‘Shirley,’ or: Why Men Should Be Afraid
Josephine Decker’s gorgeous new film Shirley opens with Rose (Odessa Young) reading Shirley Jackson’s short story “The Lottery” on a train to Bennington, Vermont. As the story concludes, a
The Time To Do Better Is Now
In 2016, not long before Trump’s election, film criticism had a proto-MeToo
June 9, 2020
Damestruck: Olivia (1951)
To hear many male critics tell it, lesbians were invented sometime in the
June 4, 2020
Women Strike Back for the Unjustly Imprisoned in ‘The Third Strike’
When you imprison a person, you’re imprisoning more than just that person.
May 8, 2020
‘Harley’ Tells the Uncomfortable Story of an Underdog We Can’t Root For (Tribeca 2020)
The tales of somewhat deluded real-life antiheroes have always been
April 28, 2020
Women Rule the Bronx in ‘La Madrina: The [Savage] Life of Lorine Padilla’ (Tribeca 2020)
In the 1970s, the Bronx faced mass unemployment, poverty, grasping
April 23, 2020
The Medium is the Message in ‘Banksy Most Wanted’ (Tribeca 2020)
Every year, Tribeca has at least one documentary covering street art.
April 22, 2020