I don’t want to be the first guy to ruin Cookie Queens‘ perfect tomatometer score with an old-man diatribe. The documentary is a pleasant watch, and festivals with their fill of first-world guilt need a little positivity to keep my empathy reservoir from imploding.

But there is a push-pull going on in Cookie Queens between the crowd-pleasing, chee...

Just to be crystal clear, I believe E. Jean Carroll entirely in her claim that Donald J. Trump raped her in a department store dressing room. One might wish that two juries finding in her favor would settle that question, but, alas, we live in a world where it is easier to run for the presidency and ignore the rule of law than it is to be hold sexual predators accountable, ev...

There are few things we feel more nostalgia about or idealize quite as much as the movies of our youth.

I have been on a handful of movie sets, so I know that the reality of making a movie is often quite different from what the uninformed imagine it to be. There are long hours, repeated takes, and a lot of stress. There is, inevitably, a lot of waiting. Because the...

“When you hear someone speak, it’s less likely you’ll want to destroy them.”

The Full Frame Documentary Film Festival in Durham kicks off on Thursday, April 16. Local residents and attendees who want the opportunity to screen the Amy Goodman profile, Steal This Story, Please! need to mark their calendars, since the film drew was placed in the Thursday after...

Every time I review a new François Ozon film, I have to review my past notes to see if I have ever made this comparison out loud. His career and filmography makes me think of Steven Spielberg. One similarity is that like Spielberg in his prime, Ozon puts out new films fairly regularly. He is difficult to pigeon hole stylistically, though perhaps his films have certain themes ...