Antarctic Voyage is a serviceable documentary that never quite articulates a reason for being sufficient to distinguish it from other nature films. Director Kevin Schreck name-drops David Attenborough in the… Continue reading "Antarctic Voyage (Schreck, 2024)"
Three is a particular style of comedy that I have never much cared for that calls on us to laugh at (or with, but usually at) a put-upon protagonist. When… Continue reading "I’ll Be Right There (Walsh, 2024)"
If I am honest, I spent most of Sing Sing wishing there was a quality documentary about the material that I could watch instead. Part of that reaction can be… Continue reading "Sing Sing (Kwedar, 2023)"
Monia Chokri’s The Nature of Love is ruthlessly efficient at juxtaposing the boredom, banality, and brevity of stable domestic partnerships with the thrilling, intoxicating eroticism of newly found passion. In… Continue reading "The Nature of Love (Chokri, 2023)"
The hardest films to review are not the ones a critic dislikes but the ones he doesn’t get. When the reaction is antipathy, an honest critic can usually pinpoint specific… Continue reading "Gunfighter Paradise (Water, 2024)"
Red Whiteville and Blue has all the trappings of a Frank Capra picture. Small-town, plain folks join together in the face of economic hardship, seemingly powerless in the face of… Continue reading "Red Whiteville and Blue"
When I was a college undergraduate in the mid-1980s, I participated in a “debate” with the campus Atheist. I didn’t particularly want to do it– at least I don’t remember… Continue reading "The Way We Speak (Ebright, 2024)"
Do you watch enough movies that you’ve had the experience of being in the middle of a film feeling as though you have seen it before … but not being… Continue reading "A Bit of Light (Moyer, 2022)"
Girls State is the opening night film at this year’s Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, giving Triangle audiences a chance to catch it on the big screen before it drops… Continue reading "Girls State (McBaine and Moss, 2024)"
Every time a new Ozon film comes out, I start and eventually abandon an introduction where I try to make a comparison between his work and that of some American… Continue reading "The Crime is Mine (Ozon, 2023)"
