The raucous and profane “America: The Motion Picture” will likely draw comparisons to the skewering of faux patriotism in the hysterical “Team America: World Police,” but it actually reminded me more of the comedies of Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker, the team behind classic slapstick comedies like “Airplane!” and “The Naked Gun.” Like those beloved laugh generators, it’s a…

Something absolutely terrifying happened in 2011 in the small town of Allende in Northern Mexico. A village community of only about 23,000, located about 40 minutes from Texas by car, is now a ghost town a decade later because of the massacre that unfolded there in March 2011. Soldiers of the violent Zetas cartel flooded…

The official selection of the 55th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF), which takes place from August 20th through the 28th, features 32 premieres. The films will make their bow in the fest’s two competitions and Special Screenings section. Karlovy Vary will also celebrate the work of The Film Foundation via an extensive tribute. In 2019, the…

There’s an added poignancy to the year-plus delay of Marvel’s “Black Widow,” finally ending July 9th when the film will be in theaters and available for a premium charge on Disney+. There’s a palpable sense that this story would have felt a little delayed even in May 2020. After all, why did Thor, Captain America, and…

In the corny horror-comedy “Vicious Fun,” an aspiring horror filmmaker learns life lessons whilst running for his life from a cabal of goofy serial killers.  Hapless “horror journalist” Joel (Evan Marsh) thinks he’s smart enough because he recognizes horror movie cliches: he runs through a checklist of grievances while interviewing a disengaged horror director (who…

In Nigeria, gay intercourse is punishable with 14 years in jail. Oscillating between the deeply textured Lagos, Nigeria and New York City, Nneka Onuorah and Giselle Bailey’s stylish documentary “The Legend of the Underground” steadfastly chronicles the trans-Atlantic effort led by several Nigerian LGBTQIA activists to stem the wave of discriminating homophobic lawmaking in the…