Inside Out 2 Directed by Kelsey Mann (Pixar, 2024) Inside Out 2 is Pixar’s highest-grossing film of all time. And for good reason. It’s loaded with vocal...
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In the early 1990s, America was obsessed with violent inner-city crime, especially if it was committed by young Black men. The crack cocaine epidemic was...
One of the more intriguing questions about the new Flannery O’Connor film Wildcat is how it came about in the first place. Directed and co-written by actor...
I Used to be Funny Directed by Ally Pankiw (Levelfilm, 2024) Despite being branded a comedy-drama, I Used to be Funny is more of a drama about comedy. The film...
When screening his exceptional film Pope Francis: A Man of His Word at the Film Society at Lincoln Center in New York, the internationally acclaimed filmmaker...
Monkey Man Directed by Dev Patel (Universal Pictures, 2024) Monkey Man, directed by and starring Indian actor Dev Patel, uses its trailer to showcase Patel...
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga opens with a God’s-eye view of a fragile sliver of green in a vast expanse of rust orange: an oasis of life in the post-apocalyptic...
An alien crashes to Earth near a remote cabin, tosses its owner into the lake, replicates his DNA, takes on his identity as a vacationing physician, and...
Cabrini Directed by Alejandro Monteverde (Angel Studios, 2024) In 1946, Frances Xavier Cabrini became the first U.S. citizen to be canonized. “Mother Cabrini,”...
Ethan Hawke’s Wildcat opens, very nearly, with a familiar scenario: a dispiriting encounter between a young artist with an exacting creative vision and a...
