Locarno isn’t a film festival. It’s a pilgrimage. My journey to the legendary festival, which celebrated its 77th edition this year, involved planes, trains, and automobiles...
The Biennale de Venezia, cinema division—we should not forget that this festival encompasses other forms over the course of a year, including fine art—kicks off this...
FX has more than earned the benefit of the doubt when it comes to comedy. Not only have they displayed a willingness to embrace creative voices...
The ambition of Ubisoft’s “Star Wars Outlaws” constantly battles with the execution in a game that’s alternating invigorating and frustrating, a title that feels like it...
Yes, someone uses the word “cozy” in the fourth season of “Only Murder in the Building.” I won’t spoil the why, who, or how of it,...
The reason “Strange Darling” gets a marginal pass is that the film seems to truly believe that its subversions are empowering. Its intentions—and its disruptions—are straightforward,...
“The Killer That Stalked New York” (1950) Let’s just say after COVID — I use the word “after” very loosely — Earl McEvoy’s pandemic thriller “The...
Nathalie Emmanuel (Ramsey from the later “Fast and the Furious” movies) plays the mysterious Zee, a stealthy assassin for a powerful organization run by the vicious...
Joined by his cabal of miscreants—Cody (Simon Rex), Vic (Christian Slater), and Tom (Haley Joel Osment), and their invitees, Sarah (Adria Arjona), Heather (Trew Mullen), and...
Liu also played a frustrated, but superhumanly gifted wallflower in “Detective Chinatown.” He was more convincing in those movies, partly because he was part of a...
