Jason Bailey, Author at The Playlist

‘Vengeance’ Review: A Mostly Successful Comic Mystery From B.J. Novak [Tribeca]

June 12, 2022 9:25 pm

B.J. Novak’s feature directorial debut, “Vengeance,” does not begin like you would expect B.J. Novak’s feature directorial debut to begin. It’s an image out of a horror movie, a dying figure in a dar...

‘American Dreamer’ Review: Peter Dinklage Can’t Save This Messy Comedic Drama [Tribeca]

Jason Bailey

June 12, 2022 10:55 am

Festivals, News, Reviews

“American Dreamer” is a mess of a movie, in which scenes of startling wit and emotional truth co-exist alongside entire subplots that are utterly inexplicable. It’s all over the damn place; its good ideas in n...

‘Aisha’ Review: Letitia Wright Stuns in a Moving Character Drama [Tribeca]

Jason Bailey

June 12, 2022 10:44 am

Festivals, News, Reviews

Aisha Osagie wakes up early. She bathes and prays. She takes a long bus ride to a hair salon, where she does menial labor for minimal pay while making small talk with pleasant-enough white ladies, and then she...

There’s Not Much ‘There There’ in Andrew Bujalski’s Latest [Tribeca Review]

Jason Bailey

June 11, 2022 10:22 am

Festivals, News, Reviews

Andrew Bujalski’s “There There” opens with a mellow, melancholy saxophone solo, the first of several musical interludes by The War on Drugs’ Jon Natchez that serves as bridges between the series of primarily t...

‘Somewhere In Queens’ Review: Ray Romano’s Directorial Debut Is Pleasant If Forgettable [Tribeca]

Jason Bailey

June 10, 2022 9:46 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

Ray Romano is a good actor, and seems like a nice guy. These are the two primary takeaways from “Somewhere in Queens,” which the stand-up comedian, character actor, and sitcom star co-wrote, co-...

‘Corner Office’ Review: Jon Hamm is Wasted in a Stylish But Empty Corporate Satire [Tribeca]

Jason Bailey

June 10, 2022 9:34 am

Festivals, Reviews

Because it’s so drab and one-note, “Corner Office” leaves the viewer with lots of time to contemplate the Hamm Conundrum. To wit: in Jon Hamm, we have an actor who seems genetically engineered f...

The Best Movies To Buy Or Stream This Week: ‘The Batman,’ ‘Double Indemnity,’ ‘Wild Things’ & More

Jason Bailey

May 31, 2022 5:00 pm

News

Every Tuesday, discriminating viewers are confronted with a flurry of choices: new releases on disc and on demand, vintage and original movies on any number of streaming platforms, catalogue titles making a sp...

‘Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind’ Review: Ethan Coen Makes His Solo Debut With A Surprisingly Anonymous Bio-Doc [Cannes]

Jason Bailey

May 22, 2022 7:46 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

It probably says something, in spite of their public comments to the contrary, about the severity of the Coen Brothers’ break-up that each of them has proceeded to make a movie that you not only can’t imagine ...

The Best Movies to Buy or Stream This Week: ‘Licorice Pizza,’ ‘Turning Red,’ ‘Escape from New York,’ and more

Jason Bailey

May 17, 2022 6:25 pm

News

Every Tuesday, discriminating viewers are confronted with a flurry of choices: new releases on disc and on demand, vintage and original movies on any number of streaming platforms, catalogue titles making a sp...

The Best Movies To Buy Or Stream This Week: ‘V/H/S/94,’ ‘Cyrano,’ ‘The Humans,’ & More

Jason Bailey

April 26, 2022 4:00 pm

News

Every Tuesday, discriminating viewers are confronted with a flurry of choices: new releases on disc and on demand, vintage and original movies on any number of streaming platforms, catalogue titles making a sp...