BIFF

BIFF Review: ‘Age Out’ Finds Tye Sheridan Returning to a Malickian World of Poetic Imagery

The only thing worse than never getting your happy ending is having it within grasp and realizing you cannot accept it. To see salvation and turn around knowing...

BIFF Review: ‘After the Sun Fell’ is an Excessive, Occasionally Nuanced Drama of Reconciliation

Everyone's family is crazy. Some may seem crazier than others, but that's generally a byproduct of them being less self-conscious. The question we don't ask our...

BIFF Review: In ‘Sunset Park,’ a Crime Drama Turns into a Nightmare

When Duane Sarcione (Michael T. Weiss) finds himself in the hole with mobster 'The Sledge' (Sam Douglas), he has no choice but to run. It's not a surprising mov...

BIFF Review: ‘Crash Pad’ Blatantly Reinforces Stereotypes of Masculinity

Morgan (Christina Applegate) is drowning in a marriage on the rocks. Both her career and her husband's (Thomas Haden Church's Grady) are booming — the time allo...

BIFF Review: ‘Marshall’ Depicts the Procedural Fight to Overcome Prejudice

It's hard to believe America's first black Supreme Court Justice hadn't yet earned the big screen cinematic treatment until now. Besides Thurgood Marshall appea...

BIFF Review: ‘Woman on Fire’ is an Inspiring Portrait of NYC’s First Openly Transgender Firefighter

I'm not sure anyone could have written a better script than Brooke Guinan's real life to truly focus on what it means to be a transgender person in a bigoted, "...

BIFF Review: ‘Train Driver’s Diary’ Has Bitingly Sardonic Wit and Authentic Melancholy

Whether a result of suicide, drunken stupidity, or sheer dumb luck, train drivers the world over kill people. You'd like to believe it's a rarity, but the truth...

BIFF Review: ‘Mermaids’ Captures a Joyous Rebirth

On first blush Ali Weinstein's documentary Mermaids focuses its glimpse at the titular sea myth's power towards the whimsical and fun. She takes us from the day...

BIFF Review: ‘Prodigy’ Dips Its Characters Into a Pool of Guilt

Guilt is a powerful thing. It can make you act in ways that go against your own survival and yet still ensure those actions are selfishly motivated. You aren't ...

[BIFF Review] Mercy

It's practically impossible to talk about what's happening in Chris Sparling's latest thriller, Mercy, without spoiling it. The writer-director knows, and split...

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Reviews

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Interviews

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Podcasts

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