The Outside Story
By Ben Wasserman April 29, 2021
The premise is as simple as it gets: a man locks himself out of room and has a journey of self-discovery.
The premise is as simple as it gets: a man locks himself out of room and has a journey of self-discovery.
A teenage girl runs away from foster homes to Los Angeles’s Skid Row, where she tends to her homeless father in this gritty drama.
The story of a toxic bromance between a kind and reliable pushover and an impulsive, angry, and selfish narcissist.
What is noteworthy about this movie is how well it portrays the intricacies of the restaurant business.
An underperforming, unfocused, and unhappy 34-year-old can’t quite break free of her youth or make the stride into adulthood.
A poignant picture of a languid Harlem summer that is at its best when it yields to an easy, naturalist tone.
An impressionistic and at times powerful meditation on social alienation, masculinity, and the grappling of faith.
Peter Sarsgaard stars as a house tuner, hired to go into the homes of the depressed, the sleep-deprived, the anxious, or all of the above, and listen deeply.