Film-Forward

Comedy

Ella McCay

James L. Brooks’s new film feels like it was written by an extraterrestrial being who has consumed too much media from the 1990s and 2000s and attempts to re-create how the human species behaves.

Rental Family

An earnest, though innocuous, feel-good movie for the armchair traveler.

Bunny

If you are a fan of gritty 1990s indie film and have a taste for screwball comedy and eccentric Coen-esque characters, then Bunny is for you.

Splitsville

Essentially a portrait of male insecurity, with two men clueless about how to handle the women in their lives.

Lemonade Blessing | Tribeca Festival 2025

Much of this coming-of-ager is so convincingly awkward that I kept needing to hide my face in embarrassment.

I Don’t Understand You

A black comedy that is neither dark enough nor funny enough.

The Wedding Banquet

The delightful cast enhances this remake.

A Nice Indian Boy

Karan Soni, left, and Jonathan Groff in A Nice Indian Boy (Levantine Films)

The romantic, sweet-natured film has the feel of cringe comedy, but only on the surface.

Anora | NYFF 2024

If directing is 90% casting, then that is the main reason why Anora remains engaging through its ups and downs.