Scrambled (2024)
‘Scrambled’ blends frozen eggs with warm hearts “Scrambled” is a good egg, serving singleton gags sunny side up with a self-effacing demeanor that goes over easy compliments of writer-director-star Leah McKendrick. By the time she’s finished dishing out her observations on what it’s like to be a 34-year-old with maternal instincts but minus any matrimonial […]
I.S.S. (2023)
‘I.S.S.’ has its own version of ‘Star Wars’ As she proved with the exceptional “Blackfish,” director Gabriela Cowperthwaite is keenly aware that no good can come from trapping rampaging mammals in confined spaces. It’s an insight that serves her well again with “I.S.S.,” a Cold War revival tale pitting sneaky Ruskies against noble Americans aboard […]
How to Have Sex (2023)
Haziness of consent at the heart of ‘Sex’ “How to Have Sex” rides into town on a tsunami of hype generated by last year’s Cannes Film Festival, where it captured the Un Certain Regard for its highly original take on the minefield that is teenage sexuality. And much of the puffery surrounding Molly Manning Walker’s […]