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Review: ‘We Live in Time’ Is Greater Than the Sum of Its Flawed Parts
Chad ByrnesOctober 11, 2024
John Crowley’s We Live in Time is far from perfect, but you can’t say it doesn’t wear its heart on its sleeve. An unabashedly sentimental tearjerker that fe...
Review: ‘Megalopolis’ Is a Terrible Place to Visit, But We Sort Of Live There
Chad ByrnesSeptember 26, 2024
At this point, you’ve probably heard about Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis, the passion project the Oscar-winning director of The Godfather trilogy, The Conv...
Richard Lange’s New Novel Gives the Losers Some Love
Chad ByrnesSeptember 9, 2024
It’s a sweltering Monday afternoon when Richard Lange walks into El Compadre, a cavernous, dimly lit Mexican restaurant decorated with Christmas lights, rustic ...
Review: ‘The Bikeriders’ Is a Swaggering, Subversive Indictment of the American Dream
Chad ByrnesJune 20, 2024
After a long hiatus, writer/director Jeff Nichols returns with The Bikeriders, a brash, sprawling, grubby portrait of a motorcycle club in the late ’60s to ...
Review: ‘Furiosa’ Struggles to Find Its Voice Amid a Cacophony of Astonishing Moments
Chad ByrnesMay 22, 2024
In the late ’70s a young Australian doctor worked overtime in the ER to fund his first film. That filmmaker was George Miller, and the movie he directed was Mad...
Review: ‘Catching Fire: The Anita Pallenberg Story’ Zeroes in on a Fashionable Force of Nature
Chad ByrnesMay 3, 2024
Who would’ve thought that one of the best rock documentaries in recent memory would be about someone who lived on the periphery of the tempest rather than insid...
Review: ‘Civil War’ is Too Civil for Today’s Reality
Chad ByrnesApril 18, 2024
Alex Garland’s Civil War poses a big question: What if American democracy shattered into a million pieces and citizens were forced to fight the government f...
Review: Miller’s Girl – Jenna Ortega Glows in Campy Thriller
Chad ByrnesJanuary 26, 2024
Although imperfect, vehemently so, Jade Halley Bartlett's Miller’s Girl is still a damn fine time at the movies. This isn’t an easy film to review. The script i...
Review: I.S.S.
Chad ByrnesJanuary 19, 2024
I.S.S. Delivers the Goods in Tense but Slender Space Thriller The new sci-fi thriller I.S.S. posits a terrific concept: What if six astronauts, three Russian...
The Iron Claw: An American Tragedy on the Lighted Stage
Chad ByrnesDecember 21, 2023
A24’s The Iron Claw is not your typical sports movie. You won’t be rooting for the hero to score a championship belt, pin a villain to the mat, or sprint throug...