A Moving, Gentle Drama About Healing In The Wake Of Tragedy
School shootings continue to happen. It’s tragic, heartbreaking, and it often feels rather hopeless watching as things unfold, and the cycle of violence repeats. Far from being a film that capitalizes on the shock value of such a devastating event,…
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Letitia Wright & Michael K. Williams Carry Western Thriller
From the moment the cinematic titan that was Michael K. Williams comes onto the screen in the perpetually grim yet frequently gorgeous revisionist Western that is Surrounded, it is as if the whole world fades away for us to get…
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Elemental Reviews Film Threat
NOW IN THEATERS! Pixar is back with its first original story to hit theaters in a long time. Director Peter Sohn and writers John Hoberg, Kat Likkel, and Brenda Hsueh’s Elemental wonders if the flames of love’s passion can exist between water…
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Tracee Ellis Ross & Bel Powley Stun In Frustrating Media Thriller
Director and screenwriter Roxine Helberg premiered her feature debut, Cold Copy, at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival. Tracee Ellis Ross stars as Diane Heger, the cutthroat news reporter with an impressive track record of getting the truth from public figures.…
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Trinket Box Featured, Reviews Film Threat
NOW ON TUBI! Prepare for a throat full of screams with the ultra-scary indie horror Trinket Box, directed by Patrycja Kepa and Acoryé White and written by them and Felipe Cisneros. It opens in present day, with a mysterious figure…
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Moriarty & Courtney Elevate A Thoroughly Fascinating Drama
Being stuck in a hopeless situation, and a location that has no other human in sight for miles, can make someone desperate enough to take extreme action. Catching Dust, written and directed by Stuart Gatt, hinges on this premise. While…
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FX’s Gripping, Heartfelt Series Courses Out Its Smart Drama In Tasty Second Season
The war in the kitchen is over, for now. Season 2 of FX’s “The Bear” is not about head chef Carmy (Jeremy Allen White), his co-owner cousin Richie (Eben Moss-Bachrach), and sous chef Sydney (by long-reigning series MVP Ayo Edibiri)…
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Daddy Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Written and directed by Neal Kelley and Jono Sherman, Daddy is set slightly in the future. Society now has strict laws governing who and who cannot become a parent. After an initial screening, candidates are placed in a government program/retreat to prove…
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The Problem of the Hero Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Historical fiction is a delightful genre to me. To take a slice of history and breathe context into it through fictional prose is a remarkable endeavor. Thus, I come today to review director Shaun Dozier and writers James A. Hodge…
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Ariana DeBose Leads A Suspenseful But Thin Sci-Fi Thriller
When it comes to small space settings in film, developing an engrossing story takes a bit more effort. Other Tribeca offerings, like You’ll Never Find Me, do this remarkably well. I.S.S. is certainly committed to its premise and excels at…
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Seire Featured, Reviews Film Threat
Writer-director Kang Park makes his feature-length debut with the South Korean horror film Seire. The movie revolves around the superstitious belief of saam-chil-il, which means that for 21 days after the birth of a baby, the parents and their home must…
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Lily Rabe & Hamish Linklater Direct Messy Adaptation
Adapting Downtown Owl, the novel by Chuck Klosterman, co-directors Lily Rabe and Hamish Linklater, who also wrote the screenplay, deliver a messy, aimless film. It has moments of intrigue that are quickly extinguished by the film’s attempts at doing too…
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