living Fearlessly

Director: Kevin HeggeWriter: Kevin HeggeStars: Judy Blame, Duggie Fields, Princess Julia Synopsis: Rising from the nihilistic ashes of the punk movement in the late 1970s, a fresh crowd of flamboyant fashionistas, who would...

Chasing the Gold: Best Editing Shouldn’t Cut Out ‘The Fall Guy’

Editing is what makes movies really come to life. A static shot or a tracking shot can evoke a lot of emotion or wizardry when it comes to staging a scene, but...

Movie Review: ‘Janet Planet’ is a Subtle Look At Memory and Time

Director: Annie BakerWriter: Annie BakerStars: Zoe Ziegler, Luke Philip Bosco, June Walker Grossman Synopsis: In rural Western Massachusetts, 11-year-old Lacy spends the summer of 1991 at home, enthralled by her own imagination...

Movie Review: ‘Copa ’71’ Sheds Light On An Unjustly Forgotten Story

Directors: James Erskine, Rachel RamsayWriters: James Erskine, Victoria Gregory, Rachel RamsayStars: Elvira Aracen, Brandi Chastain, Birte Kjerns Synopsis: Told by the pioneering women who participated, this is the extraordinary story of the 1971...

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