Reviews of independent cinema
NOVEMBER 27, 2020 Thirteen years after his most recent film, 2007’s “Towelhead,” Alan Ball returns to feature filmmaking with “Uncle Frank,” a comedy/drama which, like most of his work,…
NOVEMBER 3, 2020 Please allow me to whine for a moment. Last winter, when “David Byrne’s American Utopia” was selling out on Broadway at the Hudson Theater, I vowed…
OCTOBER 29, 2020 Photo: Joan Marcus You can’t say that director Marielle Heller shies away from a challenge. After her acclaimed directing debut, 2015’s “Diary of a Teenage Girl,”…
OCTOBER 17, 2020 Even though the the cupboard has been pretty bare for those movie theaters that are currently open, it’s still a hot weekend for movies as film…
OCTOBER 1, 2020 One of the great ad lines from the 1970s was the poster for William Friedkin’s film version of the landmark play which proudly touted that “‘The…
SEPTEMBER 23, 2020 It’s all about the power of the image. Filmmaker Dawn Porter, who has already produced the year’s best political documentary with “John Lewis: Good Trouble,” has…
SEPTEMBER 3, 2020 I never thought that I would be reviewing a movie called “An American Pickle,” but here we are. What’s even more surprising is that the film,…
AUGUST 28, 2020 Despite the documentary’s provocative title, “You Cannot Kill David Arquette” is a surprisingly sympathetic documentary focusing on how the actor is managing his eclectic career. Primarily…
AUGUST 12, 2020 Start with a political outsider running as a presidential candidate on a platform of draconian policies used against the poor and minorities; then hire an attractive…
JULY 20, 2020 John Lewis, who died on Friday at the age of 80, was a real-life American hero. I don’t use a word like that lightly, but Lewis…
