Tag: Criticism

‘Wild Horse Nine’ Review: Martin McDonagh’s Prickly but Unconvincing CIA Satire Recasts ‘In Bruges’ as the Stuff of a Classic Western

Film, Theater & Performance
Another melancholically splenetic Martin McDonagh jag about a banter-mad pair of murderers who go on a boys trip to...

‘The Greatest’ Review: Amazon’s Handsome Muhammed Ali Biopic Connects in Spite of Itself

Film, Theater & Performance
In 1977, just a year after “Rocky” reinvigorated the sport of boxing from the big screen, Columbia Pictures released...

‘Okinawa Saudade’ Review: A Moving Documentary About the Okinawan-Brazilian Community Explores the History of Displacement

Film, Theater & Performance
The Kasato Maru ferried 325 Okinawans to Brazil in 1908, making it the first immigrant ship from Japan to...

‘Mouse’ Review: ‘Saint Frances’ and ‘Ghostlight’ Filmmakers Bring Their Singular Humanity to a Coming-of-Age Tale

Film, Theater & Performance
For the final 20 or so minutes of an early screening of Kelly O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson‘s Berlin-bound “Mouse”...

‘I Play Rocky’ Review: Sylvester Stallone’s Wild Hollywood Underdog Story Gets a Punchy Crowdpleaser

Film, Theater & Performance
You’re going to see the hits coming with this one. When Anthony Ippolito first utters the title of Peter...

‘Earthlings in Love’ Review: A Sentimental Sci-fi Journey Makes the Leap from TikTok to the Tokyo International Film Festival

Film, Theater & Performance
It’s a queasy proposition for cinephiles: Take a TikTok series, retrofit it into a feature film, and premiere it...