Content Warning: This article explicitly deals with suicide. If you or someone you know is feeling suicidal, please call the toll-free 24-hour suicide hotline at 1-800-273-8255. In recent years, there…
Leto is a Nostalgic, Wistful Tribute to Soviet Rock ’n’ Roll
When Kirill Serebrennikov’s Leto first premiered last year at Cannes, it was overshadowed by the director’s recent house arrest under accusations of embezzlement against the state. The film world reac…
Tolkien Movie Review: Director Dome Karukoski misses the mark, and the magic
There’s an inspired moment about halfway through Dome Karukoski’s Tolkien where a young J. R. R. Tolkien (Nicholas Hoult) takes his future wife Edith Bratt (Lily Collins) to tea in a lavish restaurant…
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice Tribeca Movie Review: A hollow exploration of a wondrous career
The first half of Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman’s Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice is a maddening, frustrating sit, portraying Ronstadt—the woman who would go multiplatinum several times, win …
Tribeca 2019: ‘Framing John DeLorean’ is an Experimental Take on an American Original
2019 has seen no shortage of documentaries about the rise and self-destruction of so-called American geniuses. Two of the highest profile docs so far this year were Hulu and Netflix’s dueling films ab…
Film Review: ‘At the Heart of Gold’ is a Necessary Autopsy and a Grim Warning
[Warning: This review contains descriptions of sexual assault] One of the most shocking revelations in Erin Lee Carr’s documentary At the Heart of Gold, a chilling expose of the 2016-2017 USA gymnasti…
Tribeca 2019 Review: ‘For They Know Not What They Do’
Daniel Karslake’s extraordinary new documentary, named after the final words of Jesus, is a four-part examination of one of the most shameful and contentious parts of modern Christian theology: instit…