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Here is our archive of movie coverage, which includes reviews, explainers, features, lists, and more from the latest films.

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Holiday In The Wild Review: Basically A Rom-Com TV Movie

November 1 2019, by Daniel Hart

Netflix film Holiday In The Wild starts worryingly choppy, introducing us to Kate (Kristin Davis) forcing family photos on her husband and her son, who looks...

Tu Me Manques (NewFest 2019) Review: Powerful in Concept, Yet Uneven in Execution

October 31 2019, by Michael Frank

Writer-director Rodrigo Bellott’s new film Tu Me Manques is an exploration of Latin American ideas about homosexuality. Bellott pens a script that doesn’t allow you...

Fire in Paradise Review: An Intense Account Of 2018’s Catastrophic Camp Fire

October 31 2019, by Daniel Hart

Netflix short documentary Fire in Paradise documents California’s deadliest wildfire. It’s an intense account of the events that occurred in 2018 and was ironically titled “Camp Fire”....

Knives Out Review: One Of The Most Entertaining Movies Of the Year.

October 31 2019, by Jonathon Wilson

The word “spoiler” has proliferated in the past few years. Once the domain of nerds on the internet, the word is now uttered by major...

American Son Review: Netflix’s Television Event Presents Strong Social Case Study But Then Fizzles Out

October 28 2019, by Daniel Hart

Netflix film American Son is labeled as a ‘Television Event’, marking a new milestone for the streaming platform on the same month Disney+ and Apple TV+ lurk...

‘Little Miss Sumo’ Review: A Brief But Powerful Look At One Of Japan’s Best Female Sumo Wrestlers

October 28 2019, by Jonathon Wilson

Needless to say, “little” doesn’t apply to Hiyori, the subject of Netflix’s short documentary Little Miss Sumo. But the “miss” certainly fits. Hiyori is 20,...

To the Stars (NewFest 2019) Review: A Beautiful Look Inside the Pains of High School in the 1960s

October 28 2019, by Michael Frank

The last decade has provided us with some incredible black-and-white films, and you can be sure to add director Martha Stephens’ To the Stars to...

A 3 Minute Hug Review: Netflix Reveals A Kind Initiative But Further Exposes America’s Cruel Policies

October 27 2019, by Daniel Hart

Netflix Short Documentary A 3 Minute Hug will be released on the platform on October 28, 2019.  In 2018, an initiative was set up to...

Drag Kids (NewFest 2019) Review: A Documentary Strutting With Tiny Joy

October 27 2019, by Michael Frank

Laddy Gaga, Queen Lactacia, Suzan Bee Anthony, and Bracken Hanke. Those are the four stage names for the kids at the center of Megan Wennberg’s...

The Lighthouse Review: An Atmospheric Trip to Absolute Lunacy

October 25 2019, by Jonathon Wilson

If there’s one thing to be learned from both Robert Eggers’ breakout indie-horror darling The Witch and his new, highly anticipated follow-up The Lighthouse, it’s...

One Taxi Ride (NewFest 2019) Review: A Story That Desperately Needs To Be Told

October 25 2019, by Michael Frank

My first film at NewFest, New York City’s LGBTQ premiere film festival for the last 31 years, was one that strikes at you with a...

It Takes A Lunatic Review: A Celebration Of An Undeniably Great Man That Fails To Live Up To Its Subject’s Example

October 25 2019, by Jonathon Wilson

Great teachers are a really special thing, aren’t they? Most of us have been lucky enough to have encountered at least one person in our...

Brotherhood Review: A Tragic And Heartbreaking Short Film

October 24 2019, by Louie Fecou

A family in rural Tunisia is rocked by the return of eldest sibling Malek, who has been fighting in Syria for the last year. He...

Black and Blue Review: Us or Them

October 24 2019, by M.N. Miller

There are too many films that try to place the message of community and being the change at their forefront but instead use them more...

Jojo Rabbit Review: A World Filled With Sweetness, Satire, and the Pure Confusion of War

October 19 2019, by Michael Frank

World War II movies, or even movies depicting Adolf Hitler in a comedic fashion, are far from original. Even during and immediately after Hitler’s reign,...

A Shaun The Sheep Movie: Farmageddon Review: Farmyard Fun

October 19 2019, by Jonathon Wilson

Shaun the Sheep (Justin Fletcher) and his farmyard pals are back for another big-screen adventure. Shaun’s brand of farmyard hi-jinks are temporarily put on hold...

Prey Review: An Illogical, Banal Genre Exercise

October 18 2019, by Jonathon Wilson

The plot of director Franck Khalfoun’s latest effort Prey is hilariously baffling. The short version is that high-schooler Toby’s (Logan Miller) father is murdered and...

‘Upstarts’ Review: Indian Film Toys With The Pains Of Building A Start-Up

October 18 2019, by Daniel Hart

In a world where getting a degree and settling for a corporate job is becoming traditional rather than modern, the Netflix Indian film Upstarts presents...