Spike Lee's 'BlacKkKlansman' Is a Provocative, Entertaining Mess
The new Spike Lee Joint is irreverent and challenging, but it fails to rival contemporary social powerhouses like Sorry to Bother You and Blindspotting.
08 Aug 2018
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Social Media and Identity Formation in Bo Burnham’s Film, 'Eighth Grade'
Rather than moralize, critique, or make grandiose statements about "digital natives", writer-director-wunderkind Bo Burnham brilliantly visualizes what it means to live in a world in which social media is omnipresent.
07 Aug 2018
Will Sharpe's 'Flowers' Puts a Pretty Funny Spin on the Unfunny Subject of Mental Illness
Most attempts to address mental illness through the lens of comedy fail miserably. Flowers, however, does not.
01 Aug 2018
Sympathy Over God-like Judgement: Interview with 'Flower' Director Max Winkler
Winkler discusses the morally dubious world of Flower, wherein audiences can explore darker shades of themselves -- and darker aspects of their sympathy.
27 Jul 2018
'Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again' Is All Party, Not Much Hangover
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again offers a silly, sad, apolitical and ultimately joyful look at love, loss, and embracing the future.
23 Jul 2018
Act It Out: Interview with Boots Riley of 'Sorry to Bother You'
Kill the clichés. Rebel artfully. Writer-director-musician Boots Riley talks with Cynthia Fuchs about empowering the power of Art.
23 Jul 2018
Fantasia 2018: 'The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot'
We got our ticket to see a zany free-for-all of monster hunting and fascist assassinating. Set aside your expectations aside, however, for a pleasant surprise.
21 Jul 2018
'Eighth Grade' and the Act of Disappearing in Plain Sight, Online
Bo Burnham's big-hearted, emotional tidal wave of a movie shows how the look-at-me / leave-me-alone contradictions of adolescence, powered by social media, are cranked up to 11.
20 Jul 2018
Why There Should Never, Ever Be a Sequel to 'The Truman Show'
Why won't fans let Jim Carrey's Truman be free?
19 Jul 2018
Can Yiddish Humor Topple the Tower of Babel?
Devorah Baum's The Jewish Joke reminds us of a distinct commonality.
13 Jul 2018
'Sorry to Bother You' Is As Eye-Opening As It Is Bizarre
Boots Riley announces himself a filmmaker to watch with an explosive racial satire that's as unforgettable as they come.
12 Jul 2018
The Chemistry of Cluelessness in Michael Schur's Sitcoms
Stupid people have a home in Michael Schur's smart comedies.
12 Jul 2018
A Cappella Punk: What's Happening to Alternative Comedy in the US?
The DIY strategies and indie allegiances of recent alternative comedians reveal the spirit of punk to be alive and kicking beyond the music world.
26 Jun 2018
Alex March's Dubious 'Mastermind'
What amazes me about Charlie Chan-spoof Mastermind isn't that such a thing exists but that such a thing exists without my having heard of it.
18 Jun 2018
'Izzy Gets the F*ck Across Town' Is a Manic Hipster Odyssey
Mackenzie Davis plays a flailing musician so desperate to stop the wedding of her ex-boyfriend and best friend that she can't see her life collapsing around her.
15 Jun 2018
'Tag' Is Not It
Jeff Tomsic's Tag is a missed opportunity to show that not all masculinity is toxic, even if it refuses to leave the playground.
15 Jun 2018
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