Singin’ in the Hurricane: Chazelle Takes Us to Wild, Old Hollywood in ‘Babylon’
By Greg Carlson [email protected] How many “Babylon” reviews and essays will at some point use the words orgiastic and overlong to describe Damien Chazelle’s…
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Elvis Mitchell Asks ‘Is That Black Enough for You?!?’
by Sabrina Hornung | Dec 15, 2022
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Veteran critic Elvis Mitchell’s excellent documentary/essay “Is That Black Enough for You?!?” gazes deeply and lovingly at the rich and…
Read NowA Portrait of the Portrait Artist: ‘All the Beauty and the Bloodshed’
by Sabrina Hornung | Nov 27, 2022
By Greg Carlson [email protected] “Citizenfour” Oscar-winner Laura Poitras profiles photographer and activist Nan Goldin in “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed.” Like its talented…
Read NowDunham Adapts ‘Catherine Called Birdy’
by Sabrina Hornung | Nov 17, 2022
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival in September, “Catherine Called Birdy” lands on Amazon Prime Video following a short…
Read Now‘The Pez Outlaw’ Dispenses Entertaining Tale
by Sabrina Hornung | Nov 17, 2022
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Amy Bandlien Storkel and Bryan Storkel dispense delights of all kinds in their breezy documentary “The Pez Outlaw,” an imaginative…
Read NowMarc Shaffer Explores the Legend of Helios in ‘Exposing Muybridge’
by Sabrina Hornung | Oct 30, 2022
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Photography buffs and silent film aficionados will enjoy Marc Shaffer’s feature documentary “Exposing Muybridge,” a visually engaging account of curious…
Read Now‘Both Sides of the Blade’: Denis and Binoche Team Again in Silver Bear Winner
by Sabrina Hornung | Oct 24, 2022
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Known in the original French as “Avec amour et acharnement” (“With Love and Fury” or “With Love and Relentlessness”), the…
Read Now‘Nothing Compares’: Ferguson Covers O’Connor in Strong Music Doc
by Sabrina Hornung | Oct 22, 2022
By Greg Carlson [email protected] In “Nothing Compares,” director Kathryn Ferguson builds an airtight case for the reevaluation of music icon Sinead O’Connor, the Irish…
Read NowMorgen Keeps His ‘Lectric Eye on Icon Bowie in ‘Moonage Daydream’
by Sabrina Hornung | Oct 20, 2022
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Veteran documentarian Brett Morgen clamps down on the experimental and the experiential in “Moonage Daydream,” an odyssey traversing the starfields…
Read NowFilm Review: Prince-Bythewood’s ‘The Woman King’
by Sabrina Hornung | Oct 2, 2022
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Writing recently in The New Yorker, Julian Lucas shares commentary that places into context the ongoing controversies assailing Gina Prince-Bythewood’s…
Read NowWilde Directs Pugh in Midcentury Modern Thriller ‘Don’t Worry Darling’
by Sabrina Hornung | Sep 25, 2022
By Greg Carlson [email protected] The chatter surrounding director Olivia Wilde’s new movie “Don’t Worry Darling” reached fever pitch in the days leading up to…
Read NowSmoczyńska Introduces ‘The Silent Twins’
by Sabrina Hornung | Sep 19, 2022
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Making her English-language feature debut, Polish filmmaker Agnieszka Smoczyńska fails to replicate the quality and originality of either of her…
Read NowField of Streams
by Sabrina Hornung | Sep 14, 2022
By Scott Ecker [email protected] I cover two new movies a week for my podcast “All Screens Great & Small” with my co host J.D.…
Read NowWho We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America
by Sabrina Hornung | Sep 14, 2022
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Kunstler Sisters Direct Documentary Version of Jeffery Robinson’s Presentation “Who We Are: A Chronicle of Racism in America” Directors Emily…
Read Now‘Neptune Frost’: Uzeyman and Williams Project the Future
by Sabrina Hornung | Sep 14, 2022
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Co-directed by Saul Williams (who also wrote the screenplay and music) and Anisia Uzeyman (who also photographed and co-art directed),…
Read NowFreakscene: Reichenheim Tells the Dinosaur Jr. Story
by Sabrina Hornung | Aug 21, 2022
By Greg Carlson [email protected] With the documentary feature “Freakscene: The Story of Dinosaur Jr.,”director Philipp Reichenheim (who also uses the handle Philipp Virus) compiles…
Read NowDiwan Adapts a Timely ‘Happening’
by Sabrina Hornung | Aug 17, 2022
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Audrey Diwan’s “Happening,” which premiered at the 2021 Venice International Film Festival and screened in the Spotlight section of Sundance…
Read Now‘Nope’: Peele Goes West in Imaginative Genre Mash-Up
by Sabrina Hornung | Aug 17, 2022
By Greg Carlson [email protected] In addition to boasting one of the year’s best titles, Jordan Peele’s mind- and genre-bending mash-up “Nope” is big and…
Read NowCollecting Movies With Raymond Rea
by Sabrina Hornung | Aug 17, 2022
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Filmmaker and educator Raymond Rea, who recently retired from Minnesota State University Moorhead, made an indelible impact on the Fargo-Moorhead…
Read NowBrand and Hyde Make Sex Work in ‘Good Luck to You, Leo Grande’
by Sabrina Hornung | Jul 24, 2022
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Available on Hulu and in a limited theatrical engagement following its premiere as part of the Sundance Film Festival in…
Read NowWomen Helping Women: Lessin and Pildes Meet ‘The Janes’
by Sabrina Hornung | Jul 20, 2022
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Directors Tia Lessin and Emma Pildes, anticipating the recent Supreme Court decision that would overturn Roe v. Wade, began work…
Read NowRaiff Asks Johnson to Dance in ‘Cha Cha Real Smooth’
by Sabrina Hornung | Jul 20, 2022
By Greg Carlson [email protected] “Cha Cha Real Smooth” is writer/director/actor Cooper Raiff’s follow-up to “Shithouse,” and the titles of both films disguise, or at…
Read NowDecker Adapts YA Novel ‘The Sky Is Everywhere’
by Sabrina Hornung | Jul 3, 2022
By Greg Carlson [email protected] While some Josephine Decker fans have decided to turn up their noses at her adaptation of Jandy Nelson’s 2010 YA…
Read NowA Parent Suffering From Mental Illness: Dolan’s ‘You Are Not My Mother’
by Sabrina Hornung | Jun 25, 2022
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Kate Dolan’s dark and atmospheric feature debut “You Are Not My Mother” lives at the fringes of folk horror, but…
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