EVERY LITTLE THING gives audiences a kind glimpse into a small world
by Megan Robinson, Staff Writer
Every Little Thing gives the audience a kind glimpse into the small world of hummingbirds.
CATCHING DUST is moody, but limited by its archetypical characters
by Megan Robinson, Staff Writer
Catching Dust leaves too much for the mind to imagine, making what could be thoughtful and interior character studies into opaque misfires with much to be desired.
THE GOOD HALF never finds anything meaningful to say about grief
by Megan Robinson, Staff Writer
The Good Half, directed by Robert Schwartzman, certainly means well as a piece of art about loss, but the execution is completely dull, making it devoid of any emotion.
TRIBECA 2024: three music documentaries to add to your watchlist
by Megan Robinson, Staff Writer
This year, the Tribeca Film Festival featured a myriad of music documentaries.
TRIBECA 2024: four features offer a roller coaster of emotions
by Megan Robinson, Staff Writer
As the Tribeca Film Festival continues, highly anticipated films find comfort in discomfort, solace in anxiety, and healing from trauma.
TRIBECA 2024: four feature films that show the grind of daily life
by Megan Robinson, Staff Writer
At this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, the hustle and grind of daily life lies at the center.
TRIBECA 2024: Megan's Flick Picks
by Megan Robison, Staff Writer
Tribeca is abound with features, shorts, documentaries, and plenty of events featuring the industries finest creatives.
CHICKEN FOR LINDA! is a savory film about the messiness of life
by Megan Robinson, Staff Writer
Chicken for Linda! is about mess. The messes we make and clean up, the messy people we all are deep down, and the messy emotions we face every single day.
ARCADIAN is a bland post-apocalyptic nothing
by Megan Robinson, Staff Writer
Arcadian tells and shows very little, in the end. Rather than reflecting this intentionally confusing apocalypse in the small family of father and sons, it feels instead insular and lacking in pathos.
FEMME twists and turns itself while exploring gender through a Neo-noir thriller
by Megan Robinson, Staff Writer
Femme asks Jules and viewers alike how much they can take of the squirming, complicated mix of revenge and romance.
YUNI shows the struggles and joys of girlhood
by Megan Robinson, Staff Writer
In director Kamila Andini’s Yuni, the film that shares its name with its main character, individuality is revered by the youth and destroyed by the adults around them, as girls are often directed to a singular path for themselves: marriage.
Even a great Vanessa Hudgens performance can't save FRENCH GIRL
by Megan Robinson, Staff Writer
French Girl doesn’t do anything wrong because it can’t really claim to be doing much at all–neither funny nor romantic, neither progressive nor offensive, it just entertains in bits and pieces.
BLEEDING LOVE exceeds the potential of its weak script
by Megan Robinson, Staff Writer
What hurts Bleeding Love the most is its writing. Though it has some funny scenes, it never escapes the shackles of a cookie cutter plot.
WHICH BRINGS ME TO YOU balances modern sensibilities with a classic approach to romance
By Megan Robinson, Staff Writer
Which Brings Me to You is an honest look at modern love that provides the comfort that no one is perfect, but beauty can still be found all around, and even in each other.
MEMORY offers conflicting feelings with its messy tone
by Megan Robinson, Staff Writer
Memory is all at once an honest and refreshing drama that mostly escapes the narrative pitfalls of a generic Hollywood tragedy.
Twenty years later, LOVE ACTUALLY is all around
by Megan Robinson, Staff Writer
Love Actually: sappiness with a healthy dose of cynicism that worms its way right into our hearts, all the laughter, looniness, and lovely together in harmony.
THE LOST WEEKEND: A LOVE STORY
by Megan Robinson, Staff Writer
For a fan of Lennon, the music of the time, or the era of the early 1970s, The Lost Weekend: A Love Story is a fascinating documentary that illuminates a blip in the life of a young woman who was thrust into the industry, and subsequently the spotlight, practically overnight.
TOTALLY KILLER thrives with comedy, stumbles with thrills
by Megan Robinson, Staff Writer
Though its suspense can fall flat and its meta commentary is just as much a genre trope at this point as the silent, masked murderer, Totally Killer keeps the audience engaged with fun characters fighting against their futures.
WHAT DOESN'T FLOAT presents a thoughtful anthology of social norms
by Megan Robinson, Staff Writer
In What Doesn’t Float, director Luca Balser and writer Shauna Fitzgerald set the stage with seven vignettes, each about the mistakes and heartaches of various New Yorkers who can’t seem to make the right decision, whether it’s the socially acceptable call or not.
IO STO BENE (I AM FINE) raises more questions than answers through its personal histories
by Megan Robinson, Staff Writer
Io Sto Bene, the newest film from writer-director Donato Rotunno, aims to discover the key to atonement, even if it’s a bit predictable and undercooked.