Blithe Spirit
Mirthless rewrite of Coward's classic can't raise a smile, never mind a ghost
Jenny Nulf
1-30 of 73 entries
Movie Review, Feb. 19, 2021
Film About a Father Who
Documentarian Lynne Sachs comes to terms with her complicated father
Movie Review, Feb. 12, 2021
Atlantis
Ukrainian post-war drama finds a nation dealing with and healing from PTSD
Movie Review, Feb. 5, 2021
True Mothers
Japanese adoption drama gets tangled up in melodrama
Movie Review, Jan. 29, 2021
Finding Yingying
True-crime documentary centers on the life, not death, of Yingying Zhang
Movie Review, Jan. 1, 2021
The Dissident
Unfurling the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, and the rot at the heart of Saudi Arabia
Movie Review, Dec. 25, 2020
To the Ends of the Earth
Japanese travel story captures the isolation of culture shock, with fear and levity
Movie Review, Dec. 18, 2020
Jenny Nulf's Top 10 Films in 2020
"2020 didn't take away my love for cinema"
Screens, Dec. 17, 2020
Another Round
He that drinks fast pays slow in this boozy dark comedy
Movie Review, Dec. 11, 2020
New AFS Series More Than Simply Restores Wong Kar-wai's Work
The (almost) complete films of the Hong Kong filmmaker
Screens, Dec. 10, 2020
I’m Your Woman
Disappointing twist on the male-dominated crime drama lacks the strong female lead it needs
Movie Review, Dec. 11, 2020
The Croods: A New Age
Pointless prehistoric sequel hasn’t evolved at all
Movie Review, Nov. 27, 2020
Coded Bias
How computers are absorbing racial and gender bias ... and what we can do about it
Movie Review, Nov. 20, 2020
Ammonite
History takes second place in this paleontology biopic as passions are unearthed
Movie Review, Nov. 13, 2020
Kindred
Gaslighting horror adds racial tension to class dynamics
Movie Review, Nov. 6, 2020
Call Me Brother
Austin-made incest comedy is more Dogtooth than American Pie
Movie Review, Nov. 6, 2020
Bad Hair
Nothing natural about this Black hair riff on J-horror classic Hair Extensions
Movie Review, Oct. 23, 2020
Native Son
Robert Wright's 1951 depiction of American injustice finally restored
Movie Review, Oct. 9, 2020
Jiang Ziya
Epic Chinese animation mimics Marvel, but not for the best
Movie Review, Oct. 2, 2020
Still Life
Jia Zhangke’s 2006 masterpiece on a changing China finally reaches America
Movie Review, Sept. 25, 2020
Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story
The trailblazers fighting sexism and gravity in the film industry
Movie Review, Sept. 18, 2020
Vinyl Nation
Reports of death of physical media have been greatly exaggerated
Movie Review, Sept. 11, 2020
Mr. Soul!
Putting spotlight on the TV host who brought Black celebrities into white homes
Movie Review, Aug. 28, 2020
Questioning How We Embrace Mortality in She Dies Tomorrow
Director Amy Seimetz new film is death positive
Screens, July 30, 2020
Yourself and Yours
Korean master Hong Sang-soo's understated dissection of how men only see women as they want
Movie Review, June 26, 2020
SXSW Selection The Toll Keeps Rolling
As special screenings are added, we talk to the filmmakers
Screens, March 12, 2020
Swallow
Pregnancy horror reclaimed as a woman’s issue
Movie Review, March 13, 2020
Ending the Gender Divide Behind the Camera
Austin’s chapter of Women in Film and Television International is creating equity and opportunity
Screens, Feb. 20, 2020
The J-Pop Story Behind Takashi Miike's First Love
How the Japanese director never meant to become a genre master
Screens, Feb. 14, 2020
Dinner and a Movie With Crazy Rich Asians
New collaboration between Asian grocery chain and cineastes mixes food and film
