Christian Gallichio, Author at The Playlist

‘Transition’ Review: A Riveting Portrait of Gender Transitioning That Successfully Marries Personal & Political Storytelling [Tribeca]

June 22, 2023 8:56 am

A trans man has to navigate the complexities of gender transition treatment while also chronicling the Afghani Taliban in Monica Villamizar and Jordan Bryon’s intensely personal and political “Transition.” Des...

‘Bad Like Brooklyn Dancehall’ Review: A Compelling, But Standardized, Introduction To The Musical Genre [Tribeca]

Christian Gallichio

June 15, 2023 1:14 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

A compelling introduction to the cultural history of the Jamaican musical genre dancehall, Ben DiGiacomo and Dutty Vannier’s “Bad Like Brooklyn Dancehall” sheds light on what one interviewee calls the associat...

‘Mountains’ Is A Textured Exploration Of The Effects Of Gentrification Of Miami’s Little Haiti [Tribeca]

Christian Gallichio

June 11, 2023 10:07 am

Festivals, News, Reviews

A portrait of a community, and family, in flux, Monica Sorelle’s feature debut “Mountains” is a deceptively low-key, but nevertheless textured, exploration of Miami’s Little Haiti community and the effects of ...

‘Winter Boy’ Review: Christophe Honoré’s Latest With Juliette Binoche Is An Affecting & Occasionally Hackneyed Portrait Of Grief

Christian Gallichio

April 29, 2023 11:00 am

News, Reviews

A young boy comes of age after his father’s sudden death in Christophe Honoré’s “Winter Boy.” A bleak portrait of grief, the film may earn points for crafting an empathetic, subjective portrayal of one boy’s e...

‘Twilight’ Review: Newly Restored György Fehér 1990s Film Is A Classic, Hypnotic Noir

Christian Gallichio

April 26, 2023 1:12 pm

News, Reviews, Trailers

Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s 1958 novel “The Pledge” has proven to be especially durable to adaptations over the years. More well-known of these is Sean Penn’s 2000 film “The Pledge,” a grisly Jack Nicholson starrer...

‘Paint’ Review: Owen Wilson’s Bob Ross Inspired Comedy Is More Amusing Than Laugh-Out-Loud Funny

Christian Gallichio

April 4, 2023 2:00 pm

News, Reviews

What if genial TV painter Bob Ross was actually a serial philanderer with an obsessive need to be accepted by the art community? This seems, on paper, like an interesting concept for a film. Considering that R...

‘You Can Call Me Bill’ Review: Alexandre O. Phillippe’s Can’t Really Unpack The Complicated Enigma Of William Shatner In New Doc [SXSW]

Christian Gallichio

March 17, 2023 1:25 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

After having explored George Lucas, David Lynch, Hitchcock, and even William Friedkin in previous documentaries, Alexandre O. Phillippe turns his attention towards an unlikely subject, William Shatner, in his ...

‘Last Stop Larrimah’ Review: A Shaggy and Compelling Murder Mystery About a Small Australian Town [SXSW]

Christian Gallichio

March 16, 2023 3:40 pm

Festivals, News, Reviews

Larrimah, the small Australian town that gives Thomas Tancred’s documentary its title, has a population of 11. Or, at least, it had 11 people until one, Paddy Moriarty, went missing along with his dog in 2017....

‘Gods Of Mexico’ Review: A Wordless and Hypnotic Exploration of Indigenous Mexican Communities

Christian Gallichio

March 3, 2023 1:44 pm

News, Reviews

A series of rituals play out across Helmut Dosantos’ nearly wordless documentary “Gods of Mexico.” Honing in on Indigenous communities and their labor in Mexico despite the shadow of the country’s creeping mod...

‘Joan Baez I Am a Noise’ Review: The Famous Folk Singer Bids Farewell [Berlin]

Christian Gallichio

February 21, 2023 9:32 am

Festivals, News, Reviews

There’s a pretty traditional formula that most music documentaries follow. They'll often center around a standard birth to mainstream success overview, populated with talking heads and contemporaries to contex...

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