The Chicago International Film Festival—the longest-running competitive film fest in North America, mind you—just announced its full line-up for this year’s…
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In 2019, Matthew A. Cherry’s “Hair Love” became a milestone in Black animation excellence. The Kickstarter project that became an Academy…
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When the death of someone by brutal policing becomes a national issue, we don’t often get a sense of how…
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The best parts of Morgan Neville & Jeff Malmberg’s “The Saint of Second Chances” are like hearing stories from a…
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Matt writes: The Toronto International Film Festival just ended this past Sunday, and you can find our complete coverage of…
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Enter the church of “John Waters: Pope of Trash” at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles to…
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After making his name as one of the great directors of photography, but an opinionated and some might say difficult…
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There have already been so many powerful and illuminating nonfiction projects about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine (including “20 Days in Mariupol,”…
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“QUEER JOY! QUEER JOY! QUEER JOY!” That phrase is heard being shouted with vigor and excitement by the focal queer…
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My final dispatch from the exhausting but exhilarating Toronto features four film by a quartet of internationally acclaimed directors, including…
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