‘Becoming Cousteau’ Film Review: Respectful Doc Offers Nostalgic Look at Prescient Eco-Icon
Liz Garbus’ film burnishes the Jacques Cousteau legend, but it also reminds us how important his oceanic work remains to this day
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‘Mayor Pete’ Film Review: Decent Documentary, or Cleverly Crafted Campaign Ad?
Chicago Int’l Film Festival 2021: A few sharp edges make their way into a portrait that’s often lacking in deeper insight about Pete Buttigieg’s life and career
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‘South of Heaven’ Film Review: Jason Sudeikis Gets Lassoed into Cheap Genre Thrills
The actor gets to show off his dramatic chops, but that’s not enough to justify this grimly derivative thriller’s existence
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‘The Starling’ Film Review: Melissa McCarthy and Chris O’Dowd Have Wings Clipped by Conventional Drama
Kevin Kline co-stars in this predictable and familiar tale once featured on the Black List
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‘Karen’ Film Review: Ridiculous Thriller Tackles Racism With the Depth of a Meme
The oddly cast Taryn Manning can’t find a character within the stereotype
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‘On Broadway’ Film Review: Documentary Offers Neon Lights But Not Much Else
This star-filled celebration plays more like an informercial than a movie
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‘Candyman’ Film Review: Nia DaCosta Deconstructs and Re-Creates a Horror Classic
DaCosta and co-writers Jordan Peele and Win Rosenfeld update and rethink the material in provocative ways
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‘Respect’ Film Review: Jennifer Hudson Brings Soul to Aretha Franklin Biopic
It’s more effective as a jukebox musical than a character piece, but the central performance and those amazing songs pull it all together
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‘Whirlybird’ Film Review: Family Breakup Makes Most Impact in Journalism Doc
The evolution of L.A.-based news pales in comparison to the personal story in Matt Yoka’s documentary
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‘Nine Days’ Film Review: Spiritual Sundance Drama Deflates on Arrival
At sea level, the film’s fuzzy philosophy succumbs to a complete lack of internal logic
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‘No Ordinary Man’ Film Review: Meta-Doc Deconstructs Story of Transmasculine Jazz Musician Billy Tipton
Through interviews and recreations, the filmmakers capture Tipton’s life and explore how and by whom the history of trans people gets told
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‘Gunpowder Milkshake’ Film Review: Cool Casting Can’t Save ’90s-Style Thriller
The talents of Angela Bassett and Michelle Yeoh, to name a few, are wasted in a film that’s retro in the worst ways
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‘False Positive’ Film Review: Ilana Glazer Thriller Holds a Scalpel to the Idea of ‘Mommy Brain’
It’s less about the horror and more about the recognizable microaggressions in this smart, sharp shocker
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‘Asking For It’ Film Review: Kiersey Clemons Leads a Fierce Ensemble in Timely #MeToo Action Drama
Tribeca 2021: Eamon O’Rourke’s intense tale has the same cult-movie zeitgeist energy that turned ”Promising Young Woman“ into a sleeper hit
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‘Roadrunner’ Film Review: Anthony Bourdain Gets a Nostalgic Tribute in New Doc
Tribeca 2021: We know where the story is going, but Morgan Neville (”Won’t You Be My Neighbor?“) forges a fascinating path through a one-of-a-kind life
