Review: High-Rise
High-Rise is a bit all over the place, and it’s a bit of a mess, but it also seems to be that way ...
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Review: The Family Fang
All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way… well, unless you’re an unhappy family in a movie, ...
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Review: Equals
Any society that appears outwardly utopian is really just a nicely packaged dystopia. The orgiastic bacchanal of Logan’s Run was really just an ...
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Review: My Scientology Movie
Louis Theroux won me over many years ago with the show Weird Weekends. In each episode, Theroux embedded himself in a subculture and ...
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Tribeca Review: After Spring
The Syrian Civil War has led to a humanitarian crisis that’s only getting worse. As of now, roughly 4.6 million Syrians have left ...
Tribeca Review: National Bird
One of the most memorable passages in Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse Five involves World War II played in reverse. Bombers flying backwards rebuild cities, ...
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Tribeca Capsule Review: The Last Laugh
As I’ve gotten older, I’ve noticed more conversations and thinkpieces about what topics are off-limits for comedians, such as racist jokes, jokes about ...
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Review: A Hologram for the King
And you may find yourself sitting in a press screening for A Hologram for the KingAnd you may find yourself wondering if Tom ...
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Review: Evolution
There’s so much going for Lucile Hadzihalilovic’s Evolution, a film expertly lensed from the deliberate first shot: looking up to the sky from ...
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Review: Peter and the Farm
The first thing I noticed about Peter Dunning, the subject of the documentary Peter and the Farm, was his injured hand. It’s gnarled ...
Review: Weiner
Weiner is a documentary about humiliating political implosion. As the candidate’s political ambitions hit rock bottom, we hear a voice behind the camera ...
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Review: 10 Cloverfield Lane
J.J. Abrams loves his mystery boxes, and the marketing campaign around 10 Cloverfield Lane is so darn mystery box-y: a movie seemingly made in ...