“The Rivals of Amziah King” is a genuinely original and exceptional film, particularly in terms of its subject and the…
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“Motor City” is not your average action movie. Some recent action films have been trending toward minimal dialogue and a greater…
Director Tao Zhang’s “Against the Flow†— which played at his year’s Tribeca Festival — isn’t an easy film to…
Daniel Blake Schwartz’s “Cotton Fever†— which had its world premiere in the U.S. Narrative Competition at this year’s Tribeca…
In a wordless opening sequence that launches “The Currents†(2025) designer Lina (Isabel Aimé González-Sola) graciously receives a professional award…
Memories are a tricky thing. I’ve had moments in my life that I felt certain I would never forget, only…
Disagreements and misunderstandings are a part of everyday life, and most of us learn to deal with them and move…
Rosanne Pel’s “Donkey Days†(2025) is a rowdy, rambling beast that snickers at good taste. Pel doesn’t invite us in…
Grieving about her culpability in a highly-publicized local suicide, bailiff Orsolya Ionescu (Eszter Tompa) is told repeatedly that it wasn’t…
Vince Gilligan’s “follow-up†to the enormously-successful “Breaking Bad†was to do a prequel about that show’s unscrupulous lawyer, Saul Goodman.…