The Human Voice | New York Film Festival 2020
By Kent Turner September 25, 2020
In only 30 minutes, Pedro Almodóvar’s elegant take on Jean Cocteau’s 1930 one-act/one-woman meltdown packs more drama than many movies four times its length.
Festivals
MLK/FBI | New York Film Festival 2020
By Kent Turner September 22, 2020
A sharply detailed account of how the Federal Bureau of Investigation used its resources to target civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
Tribeca 2020 Documentaries | Jacinta; Landfall; Through the Night
By Phil Guie June 11, 2020
Each year, the Tribeca Film Festival draws attention to vital social issues, and 2020 is no different, though the event was cancelled.
Two Gods | Hot Docs Online
By Benjamin Tran May 28, 2020
Regret, longing, and overcoming are what drive the somber aura of this deeply personal slice-of-life documentary set in working-class Newark, New Jersey.
12 Hour Shift | Tribeca Film Festival 2020
By Andrew Plimpton May 15, 2020
A dark screwball comedy set in a seedy Arkansas hospital in the late 1990s.
The Half of It | Tribeca Film Festival 2020
By Andrew Plimpton
It’s perhaps an understatement to say this teen comedy yields to clichés. Yet, it avoids stereotypes and subverts a few classic tropes too.
Cowboys | Tribeca Film Festival 2020
By Andrew Plimpton May 11, 2020
The drama’s greatest strength is that writer/director Anna Kerrigan opts for nuance.
Echoes of the Invisible | SXSW 2020
By Phil Guie April 16, 2020
This sprawling, meditative documentary boasts strong visuals emphasizing the wonders of the planet.
The Truth, Who You Think I Am, An Easy Girl, Proxima | Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2020
By Kent Turner March 14, 2020
Year in and year out, the festival showcases recent star vehicles for France’s leading actresses. During its first week, Juliette Binoche was the series’ secret sauce.