Dating & New York

When “friends with benefits” goes wrong for the smartphone generation

"...conflict, then blissful reconciliation – to its unconventional no-strings friendship. One of the film’s highlights is a cleverly edited..."

Sept. 10, 2021 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Marvel's master of kung fu makes a convoluted cosmic splash

"...Katy (Awkwafina), in a charming "big brother/little sister" platonic friendship. She just thinks that he's her goofy friend from..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Writers on Chronicle Music Editor Raoul Hernandez as He Leaves His Post

The retiring editor left deep imprints on all who wrote for him

"...Most of all, thank you for years of friendship outside of the paper – a friendship I've no..."

July 23, 2021 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

A Bigger View With Blindspotting

How Rafael Casal and Daveed Diggs on making the small screen bigger

"...was the culmination of years of writing, development, and friendship between Daveed Diggs and Casel as Collin and Miles,..."

July 17, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Summertime

L.A. poetry slam never quite makes a full movie

"...so great was its deconstruction of race within a friendship. There was always an anchor to sink your emotions..."

July 16, 2021 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

The Stranger by the Shore

A heartfelt queer first romance in this gorgeous anime

"...Shun’s initial compassion for Mio quickly develops into a friendship followed by something deeper, an attraction that doesn’t shock..."

July 9, 2021 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Siberia

Dafoe and Ferrara head to the frozen north

"...and Dafoe go? After six collaborations, decades of close friendship, and the impish Tommaso (in which Dafoe played a..."

June 25, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Luca

Pixar's lull continues with a shallow fish-out-of-water tale

"...the usual life lessons about being brave and valuing friendship. Interestingly, the locals are obsessed with murdering sea monsters..."

June 18, 2021 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Drunk Bus

Unlikely friends comedy makes all the right turns

"...experiences as a college bus driver and his college friendship with the real Tangaroa for the story) doesn't veer..."

May 21, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Riders of Justice

Mads Mikkelsen is out for revenge in this sweet, strange Danish tragicomedy

"...unlikely team. Their … well, to describe it as “friendship” is definitely pushing the point, but the bond that..."

May 21, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Together Together

Surrogacy comedy defies the rom-com conventions

"...Watching Matt and Anna discover the parameters of their friendship, and the impact they have on each other’s lives,..."

April 23, 2021 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

2021 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Animation

The also-rans are as good as this year's animated nominees

"...illustrator Axel Scheffler's award-winning children's book about an unlikely friendship would not be included. Snuggle with your small ones..."

April 2, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

City of Lies

Time does no favors to this delayed investigation into Biggie’s murder

"...unwisely also plays Poole in flashbacks) forms an uneasy friendship with Jack Jackson (Whitaker), a journalist working on an..."

March 26, 2021 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar

Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo find a few laughs as vacationing friends

"...moving forward with his plans to destroy the community, friendship – and mosquitos – will be put to the..."

Feb. 19, 2021 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Land

Robin Wright heads to the country for her directorial debut

"...Tentatively, oh so tentatively, Edee and Miguel form a friendship, for Miguel also carries sorrow in his heart. A..."

Feb. 12, 2021 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Living With Dying in Our Friend

Gabriela Cowperthwaite on her film's responsibility to the truth

"...Dakota Johnson as Nicole, it looks at how their friendships evolved to the point where Dane coming to stay..."

Jan. 20, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Don't Tell a Soul

Rainn Wilson proves his darker skills in this drama of inherited sin and trauma

"...It's reminiscent of the portrait of a corrupt male friendship in Super Dark Times, but with the added pressures..."

Jan. 15, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Festival Films of 2020 You Haven't Seen Yet

The best of the fests from Austin and beyond

"...The real-life friendship of filmmakers David Charbonier and Justin Powell pours out..."

Jan. 1, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Luv Doc: The Wrong Message

Why your conscience is nagging you

"...even anger, and that's no way to run a friendship, is it?..."

Dec. 11, 2020 Column by The Luv Doc

How a Local Drummer Inspired Riz Ahmed’s Character in Sound of Metal

Revisiting Fuckemos drummer Sean Powell's Austin dives and Hollywood highs

"...punk drummer experience. A formative moment in that creative friendship occurred when Ahmed, Marder, and the director's brother, composer..."

Nov. 20, 2020 Screens Feature by Kevin Curtin

Wolfwalkers

Gorgeous Irish animation speaks to the power of finding your pack

"...story); it's also a heartwarming story of family and friendship, a family-friendly examination of the horror of repression, a..."

Nov. 13, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Madre

Spanish drama explore the devastating mysteries of loss

"...shows up at her restaurant. The two develop a friendship, one that at first bemuses Jean’s parents (the epitome..."

Oct. 30, 2020 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

AFI Review: The Boy Behind the Door

Child abduction horror leaves the kids fending for themselves

"...At heart, it's an incredibly simple story of friendship, and how you will do anything for your best..."

Oct. 21, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Planters

Quirky road trip comedy bears delightfully idiosyncratic fruit

"...with a motorcycle helmet chained to her head. A friendship takes root...."

Oct. 16, 2020 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Vinyl Nation

Reports of death of physical media have been greatly exaggerated

"...It’s a family affair, it’s community building, and it’s friendship strengthening. It creates a space for people to share..."

Sept. 11, 2020 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf

You Never Had It: An Evening With Charles Bukowski

Lost tapes of a drunken night with the dissolute apostle

"...even that, a character sketch. The ease of Bukowski's friendship with Bizio cuts through all the expository noise, so..."

Aug. 7, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Beats

Scottish rave-culture story gets the details right but loses sight of the big picture

"...and Macdonald sketch out the intricacies of adolescent male friendship of the kind that goes back to childhood. They..."

June 26, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Painter and the Thief

Intriguing tale of crime and redemption

"...because they were beautiful, and they begin an awkward friendship, often defined by him becoming her subject...."

May 22, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Bull

Annie Silverstein's gritty observation of life in rurban America

"...a rural Texas coastal community languidly recounts the unlikely friendship between an aimless 14-year-old girl (Havard) and a much..."

April 17, 2020 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Straight Up

Unconventional romcom tackles the emotional challenges of the sexuality spectrum

"...same themes of the limits of a close, platonic friendship that crosses the lines into romance...."

April 17, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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