Boxing films tend to follow a certain formula. That’s just inherent in the genre. They’re sports dramas where the fight out of the ring tends to be as important, or even more important, than the one inside of the ring. Bang Bang doesn’t upend that, to be sure, but it does manage to utilize the […] More
Tudor England is a fertile ground for cinema, though it’s a period that I don’t think films often make particularly compelling. When a movie set there lands, it really lands, but too often they wind up being a bit on the boring side. Firebrand unfortunately falls into that trap, though the two performances at its […] More
When a comedy runs out of gas, you feel it more so than any other genre. There’s just something about when the laughs die down and the thinness (oftentimes) of the plot comes to the forefront that makes me sad. It’s a sadness born out of enjoying the film while it was firing on all […] More
I wasn’t planning to review or even watch All That We Love when I first came across its Tribeca Festival synopsis. “Following the death of the family dog” is an excellent way to get a hard pass from yours truly. However, playing a hunch that it wouldn’t be exploitative or try for check tears, I […] More
Therapy is a safe space. So, most people aren’t sharing what they discuss in a session with the world. However, in doing just that with comedians in Group Therapy, the documentary has a very keen hook. Playing at the 2024 Tribeca Festival, the film looks at what makes comics tick in a unique manner. Namely, […] More
Tribeca Festival time! Yes, today the 2024 incarnation of Tribeca gets underway for press like yours truly, with both in person and virtual screenings (plus, as always, perhaps some things I may have links for). The festival always has interesting movies contained within, taking advantage of playing at a unique point in the cinematic calendar. […] More
Earlier today, the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival unveiled its feature film selections. The opening night title will be the Hulu documentary Diane von Furstenberg: Woman in Charge. Among the world premieres will be movies that feature Jenna Ortega, Lily Gladstone, Michael Cera, Maya Erskine, Kristen Stewart, Demi Moore, Rob Lowe, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Mike Birbiglia, […] More
David Duchovny‘s Tribeca effort Bucky F*cking Dent is a riot. In fact, it was one of my favorite movies at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival (as seen here), mixing comedy and drama in a wonderfully deft manner. Duchovny writes, directs, and co-stars, but he didn’t do it alone. Behind the camera, cinematographer Jeff Powers was […] More
For Monica Sorelle, her aptly-named debut feature Mountains was a labor of love, requiring a community to rise to the challenge. And that community is a major focus of this realist drama, which centers the family of a demolition worker who is forced to confront the ongoing gentrification of his Little Haiti neighborhood and the […] More
Folks, the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival is now in the books! The past handful of years, Tribeca was a very different fest than normal, though the prior two years (as well as, to an extent, this year) it was a hybrid type of situation, mixing in person and virtual events. Give or take some small […] More
Welcome back to the Awards Radar Podcast. In each episode, Editor Joey Magidson (that’s me!) will be joined by some of the staff of Awards Radar to talk about the latest in film, television, and entertainment in general. The show will obviously have an awards season slant to it, but we won’t forget about other […] More
A good high concept for a genre flick can go a long way. Now, in some cases, it can actually be a double-edged sword, especially when the execution of said concept is only middling. I.S.S., one of the more genre-specific selections at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival, has better execution than that. However, the concept […] More
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