The Boy and the Heron

Miyazaki's gorgeous but oddly obtuse return to animation

"...Miyazaki and his Studio Ghibli crew execute this breathless introduction with bravura, capturing the moment’s physical adrenaline and panicked..."

Dec. 8, 2023 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Blue Beetle

Latest DCEU flick can't cram the Chicane experience into superhero duds

"...School of the Americas. Blue Beetle works as an introduction to these issues while grounding a superhero fantasy in..."

Aug. 18, 2023 Movie Review by Alejandra Martinez

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

The heroes in a half shell evolve into their most stylish adventure yet

"...shows, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles remains a critical first introduction to martial arts and superheroes for many young film..."

Aug. 4, 2023 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Cobweb

There's something in the walls of this perfect summer nightmare

"...ending without ever sacrificing that unnerving quality. Even the introduction of Coleman as Miss Devine, the compassionate school teacher..."

July 21, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Lynch/Oz

Is David Lynch's whole career an homage to The Wizard of Oz?

"...by other essayists. Joining Nicholson, who really writes the introduction via the importance of a single noise in the..."

June 30, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Minnesota Mean

Latest Roller Derby doc sticks to the old playbook

"...women are often with their husbands. Right after our introduction to “Diamond Rough,” the interview immediately cuts to an..."

April 28, 2023 Movie Review by Joelle DiPaolo

How the Universe Sent Paul Newman to Ethan Hawke

The director discusses his HBO Max series and recent AFS screenings

"...said. He'd directed a documentary before, 2015's Seymour: An Introduction, but had no immediate desire to do another. At..."

March 30, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Scarlet Bond

High fantasy anime loses its magic with an airless script

"...have been better as a season. Maybe then the introduction of wandering handsome swordsman/ogre Hiiro (Uchida/Jonah Scott) might have..."

Jan. 20, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Black Adam

The Rock joins the DC Universe as the shadowy version of Superman

"...This absolute clunker of an introduction to the Egyptian antihero is basically a Frankensteined assemblage..."

Oct. 28, 2022 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

TÁR

Cate Blanchett proves herself a maestro in this furious and brilliant musical drama

"...silently mouths the words spoken by Gopnik in his introduction to Tár’s career. And an anonymous gift is left..."

Oct. 21, 2022 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Phantom of the Open

Mark Rylance raises this fantastical golfing biopic above par

"...Flitcroft’s introduction to the sport – the final minutes of the..."

June 24, 2022 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Charlotte

Calmly heartrending animated biography of artist Charlotte Salomon

"...Charlotte may be set in stone from the flash-forward introduction in which she hands off her work to a..."

May 13, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Sonic the Hedgehog 2

The supersonic hedgehog zips through a distracting two hours

"...legs here. Director Jeff Fowler returns to herald the introduction of Tails (O’Shaughnessey, who has been the video game..."

April 8, 2022 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

National Champions

Ric Roman Waugh places the NCAA on trial in this chilling sports drama

"...neuroses. LeMarcus’ best friend, Emmett Sunday (Ludwig), makes his introduction in the hotel room he shares with the future..."

Dec. 10, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Gastro Obscura Reveals a World of Food-based Weirdness

The culinaristas of Atlas Obscura debut a brilliant new book

"...Atlas Obscura’s Cecily Wong and Dylan Thuras, it’s your introduction to the most remarkable gastronomy humans have ever known...."

Oct. 12, 2021 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Capote Tapes

A literary life of oblivious self-destruction

"...from sultry Hollywood starlet pinups. It was an unapologetic introduction to a talented writer eager to cultivate his own..."

Sept. 24, 2021 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Austin Film Society’s Doc Days Returns

Third edition opens with Todd Haynes’ The Velvet Underground

"...the Hong Kong Legislative Council Complex. A special guest introduction precedes the screenings. Sunday, Oct. 17, 4:15pm Dirty Feathers..."

Sept. 14, 2021 Screens Post by Kat McNevins

Annette

Adam Driver and Marion Cotillard sing out loud in this highbrow musical

"...that, he leans hard into the artifice with an introduction by his collaborators, pop experimenters Sparks, that reinforces that..."

Aug. 6, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Endangered Species

Make a donation to a conservation charity instead

"...scumbag gets the comeuppance you'll see coming from his introduction. Honestly, considering that Endangered Species is intended to raise..."

May 28, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Killing of Two Lovers

Traumatizing tale of a collapsing marriage is a taut masterpiece

"...the explosive violence that might occur in this unsettling introduction?..."

May 14, 2021 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Undergods

Post-Apocalyptic-ish portmanteau shows future shocks, future promise

"...course there’s the film’s welcome to the viewer: an introduction to the less-pleasant-looking – and probably smelling – K..."

May 7, 2021 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

My Darling Supermarket

Brazilian documentary is marginally less fun than grocery shopping

"...its intentions with a title that reads like an introduction to a love letter, Brazilian filmmaker Tali Yankelevich’s documentary..."

March 12, 2021 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Shadow in the Cloud

WWII creature feature is a Frankenstein’s mess

"...cinematic roots of the gremlin with its own cartoon introduction, a knowing nod that doesn’t really fit with the..."

Jan. 1, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Monster Hunter

The beast-slaying game gets the Paul W.S. Anderson treatment

"...it's no surprise that Anderson paces himself in this introduction to the world of Lore, and its never-ending supply..."

Dec. 18, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Martin Eden

Bafflingly relocated Italian adaptation of Jack London's novel skates by on charm and cheekbones

"...a life on the sea. But upon a fateful introduction to the delicately bourgeois Elena Orsini (Cressy), a well-to-do..."

Oct. 16, 2020 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Wolf of Snow Hollow

Unconventional werewolf story turns the beast on its head

"...“My name’s John, and I’m an alcoholic,” is our introduction to John Marshall, a sheriff’s deputy in the small..."

Oct. 9, 2020 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Jazz on a Summer's Day

The groundbreaking concert movie gains new meaning in this stunning restoration

"...a glimpse of Thelonius Monk (with a lengthy explanatory introduction by compere Willis Conover), and nothing by Dave Brubeck..."

Aug. 14, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

You Never Had It: An Evening With Charles Bukowski

Lost tapes of a drunken night with the dissolute apostle

"...camera crew. Bizio, as she explains in a brief introduction, had a track record of wrangling the poet, and..."

Aug. 7, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The King of Staten Island

Pete Davidson grows up a bit in this semi-autobiographical dramedy

"...dating again. Who does she pick? A fireman. Their introduction isn't exactly a meet-cute, but Ray (Burr) is a..."

June 12, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Vast of Night

Jaw-dropping reinvention of the UFO scare genre is audacious and brilliant

"...After all, can there be a more elegant introduction to a Fifties tale of interstellar incursion than setting..."

May 29, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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