By Dhruv Goyal Writer-director Angela Robinson’s Professor Marston and the Wonder Woman’s release seems to be both a blessing and an obstacle. The release of Patty Jenkins’ critically acclaimed and commercially successful Wonder Woman this Juneto pique some people’s interests, giving Robinson’sfil...
Happy Death Day is Scream crossed with Groundhog Day and Mean Girls. On her birthday, sorority girl Tree Gelbman (Jessica Rothe) wakes up in the dorm room of Carter Davis (Israel Broussard), with whom she has presumably had a one-night stand. Tree comes off as the typical sorority sister–she belie...
Review by Kaylee Ruiz Through playful banter and intense moments, a familiar plot gets a refreshing upgrade in Kevin Phillips’ Super Dark Times, where the director skillfully demonstrates how a single mistake can amplify the everyday struggles faced by teenagers. Set in the 1990’s, the film is filled wi...
Susan Lacy is an Emmy Award-winning documentarian best known for creating American Masters, a long-running PBS series that explores American icons like Joni Mitchell, Clint Eastwood, and Marvin Gaye. When she left PBS in 2013, Lacy took up residence at HBO. Last weekend, she released her first project w...
Adam Sandler and Ben Stiller may be best known for their outlandish humor, but in The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected), writer/director Noah Baumbach casts them in more realistic and affecting roles than usual. In doing so, he crafts a film that is perhaps both comedy icons’ funniest movie in years...
The Florida Project – New York Film Festival Review “Celebrate good times, come on!” The opening credits of Sean Baker’s The Florida Project are set to “Celebration” by Kool and the Gang. A fitting choice – not, as one might think, because The Florida Project unfolds on the outskirts of Walt Disney Worl...
It’s Not a Felony if Tom Cruise is the Lead. American Made reunites Director Doug Liman and International Star Tom Cruise in a scandalous, government affair highlighted by innovative and quirky filmmaking that captures the essence of the Reaganomics Era. While the narrative and overall pacing is excepti...
Simran Review By Inakshi Chandra-Mohanty There is a moment in Simran when Praful Patel (Kangana Ranaut) researches how to rob banks on the internet. In one of the videos, a man states that robbing a bank is easy as making a cup of coffee. Though completely ridiculous, this scene made me burst into laugh...
Mother! by: Anthony Zangrillo Heralded by some as “the worst movie of the century,” Darren Aronofsky’s latest film is a polarizing shock to the end of the summer movie season. Headlined by major stars, the film’s hidden artistic allegories obfuscate the surface level story in intriguing fash...
Guillermo del Toro defies expectations in a heartwarmingly strange film that showcases the masterful director’s inner imagination. While some of the narrative remains a cliche that borrows heavily from prior movies, the film is ultimately a celebration of cinema (which makes its premiere at the 74...
