'Blink Twice' Review: A Powerful Fantasy Island With a Dark Side
In her bold directorial debut, “Blink Twice,” actress-turned-writer-director Zoë Kravitz doesn’t flinch for a moment, even when her film might…
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'Rob Peace' review: softens the complexity of a true story
Statistics on Black social mobility don’t always do justice to what a person’s life looks like up close. That’s where…
'Skincare' Review: A Neurotic Hollywood Beautician Is Harassed
Director Austin Peters makes his feature debut with “Skincare,” a Los Angeles noir set in the beauty industry, starring Elizabeth…
'Sugarcane' review: The film exposes the abuse of indigenous children
A crumbling barn where trapped children scrawled messages like “73 more days.” An elderly survivor of abuse by a priest…
Review: 'Borderlands' is a game-to-screen failure so terrible it's breathtaking
Starring a cast of notables who should have known better (including Jamie Lee Curtis and Cate Blanchett), this film feels…
'Good One' review: a teenage girl faces male bullying
A walk in the woods becomes a petri dish of human nature in “Good One,” writer-director India Donaldson’s taut, revealing…
Review of 'Hijas': Prisoners reunite with their children
When a father goes to prison, everyone in the family does time. And in black communities hardest hit by the…
Los Angeles and Orange County universities are among six California schools that failed to accurately report crimes committed on campus
Los Angeles County and Orange County universities are among six California schools that failed to comply with federal law by…
'The Instigators' Review: Damon and Affleck, Comic Criminals
Viewers and critics often say that what they expect most from movies is originality, but let’s not discount the solid…
'Sebastian' review: a gay writer takes risks to boost his career
The impulse to write about what one knows can be both empowering and restrictive. In director Mikko Mäkelä’s moving and…