NYFF 2018: ‘Diamantino’ Beautifully Satirizes Ugly Politics from the Ethers
Diamantino's astounding surrealistic introduction soon unfolds into an ethereal genre-mashup.
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Tribeca 2018: ‘When She Runs’ Is a Breakthrough in Sports Cinema
When She Runs is a portrait of a typical suburban day which has built-in mechanisms to potentially slow Kristin down a few milliseconds -- more than enough time to end her Olympic dreams.
‘Ali: A Life’ Chronicles a Rhyming, Jabbing, Heroic Contradiction
In the first-ever unauthorized biography of Muhammad Ali, Jonathan Eig captures the icon's triumphant, tragic, and quintessentially American arc with exquisite detail and original analysis.
‘The Best American Sports Writing 2017’: The Power of the Pen in a Year of Unquiet Americans
"We sometimes project our problems onto sports," Louisa Thomas notes. "But sports can also be ... where we start to work them out."
‘I, Tonya’: Sympathy for a Tabloid Villain
This biopic about ice skater Tonya Harding is a slashing, kickass comedy about class warfare, media manipulation, and one of history’s stupidest criminal conspiracies.
The Moving Pixels Podcast Plays ‘Pyre’
This week, Nick and Eric discuss the religious fantasy basketball of Pyre.
Fufanu: Sports
The foreground of Fufanu's Sports lingers like a bad feeling, one that could have been more frightening by pulling closer more elements within the background.
Like Its Titular Character, ‘The Phenom’ Is an Uneven Film, But Holds Promise
The Phenom is at once remarkable for both its transfixing cinematography and Johnny Simmons's tightly coiled performance, but it's mired by its over reliance on exposition.
“Southpaw’s” Punches Are Too Predictable
Jake Gyllenhaal's performance is the only shining light in a film that relies too heavily on clichés.
The Freedom to Be: Frédéric Gros’s ‘Philosophy of Walking’
You may not find yourself in lockstep with Frédéric Gros, but you will be glad you made the journey with him.
In Defense of Totally Being Over the Winter Olympics
An institution once associated with athletic superiority and, of course, proud patriotism, has been deduced to yet another pawn in the ongoing game of international passive-aggression.
