The 21 Best Films Of 2023
It’s been a mad, whirlwind 2023, and we can’t believe it’s almost over. Despite the tensions in our industry, the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes, those linger aftereffects, and the way that box office seemed to wob...
The Best Films Of 2023… So Far
OK, we’re already past the halfway mark of 2023, so it’s time for a Best-Of-Year, So Far list, cool? As usual, our mid-year list contains films released right up until, well, yesterday, basically. Our “rules,”...
‘A Thousand And One’ Trailer: A.V. Rockwell’s Sundance Grand Jury Prize Winner Hits Theaters On March 31
Fresh off its world premiere at Sundance last month, A.V. Rockwell's feature directorial debut, "A Thousand And One" hits theaters everywhere in March. And thanks to it winning Sundance's Grand Jury prize, Roc...
‘A Thousand And One’ & ‘The Persian Version’ Top 2023 Sundance Film Festival Awards
After a two-year virtual in-person hiatus, the Sundance Film Festival returned to Park City and that meant an old-fashioned in-person awards ceremony as well. Well, sorta. The post-ceremony party was absent th...
‘A Thousand And One’ Review: Black Motherhood And Harlem Take Centerstage In A.V. Rockwell’s Handsome Debut [Sundance]
In writer/director A.V. Rockwell’s feature directorial debut, “A Thousand and One,” Inez (a deeply felt Teyana Talyor) has returned to Harlem after spending a year in Rikers Prison. The year is 1994, and Harle...
52 Films Directed By Women To Watch In 2023
We just wrapped a year of some solid female-directed films: Dimee Shi’s animated explosion “Turning Red,” Sarah Polley’s Mennonite masterpiece “Women Talking,” Joanna Hogg’s exquisitely understated “The Eterna...