2020s

Tribeca Film Festival 2023: COMMON GROUND
Tribeca Film Festival 2023: COMMON GROUND

Common Ground is deeply impactful, becoming the vital eye opening documentary it needs to be.

Tribeca Film Festival 2023: HE WENT THAT WAY & DEAD GIRLS DANCING
Tribeca Film Festival 2023: HE WENT THAT WAY & DEAD GIRLS DANCING

Making a good double feature, Payton McCarty-Simas reviews He Went That Way and Dead Girls Dancing!

TRANSFORMERS: RISE OF THE BEASTS: Better Built But Still Rusty
TRANSFORMERS: RISE OF THE BEASTS: Better Built But Still Rusty

Despite being better than previous entries, it still has some rust that holds it back from being anything more than an average summer blockbuster.

Tribeca Film Festival 2023: SUITABLE FLESH and KIM'S VIDEO
Tribeca Film Festival 2023: SUITABLE FLESH and KIM’S VIDEO

From Tribeca Film Festival Payton McCarty-Simas pairs two films, one an ode to midnight movies past, with another paean to movie obsessives.

Tribeca Film Festival 2023: TAYLOR MAC'S 24-DECADE HISTORY OF POPULAR MUSIC
Tribeca Film Festival 2023: TAYLOR MAC’S 24-DECADE HISTORY OF POPULAR MUSIC

There’s lots of potential in Taylor Mac’s 24-Decade History of Popular Music, but only Taylor Mac fully lives up to it.

Tribeca Film Festival 2023: RICHLAND
Tribeca Film Festival 2023: RICHLAND

With the buzz surrounding the hype of the upcoming Oppenheimer, the lackluster representation of Richland weighs heavy.

THE BOOGEYMAN: You'll Sleep With The Lights On
THE BOOGEYMAN: You’ll Sleep With The Lights On

If you like the stories of Stephen King or you just like to be scared, this is something you should really be checking out.

Tribeca Film Festival 2023: APOLONIA, APOLONIA
Tribeca Film Festival 2023: APOLONIA, APOLONIA

What results is an engrossing, often painful, always warm portrait of the challenges of wanting to make art in a world hostile to the prospect.

THE END OF SEX: Romantic Comedy Exploring Intimacy And Familiarity
THE END OF SEX: Romantic Comedy Exploring Intimacy And Familiarity

The End of Sex blends sex comedy with a more traditional romcom, which sometimes works but the humor doesn’t always land.

Tribeca Film Festival 2023: BAD THINGS
Tribeca Film Festival 2023: BAD THINGS

Bad Things struggles with its interactions, yet excels in its horror.

Tribeca Film Festival 2023: TAKE CARE OF MAYA
Tribeca Film Festival 2023: TAKE CARE OF MAYA

From anger to frustration to tears, Take Care of Maya delivers a deeply affecting look at the breakdown of a family when another says its broken.

SAKRA: A Touch Of Yen
SAKRA: A Touch Of Yen

Donnie Yen might not be King Hu behind the camera, but he’s still a joy to watch in front of it — even in a weaker wuxia like Sakra.

Tribeca Film Festival 2023: CATCHING DUST
Tribeca Film Festival 2023: CATCHING DUST

With Catching Dust, Stuart Gatt crafts a narrative tale around the explosive power of human emotion.

Tribeca Film Festival 2023: PLAYLAND
Tribeca Film Festival 2023: PLAYLAND

The spell Playland casts over its subject matter, an act of poetic reanimation, carries over to its viewers.

Tribeca Film Festival 2023: THIS IS NOT FINANCIAL ADVICE
Tribeca Film Festival 2023: THIS IS NOT FINANCIAL ADVICE

This is Not Financial Advice achieves its overall goal, without explicitly telling audiences the right or wrong way to embark on the financial market.