Time Is Love in Italian Romance Comedy ‘Generation 56k’
Italian romance comedy Generation 56k toys with the timeline between instant and delayed gratification in the eras of the early internet and social media.
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SUNDANCE 2022: ‘Emergency’ Is a Frenetic Satire About Deadly Consequences
Emergency is an unconventional love story about two friends with divergent views on what it means to be a young Black man in America.
Sundance 2022: Comedy ‘Brian and Charles’ Is Sweet and Smart Family Fare
Comedy Brian and Charles, a story about a seven-foot robot that loves cabbage, is a delightful celebration of inventiveness and ingenuity
Sundance 2022: Sci-fi ‘Dual’ Is Uncompromising Black Satire
Riley Stearns’ ‘Dual’ is an uncomfortable black comedy that asks the painful question: Are being loved and being true to yourself mutually exclusive?
Sundance 2022: ‘Am I OK?’ Is OK Coming-Out Romantic Comedy
Tig Notaro and Stephanie Allynne’s coming-out Am I OK?, like its heroine, is messy, awkward, and eternally hopeful in the face of despair.
Sundance 2022: Sophie Hyde’s ‘Good Luck to You, Leo Grande’ Is Smart Sexy Fun
The premise of Good Luck to You, Leo Grande may sound crass but it’s actually an exquisite examination of relationship dynamics through clever wordplay.
Sundance 2022: ‘When You Finish Saving the World’ a Powerful Directorial Debut
Jesse Eisenberg’s debut comedy-drama, When You Finish Saving the World delivers cringes and finds trembling humanity within its narcissistic characters.
Simon Rex on Playing Maniac Mikey in Sean Baker’s Dark Comedy ‘Red Rocket’
Red Rocket Simon Rex talks about the pleasures of working with director Sean Baker and non-actors, and his role as a narcissistic, delusional, sociopath.
Deneuve Laughs: Camp Kitsch in François Ozon’s ‘Potiche’
In François Ozon’s Potiche Catherine Deneuve embraces absurdity and creates a sharp contrast between her statue-like beauty with the silliness of her setting.
Why We Still Love Lucy After All These Years
The I Love Lucy cast insisted that the show didn’t intend to take on world-changing progressive issues, but it was far more subversive than they let on.
Stephen Park Finally Gets His Big Close-Up in ‘The French Dispatch’
Stephen Park has been brought into Wes Anderson’s exclusive filmmaking troupe for The French Dispatch in a role that was written specifically for him.
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’70s TV Horror/Mystery ‘Kolchak: The Night Stalker’ Keeps Crawling from Its Grave
Horror-mystery TV series Kolchak: The Night Stalker has a sour take on society that hasn’t dated since the ’70s; hence, its eternal afterlife.