Philadelphia Film Festival ’20: SURVIVAL SKILLS Is A Bold, Successful Storytelling Experiment
The debut feature from writer/director Quinn Armstrong takes an offbeat story conceit to strange and exciting places. [click for more]
Film Reviews
Philadelphia Film Festival ’20: One’s Golden Years May Not Be SOME KIND OF HEAVEN
This debut feature from Lance Oppenheim looks beyond the idyllic facade of the Villages retirement community. [click for more]
Philadelphia Film Festival ’20: MY ZOE – A Great First Half Undone By Second Half
Actros/writer/director Julie Delpy’s latest fires on all cylinders until it implodes under the improbability of its second half. [click for more]
Philadelphia Film Festival ’20: ACTION USA Is A Stunt-Filled Blast From The Past
This resurrected 1980s exploitation action film delivers plenty of car chases, gun fights and explosive thrills. [click for more]
Review: J. R. “BOB” DOBBS AND THE CHURCH OF THE SUB-GENIUS Explores History Of Satirical “Religious” Group
A new documentary takes a look at the satirical pseudo-religious group of the 1980s and `90s. [click for more]
Review: DAVID BYRNE’S AMERICAN UTOPIA Reconfigures Catalog To Examine State Of The Nation
This concert film from director Spike Lee captures the Talking Heads front-man’s Broadway show that recontextualizes the his music into a meditation on the state of the country. [click for more]
Review: BILL AND TED FACE THE MUSIC In Most Triumphant Sequel
Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves are back as the iconic duo, racing against time to settle some unfinished business before the entire universe collapses in on itself. [click for more]
Review: CLASS ACTION PARK Looks At The Legend And Reality Of The Famed New Jersey Amusement Park
Was the idea of an amusement park where teenagers were in charge really a good idea? [click for more]
Review: TESLA Biopic Is As Unconventional As Its Subject
Director Michael Almereyda takes an unconventional look at the unconventional innovator. [click for more]
Review: PALM SPRINGS We’ve Seen It Before But Not Like This
Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti are stuck together at a destination wedding that neither of them really want to be at in this comedy which treads a familiar, though unexpected, ground with remarkable freshness. [click for more]