‘The Worst Person in the World’ and the millennial crisis | review and analysis
The Worst Person in the World explores the millennial urge to reinvent yourself every time things get hard through an aimless 30-year-old navigating her life in Oslo How do you balance living for yourself while also being a good person? Isn’t that the mad irony of our existence? We’re given a set amount of time…
‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ is an action magnum opus | movie review
Keanu Reeves returns as an assassin trying to survive an onslaught from the all-powerful High Table in John Wick: Chapter 4. John Wick: Chapter 4 takes the over-the-top action it’s known for and cranks it up to the highest level. After a slow start it moves like a beast through some of the best action…
‘TÁR’ wants you to kill your heroes | review and analysis
TÁR follows world-renowned conductor-composer Lydia Tár as she prepares for a career-defining concert as the objectionable actions of her past come back to haunt her.
‘Marriage Story’ NYFF review: Now processing heartbreak
Marriage Story follows an actress and her director husband as they go through a messy bicoastal divorce. One-sentence review: Marriage Story is a heartbreaking but funny and entertaining sendup of marriage, divorce, and what it means to be a couple.Where to watch Marriage Story: Streaming on Netflix. I just went through a breakup. A five-year…
‘Bacurau’ NYFF review — The weird western Tarantino never made
Set in a Brazillian village in the near future, Bacurau follows the inhabitants as they become the victims to a sinister set of events. One-sentence review: Bacurau is a wonderfully weird western that is as funny as it is hard hitting and thrilling. Details: ? Kleber Mendonça Filho & Juliano Dornelles // ?? Brazil //…
‘Barbie’ is hot pink-splashed post-modern meta romp | review and analysis
Barbie leads a perfect life, until something goes horribly wrong. To save herself, she needs to leave her pink utopia Barbieland and venture into the real world. Ken's there too. Barbie looks camp right in the eye and turns it into a hot pink-splashed post-modern meta exploration of existentialism, feminism, the patriarchy and masculinity packaged…
‘The Little Mermaid’ review: Halle Bailey swims to stardom
Disney’s 1989 classic The Little Mermaid makes a splashy return to the screen with a refresh that finally bucks Disney’s live-action adaptation losing streak
‘Mafia Mamma’ review: Toni Collette’s mob comedy needs to get whacked
Mafia Mamma follows a down-on-her-luck California woman who unwittingly becomes the head of her family’s crime operation in Italy
‘Babylon’ review: Pure magic and bad taste
Babylon follows the rise and fall of several figures during the 1920s Hollywood silent film era. But sound (and change) are on the horizon.
‘Beef’ is road rage revenge well done | Non-spoiler review
Beef starts as a road rage revenge comedy that quickly careens into a dark but profoundly complex character study of the Asian-American experience