Writer-Director Parmet’s Convincing Debut: The Starling Girl
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Photo by Brian Lannin; courtesy of Bleecker Street Laurel Parmet’s feature directorial debut “The Starling Girl” arrives on demand following…
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Celine Song’s Debut Among Best Films of 2023
by Sabrina Hornung | Jul 18, 2023
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Writer-director Celine Song’s feature debut “Past Lives” premiered to much acclaim at the Sundance Film Festival in January. Beautifully photographed…
Read NowGelb’s ‘Stan Lee’ Profiles the Marvel Legend
by Sabrina Hornung | Jul 2, 2023
By Greg Carlson [email protected] An online search for articles about David Gelb’s documentary “Stan Lee” returns a lengthy list of headlines summarizing what has…
Read Now‘Pretty Baby’: Wilson Profiles Shields
by Sabrina Hornung | Jun 25, 2023
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Filmmaker Lana Wilson’s “Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields” uses two parts (now on Hulu following a world premiere at the Sundance…
Read NowAnderson’s Infinite Possibilities: ‘Asteroid City’
by Sabrina Hornung | Jun 19, 2023
By Greg Carlson [email protected] A vibrant troupe including several precocious brainiacs, their parents, military personnel, astrophysicists, singing cowboys, a grieving widower, a movie star,…
Read NowSundance Winner ‘A Thousand and One’ Marks Vital Debut for Rockwell
by Sabrina Hornung | Jun 13, 2023
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize Winner “A Thousand and One” is a vital New York story that unfolds over…
Read NowSpider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Is a Masterwork of Animation
by Sabrina Hornung | Jun 4, 2023
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Until I saw “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,” I really thought the cinematic expression of the multiverse concept had peaked with…
Read Now‘You Hurt My Feelings’: Holofcener and Louis-Dreyfus Meet Again
by Sabrina Hornung | May 28, 2023
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Writer-director Nicole Holofcener leans in – all the way in – to the sturdy milieu of the well-heeled, narcissist-inhabited, New…
Read NowSex, drugs, rock and roll: Cortés explains ‘Little Richard: I Am Everything’
by Greg Carlson | May 21, 2023
Richard Wayne Penniman, known to the world by his stage name Little Richard, died in 2020 from causes related to bone cancer. The popular…
Read NowB.C. Confidential: Ryan White Talks with Anderson in ‘Pamela: A Love Story’
by Sabrina Hornung | May 15, 2023
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Filmmaker Ryan White’s documentary “Pamela: A Love Story” (stylized onscreen as “Pamela, a Love Story”) serves as a companion piece…
Read NowFremon Craig Brings Blume Classic to the Big Screen
by Sabrina Hornung | May 8, 2023
By Greg Carlson [email protected] ‘Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret.’ Although not quite as good as feature directorial debut “The Edge of Seventeen,”…
Read NowPardo and Wolchok Collaborate With the Author on ‘Judy Blume Forever’
by Sabrina Hornung | Apr 30, 2023
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Davina Pardo and Leah Wolchok’s “Judy Blume Forever” debuted at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival in January and landed on…
Read NowAster Shifts Gears with Mother-Son Madness in ‘Beau Is Afraid’
by Sabrina Hornung | Apr 24, 2023
By Greg Carlson [email protected] “Hereditary” notched one of the most dazzling directorial debuts in recent memory, catapulting writer-director Ari Aster into the rarefied air…
Read NowRuskin Examines Another Side of ‘Boston Strangler’
by Sabrina Hornung | Apr 18, 2023
By Greg Carlson [email protected] In “Boston Strangler,” writer-director Matt Ruskin revisits the mysteries and inconsistencies of the notorious serial killer’s case, adding another chapter…
Read NowWoodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: Janisse Delivers Folk Horror History Lesson
by Sabrina Hornung | Apr 17, 2023
By Greg Carlson [email protected] References to more than 200 films and dozens of insights from scholars, programmers, filmmakers, authors and others justify the more…
Read NowStapleton Considers the Legacy of a Baseball Superstar in ‘Reggie’
by Sabrina Hornung | Apr 2, 2023
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Baseball Hall of Fame slugger and living legend Reggie Jackson is the subject of Alexandria Stapleton’s eponymous feature documentary, now…
Read Now‘Sometimes I Think About Dying’: A Change of Pace for Ridley in Lambert’s Sundance Feature
by Sabrina Hornung | Mar 26, 2023
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Kevin Armento’s play “Killers” inspired both Stefanie Abel Horowitz’s 2019 short film “Sometimes, I Think About Dying” and Rachel Lambert’s…
Read NowCollecting Movies with Mike Flanagan
by Sabrina Hornung | Mar 20, 2023
By Greg Carlson [email protected] On Saturday, March 25, filmmaker Mike Flanagan returns to the Fargo Film Festival, where “Absentia,” his debut feature, made its…
Read Now2023 Fargo Film Festival a Cinematic Oasis for Filmmakers and Audiences
by Sabrina Hornung | Mar 17, 2023
By Kay Erickson [email protected] For years, movies have successfully transported audiences to different dimensions and universes. There are stories to explore, characters to meet…
Read NowCollecting Movies With Emily Sheskin
by Sabrina Hornung | Mar 12, 2023
By Greg Carlson [email protected] New York City-based director Emily Sheskin’s work has been featured in “The New York Times,” “The Atlantic,” and “National Geographic,”…
Read NowHints Receives Sundance Directing Award for ‘Smoke Sauna Sisterhood’
by Sabrina Hornung | Feb 20, 2023
By Greg Carlson [email protected] In January, Anna Hints brought “Smoke Sauna Sisterhood” to the 2023 Sundance Film Festival for the movie’s world premiere. It…
Read NowMajors Gripping as Unstable Bodybuilder in Bynum’s ‘Magazine Dreams’
by Sabrina Hornung | Feb 12, 2023
By Greg Carlson [email protected] One of the most buzzed-about movies at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival was “Magazine Dreams,” the sophomore feature from writer-director…
Read NowVideo Sleuths Press Rewind in ‘Kim’s Video’
by Sabrina Hornung | Feb 5, 2023
By Greg Carlson [email protected] The unbelievable fate of one of the world’s largest collections of physical movie media is the subject of “Kim’s Video,”…
Read NowBeth de Araújo’s Gripping ‘Soft & Quiet’
by Sabrina Hornung | Jan 29, 2023
By Greg Carlson [email protected] Beth de Araújo’s stunning “Soft & Quiet” plays out in real time, moving swiftly from its carefully calculated opening section…
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