Despite having already premiered in New York earlier this year in a smattering of local cinemas, the screening of Dante Lam’s latest film, the Chinese mega-blockbuster Operation Red Sea, was one of th…
NYAFF 2018: On Happiness Road and the Cost of Cultural Fluidity
[Warning: Spoilers Ahead] When Lin Shu-Chi returns to her childhood home in Taiwan, she finds everything changed. The fetid, canal running through her neighborhood is now a tidy town park and the buil…
Ant-Man and the Wasp Movie Review:A Pleasing, Low-Stakes Palette Cleanser for the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Light Spoilers Ahead What’s a franchise to do after raising the stakes as high as conceivably possible? For those keeping score, the last film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the Russo’s Aven…
Whitney Movie Review: Music Icon Doc Shows Humility And Heartbreak
There always was an interesting juxtaposition to Whitney Houston. The R&B icon had one of the most powerful voices in the history of the genre, able to captivate a stadium of people with the hold …
Damsel Movie Review: Zellner brothers’ latest is a darkly funny feminist western
Westerns are big right now, and for good reason. Classic examples of the genre tend to embody American ideals of strong, heroic men triumphing over nature, beating the bad guys, and getting the pretty…
Tag Movie Review: Ensemble Cast Sleeps Through Stale Slapstick
Based on a 2013 story written in The Wall Street Journal about a group of friends who’ve played the same game of tag for over 20 years, Tag never escapes its general premise. Since this is a Hollywood…
211 is a Heist Film By a Director Who Can’t Direct Action and Actors Who Won’t Act
The press notes for York Alec Shackleton’s 211 claim the film was inspired by the Battle of North Hollywood, a real-life shootout between two heavily armed bank robbers and the Los Angeles Police Depa…