The Friend
By Andrew Plimpton March 27, 2025

At times, it feels like Eat Pray Love or Under the Tuscan Sun are the best points of reference here.
Presented in chronological order, the documentary offers a solid, if uninspired, overview of Janis Ian’s compelling life.
At times, it feels like Eat Pray Love or Under the Tuscan Sun are the best points of reference here.
A sensitive psychological drama about a rising tennis star facing her demons, namely her suspended coach.
The film brings to life a dream state via astounding images and intoxicating camerawork.
An amusing inspirational comedy set against the backdrop of Argentina’s Dirty War.
Audacious, expressionistic, and evocative, Viet and Nam blends a secret romance between two young male coal miners with reverberations of the historic past.
This naturalistic coming-of-age movie moves with the urgency of someone forced to grow up fast.
The documentary chronicles the life of the complicated painter Thomas Kinkade in a respectful, though brutally honest, manner.
Alicia Vikander is a chameleon, fully inhabiting a complex, nearly impossible role.
In Jessica Palud’s bumpy but effective biopic of Maria Schneider, the Last Tango in Paris shoot casts a shadow over everything that follows in Schneider’s life.