Articles by James Brotheridge
'Framing Agnes' Interrogates Its Own Methods of Chronicling Transgender History
Directed by Chase Joynt
PUBLISHED Dec 8, 2022
Filmmaker Chase Joynt is open to a "shift to the terms of engagement," as he puts it, when it comes to considering the lives and histories...
'Dio: Dreamers Never Die' Is a Soft Account of Hard Rock
Directed by Don Argott and Demian Fenton
PUBLISHED Sep 30, 2022
An interstitial beat in Dio: Dreamers Never Die has drummer Vinny Appice sitting in front of a pile of demo tapes. He pulls out one marked...
Sparks' Songs for 'Annette' Bring the Best Out of Their Collaborators
Directed by Leos Carax
PUBLISHED Aug 13, 2021
Discussions on autofiction resurface periodically, though not as often as "sex scenes are superfluous" discourse takes hold. Annette, the l...
'Joe Bell' Is a Tragedy That Can't Quite Humanize Its Own Subjects
Directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green
PUBLISHED Jul 23, 2021
Joe Bell offers Mark Wahlberg a dramatic turn without doing much to advance the issues it's attempting to tackle. Talking about intentions...
'In the Heights' Director Jon M. Chu Wants Audiences to "Dream Bigger"
PUBLISHED Jun 7, 2021
"People kept saying, 'This is an on-the-street musical,'" says In the Heights director Jon M. Chu. "Why did they keep saying 'on the street...
'Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street' Is Pure Nostalgia
Directed by Marilyn Agrelo
PUBLISHED May 25, 2021
Certain images in Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street are sure to ping with anyone who was raised with Big Bird and friends.. For myse...
'In the Heights' Is a Worthy Culmination of Lin-Manuel Miranda's Vision
Directed by Jon M. Chu
PUBLISHED May 21, 2021
I'm not alone in wanting to speak up for 2010's Step Up 3D, but it might be strange to do so here, when director Jon M. Chu's career has ta...
CUFF Review: Ed Helms and Patti Harrison Defy Expectations in 'Together Together'
Directed by Nikole Beckwith
PUBLISHED Apr 26, 2021
Hollywood has trained audiences to expect a film's leads to end up together. That's part of what writer and director Nikole Beckwith has to...
