drama

Tribeca 2021, Report 2: Werewolves Within, The Kids, No Future & Ultrasound
Tribeca 2021, Report 2: Werewolves Within, The Kids, No Future & Ultrasound

In her final report, Kristy Strouse reviews Werewolves Within, The Kids, No Future & Ultrasound.

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.

Queerly Ever After #55: MORGAN (2012)
Queerly Ever After #55: MORGAN (2012)

For this Queerly Ever After, we take a look at the 2012 film Morgan.

GOD EXISTS, HER NAME IS PETRUNYA: Drown the Patriarchy
GOD EXISTS, HER NAME IS PETRUNYA: Drown the Patriarchy

While Petrunya herself is certainly a figure worthy of veneration, the film doesn’t quite live up to her character.

THE HUMAN CONDITION Criterion Review: Masaki Kobayashi's Epic, Remastered
THE HUMAN CONDITION Criterion Review: Masaki Kobayashi’s Epic, Remastered

The new Criterion release allows the viewer to appreciate everything Kobayashi’s towering masterwork has to offer at an even greater level.

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.

"If I'm going to do this I'm going to do my own take on it" Interview With Amber Sealey, Director of NO MAN OF GOD
Tribeca 2021, Report 1: No Man of God, Shapeless & Mark, Mary & Some Other People

Kristy Strouse gives us her first Tribeca Film Festival report with three films: No Man of God, Shapeless and Mark, Mary & Some Other People.

LES NÔTRES: Girlhood, Interrupted
LES NÔTRES: Girlhood, Interrupted

Starring the remarkable young actor Émilie Bierre, Les Nôtres reminds us that the darkest and most deeply hidden of our secrets will always find a way out.

THE WANTING MARE: A Visionary Debut
THE WANTING MARE: A Visionary Debut

For its high-concept presentation, The Wanting Mare is not a very demanding picture but more of an invitation to a unique passion.

ABOUT A BOY Community for a Post-Pandemic World
ABOUT A BOY: Community for a Post-Pandemic World

Looking back on Chris and Paul Weitz’s 2002 comedy About a Boy, one can’t help but find a perfect pandemic watch.

FEEL GOOD Season 2: A Shot Of Trauma With A Chaser Of Comedy
FEEL GOOD Season 2: A Shot Of Trauma With A Chaser Of Comedy

Astonishingly, Feel Good Season 2 gets darker and more uncomfortable without abandoning its humorous reprieves.

WE ALL THINK WE'RE SPECIAL: Addiction Drama Is Appropriately Bleak & Direct
WE ALL THINK WE’RE SPECIAL: Addiction Drama Is Appropriately Bleak & Direct

Kirby Voss’ We All Think We’re Special is an intensely authentic and palpably distressing drama about the pains of addiction.

Queerly Ever After #53: FAIR HAVEN (2016)
Queerly Ever After #53: FAIR HAVEN (2016)

In the latest installment of Queerly Ever After, we take a look at 2016’s Fair Haven, a well-acted conversion therapy drama.