A mostly quiet tale, carried by the human performances and minimalist plot
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White Lie (2019 – dir. Yonah Lewis & Calvin Thomas): Philadelphia Film Festival review
Ever meet one of those people who, no matter what the situation, cannot help but lie about even the tiniest things?
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Borat Subsequent Moviefilm is hilarious to the point of incapacitation.
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Carrie Coon torches the screen contemporary version of a costume drama
View More THE NEST (dir. Sean Durkin): Film reviewI’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS (dir. Charlie Kaufman): Film review
Maybe my love for this movie is mostly because it’s a rock-and-roll act of writing
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The scariest thing I can think of, outside of a talking octopus that walks on land, is mental decline
View More RELIC (dir. Natalie Erika James): Film review7500 (dir. Patrick Vollrath): Film review
Taking place entirely within the cockpit of a hijacked commercial airliner, this minimalist performance piece benefits greatly from a high-level of sustained tension.
View More 7500 (dir. Patrick Vollrath): Film reviewBABYTEETH (dir. Shannon Murphy): Film review
An A-rate tale of flawed, kindhearted humans doing their best to be as good as they possibly can.
View More BABYTEETH (dir. Shannon Murphy): Film reviewSHRED AMERICA (dir. Arthur Swidzinski): Film review
Back in the summer of 2008, a group of skaters decided to go on an adventure.
View More SHRED AMERICA (dir. Arthur Swidzinski): Film reviewTHE KING OF STATEN ISLAND (dir. Judd Apatow): Film review
A moving tale of a delayed coming of age
View More THE KING OF STATEN ISLAND (dir. Judd Apatow): Film reviewTHE TRIP TO GREECE (dir. Michael Winterbottom): Film review
While not an unwelcome addition to a now decade-long odyssey of travelers Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan, this final entry feels a bit flatter than its predecessors; a bit perfunctory.
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It works so hard to invoke so many influences that it dilutes itself from being as memorable or as effective as it so clearly wants to be.
View More THE WRETCHED (dir. Brett Pierce, Drew T. Pierce): Film reviewTHE SOUND OF THE WIND (dir. Jared Douglas): Film review
A gritty, realistic perspective on mental illness
View More THE SOUND OF THE WIND (dir. Jared Douglas): Film reviewBALLOON (dir. Michael Herbig): Film review
The real life story of two East German families attempt to escape to West Germany via a homemade hot-air balloon.
View More BALLOON (dir. Michael Herbig): Film reviewTHE HUNT (dir. Craig Zobel): Film review
Above all dumb political concerns, this is a “humans being hunted” movie, and it’s a pretty good one.
View More THE HUNT (dir. Craig Zobel): Film reviewPOPCORN FALLS (Walnut Street): Ups and downs and non-stop surprises
Another take on POPCORN FALLS
View More POPCORN FALLS (Walnut Street): Ups and downs and non-stop surprisesLA BAYADERE (PA Ballet): Overcoming criticism
The performance on opening night proved that Pennsylvania Ballet is now one of the top ballet companies in the world.
View More LA BAYADERE (PA Ballet): Overcoming criticismKEELY AND DU (Allens Lane): 60-second review
An unexpected friendship
View More KEELY AND DU (Allens Lane): 60-second reviewPOPCORN FALLS (Walnut Street): A disservice to small towns and comedy
Popcorn Falls is not the town it used to be! The historic waterfall (with some fictional connection to George Washington) has been dammed up. Tourists…
View More POPCORN FALLS (Walnut Street): A disservice to small towns and comedyTURN (Kimmel Center) 60-second review
For those that were worried that Turn, a musical exploration of being a black woman in America through the lens of Shakespeare’s Othello, might be…
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