This indie road trip rom-com has the refreshing confidence to not exactly fit into any one particularly-shaped bucket.
“Everything I learned I learned from the movies.”
― Audrey Hepburn
'Olympic Dreams' film review: Wistful, charming dramedy with a heart of Olympic gold
The sheer audacity of filming on location during the Olympic Games alone makes this indie winner a filmmaking feat.
'The Assistant' film review: Weinstein-inspired story disturbs, chills
Film fans: this is an urgent reminder to not forget Julia Garner's understated and gripping performance in this timely and necessary indie drama.
'The Lodge' film review: Isolation drama gives way to lazy high-concept horror
Despite an intriguing horror premise, this horror drama starts out with a novel idea but resorts to lazy cliches to force its “creepy” mandate.
'Portrait of a Lady on Fire' film review: Simmering romance taps into the inequity of options for women
This French romance harkens back to an era of exquisitely crafted works of cinema - a beautiful work in every sense of the word that stands as one of the great films of 2019.
'Downhill' film review: Rudderless remake that didn't need to be made
Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Will Ferrell fail to justify why an already incredible Swedish film was remade at all.
'Weathering with You' film review: 'Your Name' director affirms his place in modern anime
Somehow firmly rooted in a living, breathing Tokyo - yet somehow still perfectly magical, this animated fantasy is a rich work wrapped around a story that drifts a bit.
'Little Women' film review: Gerwig's update is an exquisite jewel of 2019 cinema
Writer-director Greta Gerwig has managed the impossible: breathing new, revitalizing life into the 150-year-old classic family drama, making this timeless story feel absolutely current and lively.
'Bombshell' film review: Theron, Robbie power this unsettling sexual harassment exposé
Charlize Theron asserts her place among the great film performances of 2019 in this gripping true story of power dynamics and sexual harassment.
Escape Into Film nominations for 2019 Seattle Film Critics Society Awards
My nominations for this year's SFCS movie awards: 47 films nominated across 20 categories - from Best Villain to Best Picture.
'A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood' film review: Hanks as Mister Rogers is ... fine
The most surprising aspect of this biographical drama is just how tangential Fred Rogers is to this story - but this is less about the famed TV host and more about his approach to life.
'Ford v Ferrari' film review: V-8 powered American exceptionalism
Perhaps the best pair of performances in a 2019 film and breathtaking race sequences ...brilliantly obscure the fact that this race car docudrama is anemic in plot and conflict.
'Greener Grass' film review: Wickedly sharp, absurd comedy satirizes life in the suburbs
With its color saturation cranked up all the way, this dark comedy takes coveting the banalities of suburban life to a nightmarish, hyperbolic degree.
'Honey Boy' film review: Cathartic, personal drama fails to resonate
Make no mistake about it, this profoundly raw drama is the Shia LaBeouf story written by LaBeouf and starring LaBeouf.
'Mister America' film review: Heidecker fans: rejoice! Everyone else: pass.
"Wouldn't it be funny if there was a movie about an accused murderer running for district attorney?" No, apparently it would not be funny - submitted as evidence is the toothless, lazy satirical mockumentary.
'Judy' film review: Zellweger's towering turn is worthy the legendary icon
The three-time Academy Award nominee delivers a triumphant, career-best performance as the famed, troubled performer.
'The Infiltrators' film review: Riveting docudrama takes on immigration detainment, deportation
Part gripping documentary and part prison thriller, this immigration rights drama puts a laser focus on one of the most urgent hot-button issues of today: the detaining and deportation of undocumented people.
'Joker' film review: Haunting, bleak unraveling of an outcast turned iconic maniac
The most terrifying aspect of "Joker" is not that he becomes an iconic supervillain, but the terrifyingly grounded and totally normal bad turns that transform an invisible man into society’s worst nightmare.
'Between Two Ferns: The Movie' film review: Absurd web short makes the leap to feature film
Zach Galifianakis antagonizing A-list celebrities for a surreal talk show/internet short is itself ridiculous. The next-level of ludicrous is to draw that concept out to a feature-length film: behold this absurd comedy.
'The Sound of Silence' film review: Quirky indie squanders its off-beat premise
Even the intriguing and novel notions of this indie drama make this relatively short film feel long and tedious.