David Ehrlich
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Mountain View, CA, United States
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Memo to Distributors: Buy These Sundance 2023 Films
This year’s festival played home to plenty of big buys, but if we had our way, these 14 gems would get snapped up ASAP. → Read More
Here Are the Sundance 2023 Films You’re Going to Want to See
As the festival returned to in-person viewing after two mostly virtual years, audiences were treated to a variety of gems. Here are our favorites. → Read More
‘Past Lives’ Review: Celine Song’s Transcendent Debut Is Destined to Be One of 2023’s Best Films
Sundance: Greta Lee is absolutely miraculous in a fluid and tender love story about a Korean immigrant split between two men and herself. → Read More
The Best Movies New to Every Major Streaming Platform in January 2023
From Netflix to Prime Video, and Shudder to the Criterion Channel, here are the best movies coming to each streaming platform this month. → Read More
‘Plane’ Review: A Fun, Sturdy, and Violent Gerard Butler Vehicle
Finally, a film that answers the question: What if Capt. Sully had landed that flight in the middle of a steroidal 1980s action movie? → Read More
‘Skinamarink’ Review: A Micro-Budget Horror Sensation that Feels like ‘Home Alone’ in Hell
Kyle Edward Ball’s $15,000 word-of-mouth horror hit about two kids trapped alone in their house uses its tiny budget to its advantage. → Read More
‘The Old Way’ Review: Nicolas Cage Is a Cowboy John Wick in Bare-Bones Revenge Western
Nicolas Cage textures the old John Wayne archetype with a hint of neurodiversity, but “The Old Way” lacks the ambition to follow through on its ideas. → Read More
82 Must-See New Films Arriving in 2023, from ‘Infinity Pool’ to ‘Barbie’ and Many More
Sequel, requels, prequels galore, plus a cocaine bear, a chocolate factory, and a slew of new titles from some of our favorite filmmakers. → Read More
The Best Movies New to Every Major Streaming Platform in December 2022
From Netflix to Amazon Prime, and Shudder to the Criterion Channel, here are the best movies coming to each streaming platform this month. → Read More
The 13 Best First Feature Films of 2022
Just how good were this year’s debut features? One of them has already been crowned our best film of the year, and it’s got plenty of company. → Read More
The 25 Best Movies of 2022
Lydia Tár and “Jackass Forever,” together at last. → Read More
‘Spoiler Alert’ Review: Michael Showalter’s TV-Obsessed Tearjerker Is Short on Surprises
Adapted from Michael Ausiello’s memoir, this seriocomic cancer weepy about a TV journalist and his lover feels sadly generic on screen. → Read More
Why ‘WALL-E’ Is the Perfect First Movie for Cinephiles to Watch with Their Kids
“WALL-E” director Andrew Stanton on the film’s arthouse origins and why it makes sense for the Pixar hit to be in the Criterion Collection. → Read More
‘There There’ Review: Andrew Bujalski’s Clever Gimmick Offers COVID Cinema Done Right
“Support the Girls” director Andrew Bujalski returns with a pandemic-era comedy that was shot without any of its actors being together. → Read More
DOC NYC 2022: 10 Must-See Films at America’s Biggest Documentary Festival
The annual celebration of non-fiction cinema returns with standout docs about Formula 1 greats, queer icons, and late film pioneer Jonas Mekas. → Read More
‘My Father’s Dragon’ Review: Even Cartoon Saloon’s Most Generic Movie Is Still Magical
“My Father’s Dragon” may lack the enchanted splendor of “Wolfwalkers” or “The Secret of Kells,” but it still towers above most animated fare. → Read More
The Best Movies New to Every Major Streaming Platform in October 2022
From Netflix to Amazon Prime, and Shudder to the Criterion Channel, here are the best movies coming to each streaming platform this month. → Read More
Back in the New York Groove: ‘Armageddon Time’ Director James Gray Talks His Long Trip Home
The filmmaker reflects on the most personal film of his career on the eve of the most emotional screening of his life. → Read More
Last Flight Home: MTV Doc Makes a Powerful Case for the Right to Die
“Dig!” filmmaker Ondi Timoner cuts home video footage of her father’s euthanasia into an honest and moving argument that everyone should have the same right. → Read More
The 38 Best Films of 2022, So Far
With the year (somehow) more than half over, 2022 has already played home to a wide variety of incredible cinematic offerings. Here are 38 you can see right now. → Read More