Gladiator II is now in theaters. By Greg Wheeler It’s been 24 years since Gladiator dropped on the big screen, with an inspired Russell Crowe screaming to a crowd of blood-lusting spectators, “Are you not […]
Tag: film
Interior Chinatown – Review
Interior Chinatown premieres November 19 on Hulu. By Elazar Abrahams Hulu’s new miniseries Interior Chinatown is an adaptation of Charles Yu’s award-winning novel that’s just as strikingly clever as the self-aware book was. The story […]
Slumlord Millionaire [DOC NYC]
Slumlord Millionaire held its world premiere at the 2024 DOC NYC festival tonight, Friday, November 15. Encore screenings will be held on Saturday, November 16 and Monday, November 18. Slumlord Millionaire is a powerful documentary […]
All God’s Children [DOC NYC]
All God’s Children will have its world premiere at the 2024 DOC NYC festival tonight, Thursday, November 14, followed by an encore screening on Saturday, November 16. By Elazar Abrahams For decades, the Black and […]
Planet of the Apes – Every Movie Ranked
By Elazar Abrahams It’s been a few months since I worked through the Planet of the Apes franchise, and therefore a few months since I haven’t been able to stop grunting in a simian voice. […]
Sunset Boulevard & The Substance: The Aging of Hollywood’s Women
By Elazar Abrahams In composer Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Sunset Boulevard, aging movie star Norma Desmond sings wistfully about the career comeback she so desperately craves. “With one look, I’ll ignite a blaze, I’ll return to […]
The Remarkable Life of Ibelin – Review
The Remarkable Life of Ibelin is now streaming on Netflix. By Greg Wheeler While the media continues to wage war against video games, citing it as a form of “promoting violence”, in reality, gaming can […]
Or Something [Bushwick Film Festival]
Or Something is screening at the Bushwick Film Festival this Friday, October 18. By Elazar Abrahams Many indie films line our inbox at TV and City, but there is simply not enough time to watch […]
Criminality in ‘Fargo’
By Elazar Abrahams A few years ago, I wrote a paper for a crime fiction class, which follows below. It’s a close read of one of the Coen Brothers’ earliest and best films, Fargo. Good […]
Piece by Piece – Review
Piece by Piece snaps into theaters on October 11. By Alex Fischer Piece by Piece is a new musical biopic about hip-hop star and producer Pharrell Williams. It is also, strangely, a Lego movie. In […]
TV and City 