It’s 1987 in Oakland. Friends emerge from the movie theater discussing what they just saw and are immediately confronted by whistles and insults from a... Read More
Film Reviews
Tarrell (André Holland) is a loving father to his young son Jermaine (Daniel Berrier) and a loyal husband to his wife Aisha (Andra Day). When... Read More
Edward (Sebastian Stan) lives a quiet life in an apartment building that’s falling apart. His face is highly disfigured, and while he acknowledges a childhood... Read More
Sujo, premiering in the 2024 Sundance Film Festival’s World Dramatic Competition, is the third feature collaboration between Astrid Rondero and Fernanda Valadez. Their previous film,... Read More
Stress Positions, the first feature from writer-director-actor-composer-editor Theda Hammel, isn’t concerned about being likable. The setting — New York City at the frightening start of... Read More
The Book of Clarence is British writer and director Jaymes Samuel’s third feature film and first departure from Westerns after 2013’s They Die By Dawn... Read More
“What’s wrong with me?” sings Gretchen Wieners (Bebe Wood) about 30 minutes into Mean Girls, the new film adaptation of the stage musical, which is... Read More
The roller coaster career of David Ayer, from hot screenwriter to exciting stylist to perceived Hollywood hack after his latest trifecta of Suicide Squad, Bright,... Read More
“Is this real?” The connections to our past can be tenuous, where we lose grasp of even simple memories or they can tether us to... Read More
Adapting a stage musical for the screen has tripped up a fair share of filmmakers in the past. Hew too closely to the stage version,... Read More
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