4+ hour, 46+ min ago  (1166+ words) The annual Tribeca Festival (they dropped the "Film" from the name a couple of years ago) is underway in New York and continues through June 14. I'm credentialed to cover the festival, and while I didn't end up making it up…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (573+ words) With Disclosure Day, Steven Spielberg revisits several themes he's tackled throughout his long career, most notably human-alien content, and the revisiting of childhood trauma. But he handles both in a way that feels original, or at least different from the…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (411+ words) Almost every week, there's a direct-to-streaming movie starring actors who are either A-listers or close to it, in some high-concept set-up, usually involving either romance, action, or a combination of the two. Nine times out of ten, these movies are…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (321+ words) I've been pretty clear that I'm not in favor of the Paramount/Warner Bros. merger going forward, even though it's looking pretty inevitable at this point. Movie studio consolidation has seldom been a good thing historically, and the merger would…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago  (416+ words) The box office story of the early summer is clear: The new Star Wars movie, The Mandalorian and Grogu, has underperformed significantly, while Obsession and Backrooms " both films without stars or high budgets, made by young men at the beginning…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago  (216+ words) A Prairie Home Companion is a movie about the endings of things. It depicts the (fictitious) final night of the popular St. Paul-based variety show, ahead of the (also fictitious) demolition of the Fitzgerald Theater. It's one of the great…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago  (1390+ words) Introducing the monthly roundup of short reviews of new and recent documentary releases: Artificial intelligence is the hot topic of the day, and this documentary about it arrived in theaters in March, before landing on Peacock in May. Directed by…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (515+ words) A movie version of Masters of the Universe, about 40 years after the cartoon's heyday, directed by Phil Knight's son, written by four people each with "screenplay" and "story by" credits, and featuring a combination of homage, wisecracking, and fan service,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (375+ words) For the past five years or so, I've been a little bit obsessed with the fate of the Riverview, the multiplex on Columbus Boulevard in South Philly. The venue, a central part of Philadelphia movie theater lore, from its appearance…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (408+ words) Obsession and Backrooms are a pair of horror movies currently in theaters. Obsession came out a few weeks ago and is already a huge hit, while Backrooms comes out today and is tracking very positively. I liked Obsession a lot…...