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Archives for April 2016

Ricky Gervais invents a different kind of lying in his Netflix movie Special Correspondents

The film, about deception at a New York radio station, wastes a strong start on a tepid finish

Tasha Robinson
In J.G. Ballard’s High-Rise, the metaphor eats the story, and Tom Hiddleston eats the metaphor

Ben Wheatley’s adaptation is a chilly, violent class struggle

Tasha Robinson
If Tribeca 2016 had a theme, it might be ‘adulting is hard’

Five films address the struggle for adult identity in radically different ways

Tasha Robinson
A Hologram For The King takes Tom Hanks on a frustrating journey of self-discovery

Tom Tykwer’s adaptation of Dave Eggers’ novel is spotty, but ultimately good-hearted.

Tasha Robinson
Elvis & Nixon is fun, fluffy filmmaker fan-fic

This straight-faced but enjoyably silly film deals with fame, power, and celebrity impersonations

Tasha Robinson
Three types of onscreen losers at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival

How Nerdland, Dean, and Poor Boy take similarly awkward characters in very different directions

Tasha Robinson
HBO’s Confirmation looks for the real villains in the Anita Hill hearings

The new film is subtle about taking sides, except against the establishment

Tasha Robinson
John Carney rewrites his past as the bouncy pop musical Sing Street

The film completes his trilogy about salvation through song

Tasha Robinson
The Jungle Book is Disney’s first live-action remake with a strong point of view

The studio’s recent live-action remakes are cash-ins, but this one stakes out its own territory

Tasha Robinson
Green Room is a bloody, glorious punks vs. nazis fantasy

Arms are lacerated, bones snapped, skulls are stabbed, and not everyone makes it out alive, but The Ain’t Rights certainly make good on the promise of “Nazi Punks F*ck Off.”

Emily Yoshida
In The Boss, Melissa McCarthy drops her last pretense of sincerity

It isn’t necessary for comedy, but it sure helps a film like this

Tasha Robinson