2020s

THE FOREVER PURGE: Nothing Lasts Forever
THE FOREVER PURGE: Nothing Lasts Forever

Even if it had come out on time, the halfhearted critique it offers up is neither challenging nor engaging.

LONG STORY SHORT: Charming High Concept Romantic Comedy
LONG STORY SHORT: Charming High Concept Romantic Comedy

Long Story Short is a pleasing romantic comedy with charming performances and a modern screwball tone.

BLACK WIDOW A Marvel Movie Trying to be a Drama 2
BLACK WIDOW: A Marvel Movie Trying To Be A Drama

As the first Marvel movie to be released after Avengers: Endgame, Cate Shortland’s Black Widow stars Scarlett Johansson as Natasha Romanoff.

ZOLA: A Chaotic Road-Trip Comedy For The Digital Age
ZOLA: A Chaotic Road-Trip Comedy For The Digital Age

It’s far from perfect but Zola delivers strong performances, visual language and sound design to make something unique and alluring.

IDENTIFYING FEATURES: Lost In Focus
IDENTIFYING FEATURES: Lost In Focus

Identifying Features takes time to get going but successfully wagers the audience’s patience with a terrifying finale that lingers long after the credits.

LET US IN: Let Me Out
LET US IN: Let Me Out

Let Us In attempts to recreate the feel of classic horror properties for children, only the results are not creepy, interesting, or original.

F9: Still Magnetic
F9: Still Magnetic

F9 keeps to what the series does best: absurdly fun action and time spent with a family you root for, but it’s not the smoothest ride of the series.

LFG: Equal Pay for Equal Play
LFG: Equal Pay for Equal Play

As a portrait of one of the higher-profile fights to close the gender pay gap, it gets the job done with gusto.

SOME KIND OF HEAVEN: Boomer Disney World
SOME KIND OF HEAVEN: Boomer Disney World

In Lance Oppenheim’s playful and otherworldly documentary, we get a peculiar glimpse of the lives of people seeking to escape into something utopian.

PHYSICAL Season 1: Rose Byrne Is Feisty In Apple TV Plus' Juicy Black Comedy
PHYSICAL Season 1: Rose Byrne Is Feisty In Apple TV Plus’ Juicy Black Comedy

Physical never loses sight of what it does best: exploring Sheila’s inner journey in a way that is both entertaining and compelling.

Tribeca Film Festival 2021: IN THE HEIGHTS
Tribeca Film Festival 2021: IN THE HEIGHTS

In the Heights follows a small corner of individuals as they face gentrification, immigration, and acceptance of self during the summer’s hottest days.

Tribeca Film Festival 2021: PRAY AWAY
Tribeca Film Festival 2021: PRAY AWAY

In Pray Away, viewers are led into the minds of those who founded, lead, and propagated one of the biggest conversion therapy developers.

FRAMED: Is One Man's Obsession Art Or An Invasion Of Privacy?
FRAMED: Is One Man’s Obsession Art Or An Invasion Of Privacy?

Framed has just the right amount of suspense, drama, and romance to make it work, with a wonderfully written dialogue.

THE SOUND OF IDENTITY The Artistic Pursuit
THE SOUND OF IDENTITY: The Artistic Pursuit

In the documentary, The Sound of Identity, Lucia Lucas is the first transgender woman to headline a major opera production

Tribeca Film Festival 2021: ACCEPTED
Tribeca Film Festival 2021: ACCEPTED

While Accepted examines the rise and fall of TM Landry, it’s also a multilayered look of the environment children are thrust into.