‘The Star Wars Holiday Special’ Gets an Affectionate Rehash in ‘A Disturbance in The Force’ Doc
You don’t get to 500 million friends without making a few enemies, and you don’t become a global phenomenon like Star Wars without collecting a …
Andrea Thompson
The Shallow Sundance Documentary ‘STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie’ Sees Star Slowing Down
Pop culture continues to reap the benefits of our emphasis on mental health and male vulnerability. It’s hard to picture a documentary such as STILL: …
Matt Johnson Puts a Humanstic Spin on The Technological Cautionary Tale in ‘Blackberry’
There’s a lot to be said for the retrospective gaze, which can tinge even the most horrific of times with a protective glaze of nostalgia. …
The Revolution Will Be Orchestrated in the Stunning Musical Biopic ‘Chevalier’
The TIFF film Chevalier is a dizzying achievement, frequently on the verge of collapsing from its multifaceted ambitions and the complexity of the staggering achievements …
Joaquin Phoenix Is Trapped in Every White Man’s Nightmare in Ari Aster’s ‘Beau Is Afraid’
Imagine this… Ari Aster, Joaquin Phoenix, and Freud walk into a bar and decide to make a film. And just for kicks, let’s imagine other …
Eat Pray Love Meets The Godfather in The Toni Collette Dark Comedy ‘Mafia Mamma’
The action comedy Mafia Mamma has a darkly wicked gleam in its eye from the opening, and thank goodness the movie never loses that sparkle …
Owen Wilson is a Bob Ross Stand-in Gone Bad in ‘Paint’
Paint could be about many things, but its keen sleight of hand is what will linger. As it opens with blue on a canvas, a …
Love Adds up Most in ‘A Thousand And One’
Teyana Taylor may owe her first screen appearance to an episode of MTV’s My Super Sweet 16, a show devoted to the lifestyles of the …
Willem Dafoe Goes ‘Inside,’ but Not Deep in an Art Heist Gone Wrong
Can one man live out all the social ills of the 21st century? The film Inside demands no less of Willem Dafoe and its own …
Elizabeth Banks Gets Audiences High on Violence in The Blood-Soaked Dark Comedy ‘Cocaine Bear’
Truth may be stranger than fiction (one only has to look at the last decade or so to confirm that) but who really cares about …
Uncomfortable Intimacy Makes ‘Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields’ Stand Out From Celebrity Documentary Crowd
They don’t make ‘em like they used to, and sometimes that’s a very good thing. Take the 1978 movie Pretty Baby for instance. Amidst the …