Good Luck to You, Leo Grande | Sundance 2022
By Kent Turner January 26, 2022
The role of a widow seeking sexual experience serves as a greatest hits compilation for Emma Thompson.
Festivals
When You Finish Saving the World | Sundance 2022
By Kent Turner January 25, 2022
Actor Jesse Eisenberg makes his writing/directorial debut, which stars Julianne Moore and Finn Wolfhard.
The Princess | Sundance 2022
By Kent Turner
Princess Diana’s life in the often harsh public spotlight is depicted entirely through contemporaneous audio and video news footage in this biographical documentary.
Come Back Anytime | DOC NYC 2021
By Rania Richardson November 24, 2021
An uplifting film that follows a local elder with a passion, Masamoto Ueda and his ramen noodle bar in Tokyo. There is no lack of mouthwatering close-ups that will have audiences anticipating their next meal.
The Rossellinis, Exposing Muybridge | DOC NYC 2021
By Kent Turner November 16, 2021
Once more, the Rossellini family is a gift to filmmakers, while another documentary tells all on an important figure in photographic history.
Once Upon a Time in Uganda; Film, the Living Record of Our Memory; The Real Charlie Chaplin | DOC NYC 2021
By Kent Turner
The festival has continued with an adjustment it made last year. It will continue to offer the bulk of its programming online for U.S. viewers from November 19-28.
Passing | New York Film Festival 2021
By Rania Richardson October 25, 2021
The elegant directorial debut of British-American actress Rebecca Hall revolves around two light-skinned Black women following different paths.
Red Rocket | New York Film Festival 2021
By Kent Turner October 9, 2021
Simon Rex’s performance is one of the most gratifying surprises of the year.
The Souvenir Part II | New York Film Festival 2021
By Rania Richardson October 7, 2021
In this captivating sequel, we are treated again to actress Honor Swinton Byrne as British film student Julie and her mother, Tilda Swinton, playing her onscreen mother.