In 1983, residents of the San Fernando Valley and beyond were treated to one of the first teen movies to effectively establish the pastel-neon energy of 1980s pop culture, rewriting “Romeo & Juliet” into a peppy high school romance splitting…
Clementine Movie Review: If You Don’t Fall Asleep, You Might Fall in Love
Breakups are hard enough, but the situation can go from sorrowful to hopeless when you get kicked out and have nowhere to go. Frustrated with her older girlfriend’s decision to lock her out, Karen (Otmara Marrero) drives out to her…
True History of the Kelly Gang Review: The Legend of Ned Kelly Gets a Hardcore, Revisionist Makeover
The real Ned Kelly once said that “the darkest life may have a bright side.” This sentiment may be true, but we can’t really say the same for the new Australian western True History of the Kelly Gang, at least when…
Sea Fever Review: In the Ocean, No One Can Hear You Scream
Too many sci-fi horror movies these days come off as desperate in their attempt to imitate the successful formula of Ridley Scott’s Alien, often taking its moody dread and isolation to new environments and stopping there. Just this past year,…
Tigertail Movie Review: Even the most lyrical parables can still fall flat
In the opening moments of Tigertail — a new foreign-language Netflix film written and directed by Master of None co-creator Alan Yang — a young boy runs through rice fields in desperate search for what may be a hallucination of…
Onward Movie Review: The next great Pixar movie isn’t a fantasy
The computer animation wizards over at Pixar have delivered no shortage of imaginative worlds for audiences to plunder over the years, and their newest playground in Onward happens to be one of their most conceptual landscapes yet, while still rooted in the…
Herself Review: Clare Dunne unlocks the power of the human spirit in Phyllida Lloyd’s remarkable return to the big screen | Sundance 2020
Sometimes, you can just tell that the leading actor of a film was deeply involved in the creative process, and that is certainly the case for Clare Dunne, who co-wrote and stars in Herself, a new British-Irish hope drama from director…
