‘Laurel or Hardy’ Offers Another Fine Mess of Short Comedies
When skinny British music-hall comedian Stanley Laurel met portly American film comic Oliver Hardy, the result was cinema’s most enduring and beloved comedy duo.
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James Whale’s Film, ‘The Kiss Before the Mirror’, Is an Elegant Pre-Code Treat
James Whale’s pre-Code The Kiss Before the Mirror subverts the assumption of women as deceitful property
Frank Stallone Is Far from Over
Songwriter Frank Stallone has always had one little problem — or a little problem in a big, muscular, multi-million dollar frame: Sylvester.
1928 Documentary ‘Travels in the Congo’ Reveals Allégret and Gide’s Colonial Sentiments
1928 documentary ‘Travels in the Congo’ overlooks colonialist crimes.
‘French Exit’ Resembles a Trans-Atlantic ‘Arrested Development’’
In deadpan funny ‘French Exit’ Michelle Pfeiffer and Lucas Hedges play a mother and son stubbornly resistant to the real world.
‘Coming 2 America’? Sure, Why Not?
Eddie Murphy and Arsenio Hall’s unasked-for sequel, ‘Coming 2 America’, clears its very low bar and reminds that Wesley Snipes is a damn movie star.
Sean Baker’s ‘Khaite’ Makes Punk Classy
Sean Baker’s short film, ‘Khaite’, mixes high fashion with hard crime New York city style.
Marcell Jankovics’ Animated ‘Son of the White Mare’ Goes Behind the Beyond
Beautifully restored Hungarian animation film, Son of the White Mare, is enchanting.
‘The United States vs. Billie Holiday’ Makes Tragedy Tawdry
Lee Daniels’ melodramatic mess, ‘The United States vs. Billie Holiday’, squanders every chance to turn Holiday from a victim into a person.
‘Finding Yingying’ Raises the Bar on True Crime Films
First-time director Jiayan "Jenny" Shi highlights the reverberating effects of trauma with breathtaking tact in Finding Yingying.
Sundance 2021: Poonpiriya’s ‘One for the Road’ Explores Brotherhood
Baz Poonpiriya's broken misfits in One for the Road are raw products of loneliness.