Netflix’s new animated film NIMONA is action-filled, side-splittingly funny, affecting, and wonderfully animated. Chloë Grace Moretz and Riz Ahmed give two of the best voice acting performances in recent memory as Nimona and Ballister. It delivers its message of inclusion in a simple, but effective manner. The screening I have attended at NYC’s Paris Theater […]
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
Stephen Kijak’s ROCK HUDSON: ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWED, which premiered at Tribeca Festival last week, is a terrific documentary about the actor and the devastating AIDS crisis in the 80s. It is well researched and provides everything you want to know in under two well-edited hours with insight from individuals who knew him firsthand. It […]
Öte
Esra Saydam & Malik Isasis’ ÖTE stars Iman Artwell-Freeman as a NYC teacher backpacking through Turkey. It captures the experience of traveling alone as a woman in a foreign land and then steers into a direction I had not expected. This shift in storytelling might bother some viewers, but I thought it was carried out […]
Boca Chica
Gabriella A. Moses’ Dominican drama BOCA CHICA, which is currently streaming via Tribeca At Home, takes its time to arrive at its shattering revelations. The arresting visuals and young actress Scarlet Camilo, who can say a thousand words with a stare, keep us engaged until we get there.
A Strange Path
It’s only been two days since Father’s Day. It is OK to put on a movie for the occasion still and I suggest streaming the beautiful film A STRANGE PATH, available from Tribeca At Home. It has surreal touches, delightful subtle humor, and packs an emotional punch at its conclusion.
Smoking Tigers
So Young Shelly Yo’s SMOKING TIGERS is a restrained coming-of-age story about a Korean-American teenage girl. It touches on class divide, having a broken immigrant family, and overall teenage angst. The emotional final scene was the highlight for me. It is now a streaming via Tribeca At Home.
The Line
Disturbing fraternity hazing film THE LINE has good performances from Alex Wolff and Austin Abrams. While it does not break any new ground, it looks fine and is completely believable. It is worth watching on Tribeca At Home if the subject interests you. It has a fine score by Grizzly Bear’s Daniel Rossen, who also […]
Tribeca At Home is live
Tribeca At Home films are now available to stream in the US until July 2nd. Here’s a Letterboxd list of the features included. https://letterboxd.com/filmfestival/list/tribeca-at-home-2023/
Maggie Moore(s)
John Slattery’s MAGGIE MOORE(S) starring Jon Hamm and Tine Fey is stuck somewhere between a Coen Brothers crime film and an episode of Monk. It struggles to get the balance right between the violent and the lighthearted. If you can overlook that unevenness and its overall lack of suspense, it might be worth seeing for […]
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 […]