'Is This Thing On?' Review

There is a contingent of people I know who just can't stand Bradley Cooper's films. (Apparently, he's too much of a try-hard or something.) Well, maybe they'll be sated by Is This Thing On?, which is a more modest, melancholy affair than his previous two movies. I found it rather lovely. My review is up at Screen International. 

My Interview With Julia Loktev, Director of 'My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow'

At the end of last year, I caught My Undesirable Friends: Part I, which premiered at the New York Film Festival. Spanning five-and-a-half hours, the documentary chronicles about four months in Moscow, from October 2021 to February 2022, as director Julia Loktev follows a group of independent Russian journalists facing the threat of imprisonment by Putin. The movie was shattering, gripping and stunning, and this Friday, it opens in New York. My Undesirable Friends feels like an alarm bell for Americans in the midst of Trump's authoritarian takeover. For Rolling Stone, I spoke to Loktev about her essential film and the lessons we should take from it. Hope you enjoy.

New York 2022: 'Till' Review

It was one of the worst racial crimes in America's history. Now Till tells the story of Emmett Till's killing, but from the perspective of his mother. I reviewed this earnest drama for Screen International.