★★ If a band struggling to work through writer’s block sounds like your idea of a good time, Tribeca’s Love Spreads might scratch your musically-inclined itch. The quirky dramedy charts successful band Glass Heart as they go on a 5 week retreat at Rockfield Studios to record their all-important sophomore album. Arguing over song compositions, … Continue reading Tribeca 2021: Love Spreads
Tribeca 2021: Dating & New York
★★★★ Once Upon a Time in New York City… thus begins the creative and quirky romantic comedy, Dating & New York. Narrated by doorman Cole, (Jerry Ferrara, who I knew as Entourage’s Turtle), we are plunged into the waters of the modern dating world via the latest app, MeetCute. Curly-haired cutie Milo (Jaboukie Young-White), who … Continue reading Tribeca 2021: Dating & New York
Tribeca 2021: India Sweets and Spices
★★★★ India Sweets and Spices is just as charming as you’d expect from a title brimming with personality and cultural character drama. Sophia Ali plays Alia, an ambitious young Indian woman home for a theoretical relaxing summer break from UCLA. When she heads to her local shop to pick up biscuits for her mother’s party, … Continue reading Tribeca 2021: India Sweets and Spices
Film Review: Untitled Horror Movie
★★ Untitled Horror Movie feels like a bargain-bin version of 2014’s Unfriended. Set exclusively over a series of video chats, we chart a group of friends—all involved in a cheesy medieval television show—as they create the bones of a new film project. It’s all experimental at first. Inspired by ditzy narcissistic blonde Chrissy (Katherine McNamara) … Continue reading Film Review: Untitled Horror Movie
Interview: 7 Days Cast & Creatives
Earlier today, Allison and I participated in a special Virtual Press Conference for romantic-dramedy 7 Days, ahead of its premiere at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival. When a wonky pre-arranged date from their traditional Indian parents is forced into an extended stay thanks to the sudden emergence of the pandemic and ‘shelter in place’ orders, … Continue reading Interview: 7 Days Cast & Creatives
Tribeca 2021: 7 Days
★★★ A romantic dramedy that uses the 2020 worldwide pandemic for its launching point is apparently going to be something we see quite often. Whether it’s Language Lessons, The End or Us, Songbird, or Locked Down, the fruitful new cinematic ‘COVID romance’ options are growing by the day. Enter: 7 Days. When a wonky pre-arranged … Continue reading Tribeca 2021: 7 Days
Tribeca 2021: Mark, Mary & Some Other People
★★★★ Mark, Mary & Some Other People is a delightful comedy with sharp, nudity-free sexual politics and two captivating leading performances from Ben Rosenfield and Hayley Law as Mark and Mary, respectively. The closest comparison I can provide from this charmer are 2010’s Justin Long / Drew Barrymore dramedy Going the Distance and 2009’s (500) … Continue reading Tribeca 2021: Mark, Mary & Some Other People
TV Review: Kevin Can F**k Himself
I was dying to see what Annie Murphy’s first project would be after she finished her run on the excellent Canadian comedy, Schitts Creek, with a well-deserved Emmy win. It turns out that AMC’s new half sitcom/half dark drama, Kevin Can F**k Himself, was the answer. With constantly clashing tones in its two distinct halves, … Continue reading TV Review: Kevin Can F**k Himself
Film Review: Postal
★★★★ Try to imagine your worst online shopping nightmare. Your package doesn’t just not come on time, it gets lost somewhere, and there is zero chance you will receive it same-day. You have to call customer service to plead your case, but even they are completely incompetent to come to your aid. What are the … Continue reading Film Review: Postal
Brooklyn Film Festival 2021: Kringle Time
★★★ (Written by Freelancer, Dan Grote) Kringle Time follows Jerry (Benny Elledge) as he comes to terms with a sinister truth about his childhood idol, a creepy Frosty the Snowman knockoff named Kringles. Matthew Lucas directs his debut feature, with a screenplay penned by Zan Gillies, in this dark comedy about the adored children’s show that … Continue reading Brooklyn Film Festival 2021: Kringle Time