Robert Abele
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Shatara Michelle Ford, the indie filmmaker of 2019’s rousingly received ‘Test Pattern,’ pushes into adventurous territory with a new drama about possibilities.
Casper Kelly, the delightfully skewed sensibility behind Adult Swim’s ‘Too Many Cooks,’ makes a first theatrical feature that feels like a broken time loop.
A docu-fictional hybrid peopled with real-life users in recovery, Adam Meeks’ drama has a bone-deep authenticity and honesty to it that can’t be faked.
The filmmaker of ‘Hostel’ and ‘Thanksgiving’ serves up evil kids and an FX-heavy showcase with all the sprinkles but none of the smarts of ‘Weapons.’
Was a second sequel necessary? Wrong question, bro. Broken Lizard’s longest-running franchise delivers the mediocrity its fans are expecting, even enjoy.
The director became emblematic of two of J-horror’s most haunting achievements, ‘Cure’ and ‘Pulse.’ ‘The Samurai and the Prisoner’ is a turn toward complexity.
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A California arts activist’s story comes to life in ‘American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez’
Luis Valdez, the screenwriter, director and theater force best known for 1987’s ‘La Bamba’ gets an explosively engaging and inspiring documentary profile.
Hayley Kiyoko broke out in 2015 with a popular single, one that inspired her book and now a pro-queer movie graced by committed performances.
A Sundance breakout of special significance, filmmaker Adrian Chiarella’s disquieting supernatural thriller brings fresh sensitivity to a tale of possession.
Filmmaker Sara Dosa (‘Fire of Love’) continues to mine human intimacy from natural backdrops, settings to which we are more connected than we realize.