Completed in early 2021 and set the decade before, Elie Grappe’s confident first scripted feature, “Olga,” wasn’t meant to be about Russia’s continuing assault on Ukraine. It’s impossible today, however, to watch...
Read moreA bullied eighth grader learns to shine in this filmed version of the stage musical streaming on Disney+.
Read moreThe future becomes the now in “Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe,” the animated comedy directed by John Rice and Albert Calleros, and streaming on Paramount+. The year is 1998, and through...
Read moreImagine what a world without diabetes would look like. A vast reduction in pain, suffering, needless death. And, as a bonus, a significant drop in pharmaceutical ads, probably.The goal is far away,...
Read moreWhat if the primary sensory goal of cooking were to stimulate the ears? What if you experienced a movie through your nostrils and taste buds, or felt it in your gut? These...
Read moreMore touching than terrifying, Scott Derrickson’s “Black Phone” is less a horror movie than a coming-of-age ghost story. In place of gouting gore and surging fright, this enjoyable adaptation of Joe Hill’s...
Read moreAmnesia strikes individuals at random in this absurdist dramedy from Greece, which may be too deadpan for its own good.
Read moreFor many American teenagers, college is the great undiscovered country. But in the romantic comedy, “Love & Gelato,” Lina (Susanna Skaggs) has just lost her beloved mother to cancer. Before she matriculates...
Read moreThat the international stars Penélope Cruz and Antonio Banderas had never spent more than two minutes together on the big screen is a surprising truth.They had a brief cameo together in Pedro...
Read more‘Disappearance at Clifton Hill’ (2020)Stream it on Netflix and Hulu.The director Albert Shin lays on the dread from the opening frames of this atmospheric Canadian thriller; something’s wrong here, even if we...
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