To properly understand Nicole Holofcener’s latest film, You Hurt My Feelings, I must reveal a fact that most people are unaware of: writers tend to be very…… Read more “New from A Reel of One’s Own by Andrea Thompson: You Hurt My Feelings Review – Sundance 2023”

Moviegoers beware! M. Night Shyamalan has made a new film about ‘The Times We Live In,’ and it is about as sensitive and well thought out as…… Read more “New from A Reel of One’s Own by Andrea Thompson: M. Night Shyamalan is Back in the Worst Way in ‘Knock at the Cabin’”

It is possible to make a futuristic film with an intriguing premise, great worldbuilding, and no real sense of its implications. Take Sophie Barthes’s Sundance feature The…… Read more “New from A Reel of One’s Own by Andrea Thompson: The Pod Generation Review – Sundance 2023”

The father-daughter film memoir Fairyland doesn’t quite bill itself as a biopic, but its beats nonetheless have that kind of familiarity. There’s the inciting event, in this…… Read more “New from A Reel of One’s Own by Andrea Thompson: Fairyland Review – Sundance 2023”