#‘The Perfect Find’ Review: Gabrielle Union and Gina Torres Anchor Messy Netflix Rom-Com

#‘The Perfect Find’ Review: Gabrielle Union and Gina Torres Anchor Messy Netflix Rom-Com

Boldness defines Numa Perrier’s soapy romantic comedy The Perfect Find. Characters make unbelievable decisions in the name of love. Grand proclamations are yelled from across parks and outside apartment buildings. Everyone’s dressed in the most maximalist attire: Loud prints, geometrically striking jewelry, intense hairstyles. It all seems rather unbelievable until you remember the ridiculousness is…

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#‘Mountains’ Review: A Tender Directorial Debut Explores Gentrification in Miami’s Little Haiti

#‘Mountains’ Review: A Tender Directorial Debut Explores Gentrification in Miami’s Little Haiti

In her directorial debut Mountains, Monica Sorelle approaches the story of a Haitian family confronting gentrification with a delicate and discerning eye. The languidly paced feature observes Xaxier (Atibon Nazaire), a demolition worker contemplating buying a better home while navigating the implications of his Miami neighborhood’s changing dynamics. Xavier, his wife Esperance (Sheiler Anozier) and…

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#‘Bad Things’ Review: Gayle Rankin and Hari Nef in a Tame Queer Spin on ‘The Shining’

#‘Bad Things’ Review: Gayle Rankin and Hari Nef in a Tame Queer Spin on ‘The Shining’

Stewart Thorndike’s horror-psychodrama starts with the main character carrying a chainsaw, ominously trudging across an empty, snowy parking lot outside an abandoned building. The scene is like a giant sign reading: Horror Tropes Ahead. And Thorndike knowingly piles them on. The chainsaw-wielding Ruthie (Gayle Rankin) has arrived with three other women at the isolated hotel…

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#‘Let the Canary Sing’ Review: Cyndi Lauper Doc Is Slight But Serviceable

#‘Let the Canary Sing’ Review: Cyndi Lauper Doc Is Slight But Serviceable

In her professional life, Cyndi Lauper has been a kaleidoscope of personae: ’80s pop hitmaker; New Wave fashion guru; proto-Third-Wave feminist; LGBTQ activist; Broadway composer and lyricist; chameleon powerhouse vocalist; and bubble gum punk Brooklynese comedian. Alison Ellwood’s 140-minute Lauper rockumentary Let the Canary Sing uncovers yet another side of the iconic musician — master…

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#Cyndi Lauper on New Documentary, LGBTQ Fans and Not Loving Her First Recording of “Girls Just Want to Have Fun”: “It Was Like Yawn and Boring”

#Cyndi Lauper on New Documentary, LGBTQ Fans and Not Loving Her First Recording of “Girls Just Want to Have Fun”: “It Was Like Yawn and Boring”

“Girls Just Want to Have Fun” is one of Cyndi Lauper’s signature songs, but the iconic singer admits when she first recorded the track written by Robert Hazard, she thought: “It was like yawn and boring.” “It wasn’t right for me. I sang his version. I sucked,” Lauper tells The Hollywood Reporter. “It was written…

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#Claire Danes, Zazie Beetz, Timothy Olyphant Praise Steven Soderbergh’s Directing in ‘Full Circle’: “It Makes Me Rethink the Way Everyone Else Is Doing It”

#Claire Danes, Zazie Beetz, Timothy Olyphant Praise Steven Soderbergh’s Directing in ‘Full Circle’: “It Makes Me Rethink the Way Everyone Else Is Doing It”

Claire Danes, Zazie Beetz, Timothy Olyphant, Dennis Quaid and more of the cast of Max’s Full Circle hit the red carpet in New York City on Sunday to celebrate the premiere of their upcoming series. One thing the entire cast agreed on was how great it was to work with director Steven Soderbergh and how…

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