Tag: Fred Hechinger
A Long Winter | 2026 London BFI Film Festival Review
A Gentle Thaw: Haigh’s Measured Drama is Glacial but Rewarding
A distinctly snowy spin on a coming-of-age yarn, Andrew Haigh’s A Long Winter uses a...
Nickel Boys | Review
No Country for Black Men: Ross Reforms the Cinema with Distinctive Adaptation
In many ways, Nickel Boys, the narrative debut from director RaMell Ross,...
Kraven the Hunter | Review
Snack Attack: Kraven The Hunter Is More Empty Calorie Superhero Slop
The existential fear among creatives is that one day, artificial intelligence will become so...
Gladiator II | Review
Eternity and a Day: Scott Rehashes the Dying Embers of an Empire
“The movie doesn’t have to be great; it can be stupid and empty...
2024 NYFF: RaMell Ross’ “Nickel Boys” Selected as Opening Night Film…Heading to Telluride/Venice?
London BFI have Steve McQueen's Blitz and San Sebastian Film Festival tied up Audrey Diwan's Emmanuelle, we now have the NYFF folks pitching their...
Thelma | Review
Grandma Scamma: Margolin Steals a Win with Squibb
Although there’s a prodigious sub-genre of kooky comedies featuring elderly resilient women (though more often in European...
2024 Sundance: A Different Man, The Outrun, Winner & Sasquatch Sunset Among Premieres
Sundance Film Festival's Premiere section (a mix of fiction and docs) will have some biggie titles to contend with the likes of Aaron Schimberg's...
2024 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Kyle Mooney’s Y2K
With so many A24 items looking for 2024 positioning, we wouldn't be surprised if Kyle Mooney's feature debut waits for the next train to...
2024 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: RaMell Ross’ The Nickel Boys
Definitely the type of film that could end up jockeying for a position at a fall film festival later in the year instead, RaMell...
The Pale Blue Eye | Review
Poe Boy: Cooper Fails to Find the Exquisite Beauty in Eerie, Dreary Period Mystery
You’ll certainly be reduced to the mindset of the weak and...
Who you Gonna Call? Finn Wolfhard & Billy Bryk to Co-Direct “Hell of a Summer”
After acting in Jesse Eisenberg's directorial debut (When You Finish Saving the World), Finn Wolfhard and Billy Bryk will do the some of the...
The Woman in the Window [Video Review]
Dial V for Voyeur: Wright Waxes Hitchcockian in Enjoyable Neo Noir
“Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery,” said Oscar Wilde, “that mediocrity can pay...
News of the World [Video Review]
Hermes’ Hermits: Greengrass Finds Humanity in the Crevices of Revisionist Western
Home is where the hope is, rather than the heart, and there’s nary much...
Human Capital (2020) | Review
It’s Easier for a Camel…: Meyers and Moverman Craft Serviceable, Familiar Remake
Although it pulls no punches in its re-working of Paolo Virzi’s 2013 title...
Eighth Grade | Review
Grade A Time Capsule: Bo Burnham’s Offers Torturous Last Week of Middle School.
Eighth Grade is literally eighth grade in hyphenate-comedian Bo Burnham’s resonant directorial...
