Film Reviews
PFF 2019: CUNNINGHAM Reveals Dimension In Dance
Alla Kovgan’s new documentary looks at the career of choreographer Merce Cunningham while taking audiences inside his most iconic works.
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PFF 2019: COME AS YOU ARE A Humorous Story About Human Needs
Three disabled men make a run for the boarder and a Montreal bordello in this wam comedy about friendship and human connection.
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PFF 2019: SLAY THE DRAGON Draws Line In Sand Over Gerrymandering
A citizen’s group in Michigan fights against entrenched politicians to insure fair elections for their state.
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JAY AND SILENT BOB REBOOT A Marginally Amusing Class Reunion
Kevin Smith’s stoner duo are back for a poke at current cinematic trends in a film that gets metatextual but feels all too familiar.
Film Reviews
PLUS ONE An Indie Rom Com With Real Laughs, Heart
We first reviewed Plus One when it played at the Tribeca Film Festival earlier this spring, where it won the Narrative Audience Award. We re-present that review on the eve of it’s theatrical debut. Longtime [click for more]
Comics And Film
Review: Second Attempt No Better With DARK PHOENIX
Fox takes another swing at adapting the seminal X-MEN story, “The Dark Phoenix Saga,” to film… and misses.
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BOOKSMART Is Familiar But Still Fresh And Funny
Two high school seniors who sacrificed their social lives for their studies decide to reclaim what they lost in one crazy night before graduation.
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GENERAL MAGIC Almost Changed The World A Decade Early
The story of the company that created the smart phone more than a decade before Apple debuted the iPhone.
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BRIGHTBURN Fizzles
What could have been a dark riff on the classic Superman origin story sacrifices opportunity for cheap thrills.
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Tribeca Film Festival ’19: THE APOLLO An Ode To A Cultural Touchstone
Director Roger Ross Williams charts the nearly nine-decades-long history of the famed Harlem theater.