

Brandon Yu
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‘Yellow Door: ’90s Lo-Fi Film Club’ Review: Cinema Education
This documentary is both a look at a small, obsessive film club that formed in the early ’90s in South Korea and an origin story...

‘Butcher’s Crossing’ Review: Perilous Country
This western about the gluttony of westward expansion is saddled with a miscast Nicolas Cage.

‘The Mill’ Review: A Cog in the Machine
This spare dystopian thriller offers a serviceable but mostly unimaginative satire of a capitalist nightmare.

‘Totally Killer’ Review: More Like Marty McDie
This teen slasher comedy with a time-traveling twist can’t muster up enough charisma to make its mash-up concept sing.

‘Mami Wata’ Review: An Old God Flickers Out in a New Era
In this striking film by the Nigerian director C.J. Obasi, with the help of a mysterious stranger, a village awakens to what is possible.

‘It Lives Inside’ Review: The Horrors of Building Self-Acceptance
This feature debut about a high schooler’s struggle with her cultural identity is promising, even if the allegory doesn’t always land.

‘Outlaw Johnny Black’ Review: A Gravel-Toned Gunslinger
This misguided Western parody, starring and directed by Michael Jai White, struggles to establish a comedic rhythm.

‘Portrait of the Queen’ Review: Seeking Fresh Angles on a Familiar Face
This documentary attempts to give a unique look at Queen Elizabeth II by speaking to photographers who took portraits of her.

Before Gran Turismo Inspired a Movie, It Drove Jann Mardenborough to Greatness
The PlayStation video game’s realistic cars and racetracks helped Jann Mardenborough find his calling as a professional driver.

‘Bank of Dave’ Review: A Dave and Goliath Story
This sometimes sleepy feel-good drama follows the story of a working-class man’s battle against London’s financial elite.