Race2Dinner Documentary Only Scratches the Surface [Mill Valley FF]

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Race2Dinner Documentary Only Scratches the Surface [Mill Valley FF]

Eight upper-middle-class, suburban white women arrive at a dinner party in the opening moments of Patty Ivins Specht’s “Deconstructing Karen.” Hosted by activist Regina Jackson and former Colorado congressional candidate Saira Rao, through their start-up Race2Dinner, the women are immediately…

A Testament to the Endurance of Practical Effects

If you never had the chance to watch Jim Henson and Frank Oz’s The Dark Crystal, the first thing you’ll probably notice is how good the movie looks. Despite being initially released in 1982, The Dark Crystal still looks better…

Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths Review

This review was originally part of our 2022 Venice Film Festival coverage. In the past 70 years, Alejandro G. Iñárritu is the only director to win the Best Director Oscar in back-to-back years (for Birdman and then The Revenant). That…

The Retaliators | Film Threat

The Die Hard holiday brutality subgenre is alive and living in New Jersey, as evidenced by the over-the-edge Christmas thriller The Retaliators, directed by Samuel Gonzalez Jr., Michael Lombardi, and Bridget Smith. The screenplay by Darren Geare and Jeff Allen Geare introduces the…

Asif Kapadia’s Film Of ‘Woyzeck’ Ballet Breathes New Life Into A Fiery Play [LFF]

When it first ran as an English National Ballet production in 2021, “Creature” received some fairly damning reviews from the UK theater critics. It was branded pitilessly inaccessible, muddled in its execution, and irredeemably gloomy in its outlook. A year…

Gray’s Latest is Uninspiring & Noncommittal [SDIFF]

Home Movie Reviews Armageddon Time Review: Gray’s Latest is Uninspiring & Noncommittal [SDIFF] Armageddon Time excels at capturing naiveté, but under commits to sharing the truths of racial disparity when it comes to the American dream. Michael Banks Repeta and…

Anna Gunn Stars in Dreadful Thriller

The very first shot of The Apology suggests the kind of movie that would make many thriller and horror fans happy. It may not seem like much, but the aerial take instantly establishes that whatever happens next will be in…

Damien Chazelle’s Latest Is an Orgy of Excess

Damien Chazelle always likes to start his movies with a bang, whether through an intense drum solo in Whiplash, a Jacques Demy-inspired dance number in La La Land, or a harrowing plane crash piloted by Neil Armstrong in his last…

Prime Video Wants To Transport You To A Dull, Incoherent Future

Few recent sci-fi programs have premiered with the same fanfare and anticipation as Prime Video’s “The Peripheral,” dropping its first two episodes on the Amazon streamer on October 21st with a weekly rollout to follow. It’s got that Bezos money,…

Credits Among Friends | Film Threat

In Credits Among Friends, directed by Alexis Ramirez and written by Stephen Olson, a group of friends have a movie night reunion which gets heated when secrets are revealed. Brian (Dustin Teuber) brings his new date, Julie (Dominique Alessi), to movie…

Noah Centineo and Laura Haddock Shine in Spy Series

Noah Centineo gets too much flack. After playing Peter, the male lead in Netflix's To All the Boys trilogy, as well as starring in other teen rom-coms from the streamer such as Sierra Burgess is a Loser and The Perfect…

Charlotte Wells’ Debut Feature Is Poignant & Powerful

Home Movie Reviews Aftersun Review: Charlotte Wells' Debut Feature Is Poignant & Powerful Wells masterfully weaves the past and present together, and it’s in the exploration of one’s memory where the drama is at its best. Paul Mescal and Frankie…

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