Glenn McDonald
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Chapel Hill, NC, United States
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In "The Fabelmans," Steven Spielberg Draws Back the Curtain on His Childhood and Budding Love of Film
This is the director’s most personal film, no doubt, but for longtime admirers, it’s second-tier Spielberg all the way. → Read More
"Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song" and "I Love My Dad," Reviewed
A jubilant documentary and a cringe-inducing comedy about a catfishing father. → Read More
Hole in None: A Well-Crafted Comedy about a Terrible British Golfer Offers Summer Respite
"The Phantom of the Open" induces pleasant feelings the old-fashioned way, by earning them with stylish comedy. → Read More
'The French Dispatch' Is Stylish and Easy to Like. But Is it Easy to Love?
The film is jammed with enormously appealing performers, but they’re caught in the exquisite clockwork gears of Anderson’s brain. → Read More
In 'The Night House,' a Grieving Widow Stumbles Upon Some Seriously Unsettling Blueprints
The Rebecca Hall thriller gives "haunted house" a new meaning. → Read More
The Directorial Debut of Edson Oda is an Ambitious, Existential trip to the Great Before
The film 'Nine Days' asks: What if there were a kind of metaphysical vetting process for earning the right to live a life on Earth? → Read More
Films to Catch at This Year's Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
Here's what to catch, virtually. → Read More
'Together Together' Has the Shape of a Romantic Comedy, but It Scribbles outside the Lines
The sharp indie film delivers a new kind of love story for a swiftly tilting planet. → Read More
Elizabeth Lo’s New Documentary Is an Uplifting Portrait of Istanbul Street Dogs
The star of this remarkable film is Zeytin, a tawny-colored mutt with dark, expressive eyes. → Read More
'Minari' Is a Compassionately Observed Portrait of Family and Belonging
It does that miraculous thing that good movies can do: drop you right out of your head and down into your heart. → Read More
Documentary “A Glitch in the Matrix” Is Persuasive, in a Stoned-in-a-Dorm-Room Kind of Way
THE INDY IS FREE. MAKING IT ISN'T. Support fearless independent local journalism. We can't do this without you. → Read More
In “News of the World,” Tom Hanks Embodies the Better Angels of Our National Character
This is a throwback kind of movie—a huge, honking Western drama. → Read More
Nomadland Is a Road Trip Through Late-Stage Capitalism and the Sunset of the American Dream
Director Chloé Zhao’s latest is a new kind of Western. → Read More
“The Planters” Is a Character-Driven, Low-Budget Comedy Gem
The offbeat DIY film has an early-release virtual theatrical run via the Carolina Theatre's website. → Read More
Relive the Glory Days of Rock N' Roll in "Creem: America’s Only Rock and Roll Magazine"
The documentary is about as deep as the second half of a "Behind the Music." That can be fun. → Read More
A Few Floors in a New York Building Face the Federal Government in "The Fight"
The new documentary about the ACLU centers on four high-profile legal battles fought by the tenacious nonprofit. → Read More
How to See a UFO with David J. Halperin
In "Intimate Alien: The Hidden Story of the UFO," the Chapel Hill religious studies scholar and ufologist draws out the mythical and psychological threads of sightings. → Read More
Why AI will make your video games better
Machines can trounce humans in poker and chess. But in the future of gaming, AI won't be an opponent as much as a collaborator. → Read More
How to Resist the Dark Lure of Fascism in Terrence Malick's "A Hidden Life"
Based on the true story of a conscientious objector in WWII Austria, Malick's latest grand cosmic vision also has contemporary resonance. → Read More
Flying cars will be here sooner than you think
Flying cars have been a futuristic pipe dream since the 1950s. Thanks to Uber, Airbus, and more, the prototypes are already in the skies. → Read More