film reviews
A Solid 'SNL' Overcame So-So Showings by Shane Gillis and 21 Savage
February 24, 2024
PUBLISHED Feb 25, 2024
Despite the uproar over 'Saturday Night Live' booking Shane Gillis to host this episode after they infamously hired and then days later...
Netflix's 'Avatar: The Last Airbender' Once Again Fumbles the Source Material
Developed by Albert Kim
PUBLISHED Feb 22, 2024
Nickelodeon's 'Avatar: The Last Airbender' premiered in 2005 to critical acclaim. It featured a unique world, fully realized over three...
Ethan Coen’s 'Drive-Away Dolls' Needs His Co-Driver
Directed by Ethan Coen
PUBLISHED Feb 22, 2024
Few writer-directors — or in this case, writer-director duos — have a voice as distinct as Joel and Ethan Coen, a.k.a. the Coen Brothers...
'Union Street' Confronts Vancouver's Racist History
Directed by Jamila Pomeroy
PUBLISHED Feb 22, 2024
A city known for its lush beauty, world-famous Asian cuisine and a storied music scene, Vancouver has given Canada, and the world over...
Denis Villeneuve Can 'Dune' No Wrong in Glorious 'Part Two'
Directed by Denis Villeneuve
PUBLISHED Feb 21, 2024
The success of 'Dune: Part One' in 2021 can be, at least in part, attributed to the fact that a sequel was, more likely than not, imminent...
'Seagrass' Embraces the Chaos of Family Dynamics
Directed by Meredith Hama-Brown
PUBLISHED Feb 21, 2024
Canadian director Meredith Hama-Brown contends with a lot in her feature film debut. The breakdown of a marriage, mixed-race relationship...
'Lovely, Dark, and Deep' Is Worth Getting Lost In
Directed by Teresa Sutherland
PUBLISHED Feb 19, 2024
In cinema, forests are often used as a metaphor for the mind — a labyrinth of traps impossible to understand, orient ourselves in or escape...
Jennifer Lopez's 'This Is Me...Now: A Love Story' Film Is More Than a Vanity Project
Directed by Dave Meyers
PUBLISHED Feb 16, 2024
When Jennifer Lopez released her 1999 debut album, 'On the 6,' it felt like something special was peculating. Lopez had starred in 'Selena'...