My Blind Brother
Nick Kroll stars as a mid-30s slacker who acts as his blind brother’s Seeing Eye dog and sports trainer, rolled up in one resentful package.
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Neither Heaven nor Earth
Within the first 10 minutes, you feel you are safely in the hands of a master.
Belladonna of Sadness
A gorgeously drawn, beautifully scored, and, as is wont with most erotic Japanese anime, disturbing film,
The Neon Demon
Nicolas Winding Refn’s latest film is a candy coated, neon drenched homage to classic 1980’s psychodramas, and a loud, pretentious mess.
Therapy for a Vampire
This is actually a romantic farce masquerading as a horror/comedy, with a light and dry touch.
Drones, a Family Secret, Sam Neill, and “Don’t Think Twice” | Tribeca
In this roundup: the powerful, timely National Bird; Memories of a Penitent Heart, an intimate family portrait and a mystery; Sam Neill as a crusty old codger; and the charming, low-key Don't Think Twice.
Highlights at the Tribeca Film Festival 2016
All of the films seen in this round of Tribeca screenings are worthwhile, and the best is, frankly, excellent, including the gorgeous The Ride and the funny and poignant The Charro of Toluquilla
Green Room
Writer/director Jeremy Saulnier reminds one of a young Steven Spielberg. Not the family-friendly Spielberg but the mean, young, hungry Spielberg who had a taste for genre filmmaking.