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      June 30, 2026

      Review: ‘I Love Boosters’ Veers Into the Absurd, but Boots Riley’s New Film Leaves an Impression

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      Review: A plagiarist Faces the music in John Carney’s ‘Power Ballad’

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      Men’s Mental Health Awareness Month: How ‘Ted Lasso’ Saw Through the Men Who Say They’re Fine

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      ‘Stepfather’ (2026) is an Uninspired Remake of the ’87 Original with Weak Writing and Treatment of Mental Health

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    Men’s Mental Health Awareness Month: How ‘Ted Lasso’ Saw Through the Men Who Say They’re Fine

    By Paul Emmanuel EnicolaJune 29, 20260

    I don’t usually have a lot of patience for television. That’s not a badge of honor, nor some curmudgeonly critic…

    ‘Stepfather’ (2026) is an Uninspired Remake of the ’87 Original with Weak Writing and Treatment of Mental Health

    By Montearo BrownJune 29, 20260

    After a much-needed long vacation with my wife, we found ourselves tired of the long walks on the beach, happy…

    ‘Urban Myths: Necromancy,’ is a Grisly and Gay Vignette that Demands its Own Feature Outing

    By Vidal DcostaJune 20, 20260

    ‘Seven Snipers’ Review – The Australian Sharpshooter Thriller Misses the Mark

    By Matt SwansonJune 10, 20260

    Review: Sarthak Dasgupta’s Long-lost ‘The Last Tenant’ — Starring Irrfan Khan — Now on YouTube

    By Vidal DcostaJune 3, 20260

    ‘Laal Kaptaan’ Review: This Cult Classic Chronicles an Ascetic’s Revenge in Colonial India

    By Vidal DcostaMay 31, 20260

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    Tribeca 2026 Review: ‘Stand Clear ‘ the Closing Doors’ is Too Short to Fully Make its Points Stick

    By Mark ZiobroJune 21, 20260

    Directed and written by Stacey Sargeant, “Stand Clear ‘ the Closing Doors,” which played in the Tribeca Festival’s shorts program,…

    Tribeca 2026: Interview with ‘Saba’ Writer and Director Liron Topaz on his Dreamlike Animated Short Film

    By Mark ZiobroJune 18, 20260

    Tribeca Festival 2026: Interview with ‘Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe!’ Director Andrea Szelesová and Producer Kristina Husová

    By Mark ZiobroJune 17, 20260

    Tribeca Festival 2026: Tao Zhang’s ‘Against the Flow’ is Artistic and Introspective Yet Bleak and Abstract

    By Mark ZiobroJune 15, 20260

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    Men’s Mental Health Awareness Month: How ‘Ted Lasso’ Saw Through the Men Who Say They’re Fine

    By Paul Emmanuel EnicolaJune 29, 20260

    I don’t usually have a lot of patience for television. That’s not a badge of honor, nor some curmudgeonly critic stance I’ve chosen to preserve for dramatic effect. It’s mostly…

    ‘Obsession,’ and the Horror of Getting Exactly What You Asked For

    June 28, 2026

    Interview: Carl Joseph Papa on 58th, Animation, and the Fight Against Forgetting

    June 25, 2026

    Ranking the Big-Screen ‘Robin Hood’ Movies, Including Michael Sarnoski’s ‘The Death of Robin Hood’

    June 19, 2026

    40 years of ‘Top Gun’ and Why the Hit that Almost Wasn’t Continues to Stay with Us

    June 18, 2026

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    Men’s Mental Health Awareness Month: How ‘Ted Lasso’ Saw Through the Men Who Say They’re Fine

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    ‘Obsession,’ and the Horror of Getting Exactly What You Asked For

    By Paul Emmanuel EnicolaJune 28, 20260

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    Interview: Carl Joseph Papa on 58th, Animation, and the Fight Against Forgetting

    By Paul Emmanuel EnicolaJune 25, 20260

    Carl Joseph Papa does not use animation as decoration. In his films, it behaves more…

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    ‘Bob and David Climb Machu Picchu’ Tribeca 2026 Review: A Travelogue of Old Friends, Older Knees, and Same Absurd Timing

    By Paul Emmanuel EnicolaJune 20, 20260

    The first thing we see in “Bob and David Climb Machu Picchu” is Bob Odenkirk…

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    June 25, 2026

    Tribeca 2026: Interview with ‘Saba’ Writer and Director Liron Topaz on his Dreamlike Animated Short Film

    June 18, 2026

    Tribeca Festival 2026: Interview with ‘Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe!’ Director Andrea Szelesová and Producer Kristina Husová

    June 17, 2026

    Interview: Karla Murthy on ‘The Gas Station Attendant’, Memory, and Seeing Her Father Clearly for the First Time

    June 9, 2026

    Indie Spotlight

    ‘Backrooms’ Review: Endless Rooms with Endless Possibilities, Most Unexplored

    By Hector GonzalezJune 25, 20260

    Ever since the mid-to-late 2000s, creepypastas have been all over YouTube and pop culture, with figures like ‘Slenderman’ and ‘Joe…

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    ‘Elephant’ Review: Fascinating Film Touching on Difficult Subject Matter

    By Matt DeCristoJune 21, 20260

    I remember the minute details from the day of the Columbine High School massacre. Working my standard 1pm-10pm shift at…

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    Tribeca Shorts Roundup 2: ‘Kaya’ Showcases Raw, Female Power; ’32B’ Highlights a Single Dad’s Struggle

    By Mark ZiobroJune 14, 20260

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    Tribeca 2026 Review: Miiku Sakanishi’s ‘Memorizu’ Finds Family History in the Images We Almost Forget

    By Paul Emmanuel EnicolaJune 8, 20260

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    Review: ‘I Love Boosters’ Veers Into the Absurd, but Boots Riley’s New Film Leaves an Impression

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    Review: A plagiarist Faces the music in John Carney’s ‘Power Ballad’

    By Vidal DcostaJune 30, 20260

    Men’s Mental Health Awareness Month: How ‘Ted Lasso’ Saw Through the Men Who Say They’re Fine

    By Paul Emmanuel EnicolaJune 29, 20260

    ‘Stepfather’ (2026) is an Uninspired Remake of the ’87 Original with Weak Writing and Treatment of Mental Health

    By Montearo BrownJune 29, 20260
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    By Vidal DcostaJune 23, 20260

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    Review: Sarthak Dasgupta’s Long-lost ‘The Last Tenant’ — Starring Irrfan Khan — Now on YouTube

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