Through a Tent Darkly
Koko-di Koko-da by Matt Weiner What about Groundhog Day, but with unrelenting psychological dread? That’s the premise of Johannes Nyholm’s horror fable Koko-di, Koko-da, and it’s a testament to writer/director…read more →
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Leave No Trace
Residue by Matt Weiner Residue begins as a wry bayonetting of gentrification, but the film slowly unfolds—languidly, and then with a dizzying crescendo—into one of the most powerful films to…read more →
A Shot in the Dark
Tesla by Matt Weiner Nikola Tesla is having a moment. Hot on the heels of 2019’s The Current War comes Tesla, another take on the inventor from writer and director…read more →
No Rest for the Weary
The Fight by Matt Weiner No disrespect to taut legal thrillers, but after watching The Fight it’s safe to say nothing will stack up to the real thing during the…read more →
Belle of the Ball
The Truth by Matt Weiner Actors getting lost in a role can become the stuff of legends, or the butt of jokes—as Olivier’s advice allegedly went to Dustin Hoffman, “Why…read more →
A Time to Act Up
HomoSayWhat: Who’s Pushing Hate? by Matt Weiner For a documentary with the subtitle “Who’s Pushing Hate?,” you would think that HomoSayWhat, Craig Bettendorf’s brief survey of homophobia in America from…read more →
Persona Non Grata
Clementine by Matt Weiner A woman trespassing in a cabin in the woods tends to foretell a very different kind of film than Clementine’s smart, sensual coming-of-age story. But writer…read more →
Rear Window
Butt Boy by Matt Weiner A killer fixated on jamming people, animals and any other object not nailed down into his rectum. The grieving detective haunted by loss and obsessed…read more →
Lukewarm Runnings
Olympic Dreams by Matt Weiner You have to admire the chutzpah when the first feature film ever to shoot on location at the Olympics has the star athlete’s event be…read more →
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 →