‘Letter to You’ Review: Bruce Springsteen’s Long, Loving Look Back
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Documentary on the making of a new Bruce & the E Street Band album is part love letter, part eulogy and part joyous rock ‘n’ roll celebration
‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’: The Sixties Told in Sorkinese
Posted in: Movie ReviewsWriter-director Aaron Sorkin brings a star-studded cast and his signature brand of fast-talking, hokey idealism to an inflection point in the counterculture movement
‘White Riot’: When Punk Rock Fought the Nazis and Won
Posted in: Movie ReviewsA pitch-perfect, punk AF documentary about the formation of U.K.’s Rock Against Racism — culminating in a legendary ’78 show in Victoria Park — doubles as a contemporary call to arms…
‘American Utopia’: David Byrne’s Paradise Found
Posted in: Movie ReviewsSpike Lee’s concert film of the singer’s Broadway show is a perfect complement to ‘Stop Making Sense’ — and pure bliss
‘Totally Under Control’ Review: How Trump Created America’s Covid Era
Posted in: Movie ReviewsA new documentary co-directed by Alex Gibney traces how our current administration’s complete mishandling of a pandemic in the U.S. turned catastrophic
‘Honest Thief’ Review: Liam Neeson vs. Corrupt Feds — Guess Who Wins?
Posted in: Movie ReviewsThe action star plays a safecracker looking to go straight, until some dodgy FBI agents try to shake him down and take him down. He deserves better than this
‘The Forty-Year-Old Version’: An Auteurist-Comedy Star Is Born
Posted in: Movie ReviewsWriter, director and star Radha Blank tells a semi-autobiographical tale of a playwright stuck in an artistic rut — and boldly stakes her claim in a normally white, malecentric comic space
‘The Boys in the Band’: A Queer History Lesson With Plenty of Shade
Posted in: Movie ReviewsThe new movie adaptation, from director Joe Mantello and producer Ryan Murphy, is packed with openly gay Hollywood stars reprising their Broadway roles
‘Enola Holmes’: Sleuth Sisters Are Doing It For Themselves
Posted in: Movie ReviewsAdaptation of Nancy Springer’s YA novels featuring Sherlock’s teen sibling would be a crass I.P. grab if it weren’t for its subtext — and its star
‘The Devil All the Time’: A Southern Gothic-Lite, All Tied Up in Knots
Posted in: Movie ReviewsTorrid tale of serial murderers, backwoods madness and ol’ time religious immorality in the American heartland can’t make sense of its own twisted storytelling
