Nicky Otis Smith

Everyone can find their own niche now, but we have so little to talk about together

Something happens when you watch a movie alone together, laughing, crying and fidgeting in unison

Are we decent yet?

The Way of Water is a visually immersive and profoundly uninteresting film

Godard’s work remains a vibrant pageant of cinematic possibilities

It’s a successful satire of cancel culture that never hectors or patronizes

The HBO Max miniseries shows a rare interest in the present moment

We’re All Going to the World’s Fair is an important film about the internet

The Worst Person in the World’s ticking clock makes it both urgent and sad

The Seventies weren’t John Wayne’s decade, and that was fine by him

Another Round reviewed

All Light, Everywhere reviewed

I Care a Lot reviewed

The Woman in the Window reviewed

Video killed the video store

Castellano and Castaldo descended upon Narrowsburg with a gust of wind, declaring that they would open an acting school, start a film festival and make it ‘the Sundance of the East’