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When it was announced that this year’s Tribeca Festival would open with the premiere of the HBO documentary “Billy Joel: And So It Goes,” I assumed, as a fan of Billy Joel and pop…
A thrilling animated triptych from filmmaker Dan Trachtenberg, “Predator: Killer of Killers” extends not just the hunt-or-be-hunted franchise for which it is named, but a larger trend by…
The pleasures and the pitfalls of a hybrid format are both in evidence in French actress-turned-director Romane Bohringer‘s “Tell Her I Love Her,” a plaintive, affecting account of her…
The Wild West looks tame beside the lawless, senseless Continental plains and sierras of “Heads or Tails?,” an enjoyably off-kilter Euro-western that honors the stylistic and structural…
Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary said he plans to undertake a review of mifepristone, also known as the abortion pill. Source link
In some ways, among musicians whose catalogs are not chock-full of universally recognizable hits, Jill Sobule‘s catalog is exceptionally well-suited for a tribute show. The late…
Alone and happily adrift for the summer in Brooklyn, a young gay grad student hits the apps for an evening hookup, and within minutes, is met in a neighborhood park by a studly…
Miley Cyrus has always followed her muse. Since at least her 2013 reinvention “Bangerz,” she’s tried on multiple personas and styles, traipsing from du jour hip-hop to glam rock and…
A strategic review is underway for Acrophyte Hospitality Trust, as a potential transaction involving its stapled securities is on the table but not guaranteed. On Friday (May 30), the…
There have been several TV series recently centering on the intricacies of sisterhood. From Netflix’s “Sirens” to Peacock’s “Long Bright River,” this particular sibling connection is…
Created by Scott Frank and based on the long-running Danish book series by Jussi Adler-Olsen, Netflix's new British whodunit series Dept. Q is a dark, often darkly comedic police…
It takes a particular type of tenacious human being to doggedly pursue clues long after things have stalled, and Netflix‘s latest crime thriller, “Dept Q,” based on the book series by…
By the standards of Filipino formalist and running-time maximalist Lav Diaz, his latest opus “Magellan” qualifies as a veritable blockbuster. A grand-scale historical biopic on a…
Nearly two hours into an ambitious critique of colonialism that runs almost twice as long, a pivotal scene brings “I Only Rest in the Storm” into sharp focus. The protagonist, a Portuguese…
Zhou Jinghao’s “Girl on Edge” starts strong. A young woman is shown skating in a dimly lit ring, finishing her routine and stopping right in front of the camera. Her face is revealed, full…
“Separated” is a fraught, transitional term in human relationships, prone to conflicting definitions by partners who have long been inclined towards conflict: a prelude to a permanent end…
SPOILER ALERT: The following piece contains spoilers from “My Controls,” the Season 2 finale of “The Rehearsal.” The difference between “The Rehearsal” and prior Nathan Fielder works is…
Even in supposedly enlightened societies it is practically an article of faith that a woman’s identity as a mother must supercede all her other identities. Not only that: any woman not…
Any film that’s been sitting on the shelf for seven years deserves to see the light of day, but Juno Mak’s “Sons of the Neon Night” — which wrapped filming in 2018 — could’ve used more…
Billowing gray smoke intermingles with moody cloud cover, while scores of grim-faced Ukrainian citizens watch the skies, arms folded. The visual opening salvo of “Militantropos,” directed…
There is a kind of sadness that comes from living in a restless state of FOMO — or fear of missing out, as the acronym goes. The experiences you’d squander if you didn’t show up to an…
Zuzana Kirchnerová’s road-trip movie “Caravan” opens with a series of idyllic holiday scenes. A wide shot of a tranquil swimming pool. A beach ball, close up, with iridescent sequins…
Directed by the twin duo of Tarzan and Arab Nasser, “Once Upon a Time in Gaza” is about a collaboration of a different sort: a small-time drug scheme concocted by timid university student…
Margaret Qualley swans through “Honey Don’t!” like a movie star who might have been born in the wrong era, but she’s going to make the most of it. Regally tall, in red heels and a…
