Dovidl the Conservatory Boy
Song of Names by Matt Weiner A Holocaust movie where the central tragedy haunts the characters just offscreen like a specter, anchored by two forceful leads and a mystery that…read more →
New In Theaters
Reviews of what’s out now
Screwed
The Turning by Hope Madden Way back in 1961, Jack Clayton directed Deborah Kerr to an Oscar nomination with the atmospheric thriller, The Innocents, a nerve-jangling screen version of Henry…read more →
Rumble in the Jungle
The Gentlemen by George Wolf If nothing else, Guy Ritchie and his Gentlemen are not lacking in self-confidence. This is a film, and a filmmaker, anxious to prove the old…read more →
The Dream I Dreamed
Les Miserables by Hope Madden “Remember this, my friends. There is no such thing as bad plants or bad men. There are only bad cultivators.” Victor Hugo penned those words…read more →
Have Mercy
Clemency by Hope Madden Alfre Woodard has primarily provided crucial supporting turns in film and television since 1978. With writer/director Chinonye Chukwu’s Clemency, Woodard delivers an astonishing lead turn as…read more →
You Can Dance If You Want To
Cunningham by Hope Madden “The audience was puzzled.” Such was modern dance legend Marce Cunningham’s wry, almost tickled description of one reaction to a performance. An enigmatic presence on and…read more →
Rite Here, Right Now
Color Out of Space by Hope Madden HP Lovecraft has influenced horror cinema in ways too varied and numerous to really articulate. But true Lovecraft is tough to bring to…read more →
Secret Garden
The Garden Left Behind by Hope Madden Newcomer Charlie Guevara charms in Flavio Alves’s drama The Garden Left Behind with a bittersweet performance as Tina, an undocumented Mexican trans woman…read more →
Paradise Found
Come As You Are by Cat McAlpine Come As You Are follows three men on a quest to get laid at a Canadian brothel, La Chateau Paradis, that caters to…read more →
Sleepless in Mexico City
Midnight Family by Hope Madden For a population of 9 million, Mexico City keeps only 45 official ambulances. Private ambulances compete with each other to fill the need for additional…read more →