The titular Leslie in To Leslie finds herself deep in the throes of alcoholism after winning the lottery six years earlier. Continue reading Andrea Riseborough gets her moment with ‘To Leslie’ | SXSW review
An estranged father tries to reconnect with his son by catfishing him on Facebook in I Love My Dad, premiering at SXSW Continue reading Patton Oswalt is Oscar-worthy in ‘I Love My Dad’ | SXSW review
In Everything Everywhere All At Once, an unremarkable Chinese-American woman finds out that the fate of the multiverse lies in her hands. Continue reading A movie like ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ has never existed before | SXSW review
Sissy follows an influencer who has to face her childhood bully during a bachelorette weekend in the Australian bush. It doesn’t go well. Continue reading ‘Sissy’ skewers millennial culture | SXSW review
Great Freedom is an intimate prison drama that follows a gay man over decades as he is repeatedly imprisoned as a part of Germany's outdated anti-gay laws. While Great Freedom takes place during a dark time in Germany's history, its hopeful story filled with empathy doesn't feel anything less than authentic and, against all odds,…
Hellbender follows a young teen's coming-of-witch journey as her mother slowly reveals her and her family's true nature Hellbender is a lo-fi punk rock horror assault on the senses that marks yet another fascinating entry in the coming-of-witch subgenre that has slowly crept its way into the canon — The Witch, The Craft, and Thelma first…
Kimi follows a young tech worker is faced with a corporate conspiracy when she hears a crime through an Alexa-like smart speaker There’s a scene in Kimi, the newest movie from Oscar-winning director Steven Soderbergh, when protagonist Angela (Zoë Kravitz) puts her AirPods on to drown out the sounds of her Seattle loft. It mirrored…
Twenty actors have been nominated for Oscars across four categories for their performances in last year's movies. Here is my ranking. After a particularly unpredictable Oscar season, we now have twenty actors nominated across four categories including seven previous winners and eight first-time nominees. I took on the monumental task of ranking all twenty performances…
After Yang follows a father's attempts to save his daughter's robot brother as the family deals with identity, parenthood, and love After Yang premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. A24 will release it in theaters in March. At its best, science fiction acts as a meditation on something we know through the lens of…
In Cha Cha Real Smooth, a recent college grad tries to find his purpose in life as he takes up a side hustle as a bar mitzvah party starter Cha Cha Real Smooth premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. It is currently seeking U.S. distribution. The greatest coming-of-age movies — like Lady Bird and The…
