Larry Fried

Andrea Werhun and Nicole Bazuin’s new documentary "Modern Whore" explores Werhun’s experiences in the sex industry.

In her directorial debut, Hagen flips the script on her musical stand-up persona with a much more reserved portrait of a working violist.

The beloved Predator franchise draws new blood in a straight-to-streaming anthology film that proves it can still reach new heights.

Kenji Kamayama and Philippa Boyens bring the world of Middle Earth alive with anime in the latest Lord of the Rings saga.

Yalla Parkour review: the story of Ahmed Matar and PK Gaza evokes the resilience of Palestinians as a filmmaker considers her pull to her homeland.

Death & Taxes review: The U.S.A's constitution promises life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, but filmmaker Justin Schein explores how the widening rich-poor gap complicates that pledge.

Drop Dead City – New York on the Brink in 1975 review: a chorus of talking heads revisits the notorious summer that transformed the Big Apple.

My Sweet Land review: Sareen Hairabedian delivers an astonishing first feature that observes life under threat of war through a child's eyes.

Gallagher review: Josh Forbes profiles late comedian Leo Gallagher, best known for taking sledgehammers to watermelons.

The People's Way review: the stories of three women capture the ongoing fight of the Black Lives Matter movement at local levels.

The master director recreates the harrowing Blitzkrieg in his latest film, a war thriller that features some of his most searing imagery yet.

The “Cyrano” director is back for a starkly ferocious new project, a miniseries charting the political career of Italy’s fascist dictator.

It is very easy to be cynical about a movie like Piece By Piece. An animated documentary about Pharrell Williams’ life and times but told with LEGO bricks, it’s a combination of mediums and elements that are already dismissed by casual moviegoers on…

Chris Sanders, a largely looked-over voice in animation, has always specialized in stories that wear their heart on their sleeve. From the found-family suburban sci-fi of Lilo & Stitch to the unlikely friendship between Hiccup and Toothless in How To…

As the world of storytelling broadens to include more diverse voices, the once-tired “coming-of-age” genre has, too, broadened. Though its bones will always remain universal, filmmakers of different backgrounds can speak to “growing up” in new, more…

Following his breakout film Tangerine, director Sean Baker has found himself and his career on a gradual rise. The Florida Project and Red Rocket were amongst the most revered films of their respective years (the former became an Oscar underdog) and…

Few films present as immediate and resonant a symbol for their own problems as Deadpool & Wolverine. The latest in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the first live-action film to ever realize one of the brand’s most beloved pairings, the film’s…

The twenty-first century has introduced curious intersections between film and theater. There has been a rise in professionally recorded productions (Hamilton, Waitress, the upcoming Merrily We Roll Along), narrative dramas that implement performance…

In preparing for this year’s Tribeca Festival experience, it was impossible to deny that one film stood out amongst the rest. I mean, how could it not? – rarely has a title inspired such instant curiosity and excitement. Its word count (14!!) alone…

The first time beloved sketch comedy troupe The Whitest Kids U’ Know (WKUK) made a movie, things didn’t go so well. Adapted by team members Trevor Moore and Zach Cregger from an idea pitched to them by Fox Searchlight, Miss March was a critical and…