Hirokazu Kore-eda’s ‘After Life’ Explores What Lingers in the Ephemeral
Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda’s poignant second feature, After Life, explores the vagaries of memory and the permanence of film.
Robert Ham
Robert Ham is a freelance arts/culture writer whose work has been published by Pitchfork, Bandcamp, Village Voice, The Oregonian, and Discogs.
Crime Thriller ‘Deep Cover’ Showcases Laurence Fishburne’s Leonine Intensity
Bill Duke’s 1992 feature, Deep Cover, is a stylish drama set in the poisoned heart of the crack epidemic.
Kobayashi’s ‘The Human Condition’ Remains Bleak Unrelenting and Unforgettable
Masaki Kobayashi’s nine-hour epic, The Human Condition, is a Sisyphean journey through WWII-era Japan.
Squarepusher’s ‘Feed Me Weird Things’ Still Sounds Giddy With Possibility 25 Years Later
Squarepusher’s debut album, Feed Me Weird Things, gets a welcome reissue from Warp Records. “Bass guitar over electronic music” is his center—the mantra he has kept returning to for 25 years.
Tribeca 2021: ‘Italian Studies’ Fascinates and Fumbles
Italian Studies, the latest from Gimme the Loot director Adam Leon, is another shaggy tale of listless New Yorkers.
Tribeca 2021: ‘LFG’ Shows the Struggle and Sacrifice in Fight for Equal Pay
Sean Fine and Andrea Nix’s new documentary, LFG, focuses on the women’s national soccer team’s court battle to get paid what they’re worth.
Tribeca 2021: ‘Settlers’ Thrills But Blunts Its Message
Wyatt Rockefeller’s sci-fi/western drama about a Martian settlement, Settlers, undercuts its allegory about Western colonization.
Tribeca 2021: ‘No Man of God’ Refuses to Sensationalize Ted Bundy
Based on interviews with Ted Bundy, director Amber Sealey’s drama, No Man of God, questions whether a monster is worthy of absolution.
Tribeca 2021: ‘Larry Flynt for President’ Is Provocative and Prescient
Nadia Szold’s found-footage documentary Larry Flynt for President looks back at the Hustler publisher’s 1983 run for the White House.
Tribeca 2021: ‘The Scars of Ali Boulala’ Peers Through Too Tight an Aperture
Max Eriksson’s documentary on the tragic life of a professional skateboarder, The Scars of Ali Boulala, will only interest fans of the sport.
Tribeca 2021: ‘The Kids’ Is a Damning Portrait of Cinematic Exploitation
Eddie Martin’s documentary The Kids explores the aftereffects of the controversial 1995 indie film Kids on the lives of its young cast.
Tribeca 2021: ‘Poser’ Provides Fodder for the Trolls
Noah Dixon and Ori Segev’s well-made but slight drama, Poser, plays into the worst tropes about female friendships and women in journalism.