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“The Missing” (NYAFF 2024) Review: He Has No Mouth, and He Must Scream
The program guide for the New York Asian Film Festival began its description of this film with the following statement: “If you're still on...
“Sing Sing” Review: Rehearsals Under Razor Wire
Sing Sing is the kind of movie one expects to be brutal going in. I did at times, and to an extent, it is....
“Dìdi” Review (New York Asian Film Festival 2024)
Sean Wang’s first feature, Dìdi, not only won two awards at Sundance including the audience award, but also premiered right when he was nominated...
“Kalki 2898 AD” Review: A Sci-Fi Stew With a Dash of the Divine
Combining science fiction and supernatural forces is a common occurrence in a lot of genre fiction, but in Kalki 2898 AD, well, the title...
“Thelma” Review: Revenge is a Dish Best Served Old
When Josh Margolin’s grandmother Thelma got a call from a phone scammer, they were thankfully able to stop her before any money was taken....
“Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi Scheme” Review: How To Succeed In Business With Lying
The Hollywood idea of “fake it till you make it” is taken to horrifying extremes in the new documentary Bad Actor: A Hollywood Ponzi...
“Kim’s Video” Review: Tale of the Tape (and DVD)
David Redmon is the exact kind of cinephile who would make a movie like Kim’s Video, perhaps the most stranger-than-fiction documentary about film in...
“The People’s Joker” Review: A Parody That’s No Joke
There was a time when the term “radical” could be applied to certain films and filmmakers that broke the mold of what the medium...
Oscars 2024: Picks and Predictions
It's almost time for the Oscars, so here are my picks and predictions for the winners. As far as the nominees are concerned, I'd...
Oscars Hidden Gold 2024: Best Documentary Feature
My coverage of the lesser-known films at the Oscars continues with the documentary feature films, which turned reality into some of the year’s best...