In 2017’s Summer 1993, director Carla Simón’s feature debut, a young girl is sent to live with her mother’s family in Barcelona after her mother’s…
While hardly the first to do it, Richard Linklater’s masterful execution of the walk-and-talk two-hander with 1995’s Before Sunrise ushered in a wave of similarly…
The shadow of Alex Honnold looms large. As the most famous rock climber in the world, and the undeniable face of the sport to those…
Dogs occupy a unique, almost sacred, space in our lives. They are not technically human, yet they embody qualities — loyalty, affection, intelligence — that…
It’s somewhat fitting that Andrew Dominik’s second documentary subject, after multiple projects with English musician Nick Cave, is Bono. Cave and the U2 frontman certainly…
It’s hard to read, let alone write, a piece of film criticism today that doesn’t talk about the lack of creativity in the industry. As…
Much has been written about the veritable glut of garbage films put out by the various streaming services in the post-COVID landscape, to the point…
Over the past few years, much has been written about the undeniable wave of “Covid films,” narratives molded by lockdowns, themes shaped by isolation, and…
In a landscape crowded with thrillers about obsession and celebrity, Jimmy Warden’s Borderline tries to carve out its own space, mixing ‘90s nostalgia, dark humor,…
With an education system as corrupt and ineffectual as that of the United States, stories of real teachers making a genuine difference are few and…
Carl Fry and Maxwell Nalevansky’s debut feature Rats! is a bit impossible to describe. There’s a story in there, somewhere, involving nuclear weapons, missing “hans”…
“You’re safe. You’re totally safe,” says Terry Masear to a small hummingbird named Wasabi in the opening moments of Every Little Thing. The documentary, directed…
Watching Disfluency feels a bit like being guided through a museum exhibit by a tour guide who won’t stop talking. There’s promising art to behold…
Set in 1992 Peru, Reinas follows Carlos (Gonzalo Molina), a father reconnecting with his daughters Aurora (Luana Vega) and Lucía (Abril Gjurinovic) in the weeks…
There’s a feeling most people will recognize, like leafing through a photo album you’ve seen a hundred times — the faces are familiar, the stories…
In 1520, Stockholm witnessed one of the most brutal power struggles in Scandinavian history. Following a tense standoff between Sweden and Denmark, Danish King Christian…
Between 2001 and 2006, researchers at Boston College collected recordings from former paramilitary members of the Irish Republican Army in Belfast as part of an…
In 1914, renowned explorer Ernest Shackleton set out to make history with a bold attempt to traverse Antarctica from coast to coast. His journey, however,…
The Alex Honnold we met in 2020’s Free Solo is no longer, apparently. Once a laser-focused, emotionally-detached athlete honed in on his solitary conquests and…
Darla Peterson’s life is a mess. She works dead-end jobs, her latest startup, Kitty Kaskets, has flopped, and now she owes the IRS $349,000. Desperate…