Matthew Heineman’s Retrograde was a brilliant documentary about US troops pulling from Afghanistan. TRANSITION, where he is an executive producer, covers similar territory and adds the experiences of Jordan Bryon, who is undergoing transition while he is filming the Taliban forces. Watching it is so tense, I can’t imagine living it.
Blood For Dust
Rod Blackhurst’s BLOOD FOR DUST with Scoot McNairy, Kit Harington, and Josh Lucas is a slow-burn western noir with a couple of violent shootout sequences. It will appeal more to the fans of the genre and those who want to see Kit Harington shoot a lot of people. It is screening at Tribeca Festival and […]
Eric LaRue
The subject Michael Shannon’s directorial debut ERIC LARUE tackles is similar to 2021’s excellent Mass. However it takes a totally different approach and I found it engrossing from beginning to end. Judy Greer and Alexander Skarsgard do great work here.
Asteroid City
Wes Anderson and Jake Perlin with Eric Hynes after Museum of Moving Image screening of ASTEROID CITY. His fans won’t be disappointed! The production design alone is to die for.
Cinnamon
Director Bryian Keith Montgomery Jr. with Pam Grier, Jeremie Harris, Hailey Kilgore, David Iacono, and producer Oz Scott at the Tribeca World Premiere of the very entertaining ‘90s throwback comedic crime thriller CINNAMON.
One Night With Adela
Filmed in a continuous take with a narrowing aspect ratio, trauma/revenge thriller One Night With Adela from Tribeca Festival starts slowly and takes an astonishing turn halfway through. Laura Galan from last year’s Sundance Midnight selection Piggy is brilliant as Adela. Don’t miss this when it’s streaming Tribeca At Home if you can’t catch it […]
Chasing Chasing Amy
Honestly I was only mildly interested in CHASING CHASING AMY when I first heard about it. It turned out to be both a beautiful love story and an unexpectedly revelatory making-of documentary. Worth seeing at Tribeca Festival or when it’s streaming 6/19-7/2.
Last Night of Amore
Andrea Di Stefano’s Last Night of Amore with Pierfrancesco Favino is an expertly executed edge-of-your-seat cop thriller. It is currently screening at Tribeca Festival. Fans of neo-noir and Italian crime films should run to see it.
Break The Game
Break The Game from Tribeca Festival is a documentary with a lot on its mind including transphobia, depression, cyberbullying, social media addiction, and romance. As someone with zero interest in gaming, I still found it compelling. There are parallels between Narcissa locking herself inside of her apartment to interact with her followers and people who […]
Bucky F*cking Dent
While the plot is thin and far stretched, it is nice to see David Duchovny and Logan Marshall-Green as father and son in BUCKY F*CKING DENT, which just had its World Premiere at Tribeca Festival. It has many funny and genuinely emotional moments until ultimately sentimentalism takes over.