A Simple Favor Review: Paul Feig’s Comedy-Thriller Is a Riotous Look at Female Agency
A bold, brassy take on Gone Girl, Paul Feig’s mommy-vlogger noir allows Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively to smash the patriarchy in some fascinating ways. […]
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Film Review: Netflix Explores the Metaphysics of Love with The Laws of Thermodynamics
Mateo Gil’s Spanish rom-com mockumentary tumbles toward entropy with beautiful visuals, but a scattered story and weak protagonist. As any science fiction nerd can tell […]
En el Séptimo Día Is a Naturalistic, Humanistic View of the Immigrant Experience
Jim McKay’s tale of the plight of undocumented workers in America is soulful, sensitive, and a potent rebuke to modern rhetoric about the humanity of […]
Unfriended: Dark Web Elevates Its Premise to Scarier Screen-Based Dimensions
The web-footage sequel to the first Unfriended sees the series move in more believably conventional directions, eschewing supernatural scares for more haunting domestic terrors. We […]
Skyscraper Review: The Rock Cooks Up Another Underdone Summer Thriller
While the Rock maintains his larger-than-life presence, this taller Die Hard knockoff buckles under the weight of its sizeable lack of humor. Ever since my […]
La Enfermedad del Domingo: Entrevista con Ramón Salazar (Español)
(You can find an English-language version of the interview here. Read our review of the film here.) La Enfermedad del Domingo es diferente a cualquier película […]
Sunday’s Illness: Ramon Salazar on Creating Female-Driven Stories (English)
We sit down to talk to Sunday’s Illness director Ramón Salazar about the creation of the film and the importance of telling women’s stories. (Una […]
Sunday’s Illness Review: Netflix’s Elegant, Stately Mother-Daughter Drama
Ramón Salazar’s direct-to-Netflix Spanish drama is a heartfelt exploration of the tenuous bonds between mother and daughter, anchored by sumptuous filmmaking. (You can read our […]