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Captain America: Civil War
In large part, what made Joe and Andrew Russo’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier such a successful and somewhat transcendent superhero movie was that its going concern wasn’t a global or even galactic catastrophe, but a personal one. The...
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Sonita (Hot Docs Review)
'Sonita' follows the beats of a traditional success story, but its director's self-interests threaten to overpower the entire film.
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NUTS! (Hot Docs Review)
Penny Lane's documentary 'NUTS!' is deceitful for all the wrong reasons.
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Cheer Up (Hot Docs Review)
This sluggish documentary about Finnish cheerleaders suffers from a flat presentation.
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Wizard Mode (Hot Docs Review)
A pinball wizard tries to overcome personal hurdles in this one-sided documentary.
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Movies to Stream This Weekend – April 29
If you're looking for something to stream this weekend, in particular four very different documentaries, check out this week's streaming recommendations.
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Hotel Dallas (Hot Docs Review)
Fantasy and reality blur on multiple levels in this uneven arthouse film posing as a documentary.
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Off the Rails (Hot Docs Review)
A serial impersonator of subway workers is documented in this compelling portrait of institutional neglect.
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League of Exotique Dancers (Hot Docs Review)
There's a story to be told about the golden age of burlesque. This film isn't that story.
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Tickled (Hot Docs Review)
One reporter's curiosity about a strange internet video leads to a series of unbelievable discoveries in this engrossing documentary.
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My Blind Brother (Tribeca Review)
'My Blind Brother' is mostly amusing and its performances are strong, however, the tone remains unwavering until the film’s ending: lightly comedic, but unrelentingly self-serious.
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Obit (Hot Docs Review)
History, journalism, and storytelling converge in a marvelous doc that heralds the most unappreciated section of the newspaper.
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Revisiting Coen Brothers & Sam Raimi’s Flop ‘Crimewave’ 30 Years Later
30 years ago Crimewave made its disastrous bow at the box office. Has the past three decades been any kinder to Raimi's slapstick stinker featuring a script by the Coen Brothers?
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3rd Street Blackout
A lo-fi romantic comedy with a New York sense of humor and a tremendous supporting cast.
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