Elizabeth Weitzman

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‘Yanuni’ Review: Tribeca Fest Closes With Timely and Inspiring Eco-Doc

1 week ago | thewrap.com | Elizabeth Weitzman |Adam Chitwood

In 2009, 18-year-old Juma Xipaia announced that her destiny would be “fighting for the Indigenous cause. Standing up for my people. My life,” she added with understated prescience, “is going to be one of struggle.” Just six years later, she became the first female chief of the Middle Xingu, in Brazil’s Amazon basin.
‘Yanuni’ Review: Tribeca Fest Closes With Timely and Inspiring Eco-Doc

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Elizabeth Weitzman

6 hours agoBrazil: Thousands rally in Sao Paulo demanding end to Israel’s war in GazaSHOTLIST: SAO PAULO, BRAZIL (JUNE 15, 2025) (ANADOLU – ACCESS ALL) 1.
Celine Song’s wavering follow-up to ‘Past Lives’ hedges its bets

2 weeks ago | timeout.com | Elizabeth Weitzman |Chris Evans |Pedro Pascal |Dakota Johnson

Photograph: A24Review3 out of 5 starsPedro Pascal or Chris Evans? Dakota Johnson makes the tough call in this equivocating romantic dramaFilmRecommendedThursday 12 June 2025FacebookTwitterPinterestEmailWhatsAppAdvertisingTime Out saysBe warned: despite its glossy cast and slick marketing, Materialists is not a romantic comedy. As to what it is instead, not even its creator seems entirely sure.
'Dear Ms.: A Revolution in Print' Review: Trailblazing Feminist Magazine Doc Still Hits Hard Today

2 weeks ago | thewrap.com | Elizabeth Weitzman |Benjamin Lindsay

Has there ever been a more essential moment for a documentary than one about the making of Ms. magazine? Though it was founded more than half a century ago, nearly all the subjects it raised and debated continue to feel urgently relevant. To wit, “Dear Ms: A Revolution in Print” opens with narration from founding editor Letty Cottin Pogrebin: “Try to imagine life where you are owned by, or controlled by, men.” There are, perhaps, some women who can still imagine what that might be like today.
'The Best You Can' Review: Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon Are the Draw in This Charming, Low-Key Dramedy

2 weeks ago | thewrap.com | Elizabeth Weitzman |Adam Chitwood

Rather remarkably, “The Best You Can” represents the first time real-life spouses Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon have been onscreen together in 20 years. And if their reunion is just as easygoing and unpretentious as their beloved at-home TikToks, well, is that really anything to complain about? Sedgwick’s Cynthia seems, at first, to be living a pretty ideal life.
‘The Best You Can’ Review: Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon Are the Draw in This Charming, Low-Key Dramedy

2 weeks ago | currently.att.yahoo.com | Elizabeth Weitzman

Rather remarkably, “The Best You Can” represents the first time real-life spouses Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon have been onscreen together in 20 years. And if their reunion is just as easygoing and unpretentious as their beloved at-home TikToks, well, is that really anything to complain about? Sedgwick’s Cynthia seems, at first, to be living a pretty ideal life.
‘The Best You Can’ Review: Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon Are the Draw in This Charming, Low-Key Dramedy

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Elizabeth Weitzman

Adelaide’s second day of the Beer and BBQ Festival keeps the home fires burning (07.06.25)With the cold wind and rain that hit Adelaide for the King’s Birthday long weekend, it was good that there was plenty of warmth and shelter to be had …
'She Dances' Review: Steve Zahn and Daughter Audrey Share a Sweet Pas de Deux

3 weeks ago | thewrap.com | Elizabeth Weitzman |Benjamin Lindsay

There are probably quite a few proud fathers who would love to make a mainstream tribute to their own offspring. Few of them, however, have the resources — or talents — to handle it as well as Steve Zahn does with “She Dances.”Zahn co-wrote, produced and stars with his dancer daughter Audrey in this lovely drama about, well, a proud father and his dancer daughter. But before we even see his perpetually fretting Jason, we meet her high school senior Claire.
What to see at the 2025 Tribeca Festival

3 weeks ago | timeout.com | Elizabeth Weitzman

NewsThe choices are nearly endless at this year's fest—which runs from June 4-15. Written by Elizabeth WeitzmanFilm critic and journalistThursday June 5 2025FacebookTwitterPinterestEmailWhatsAppPhotograph: Courtesy Tribeca Film FestivalAdvertisingHow to choose? That’s the welcome dilemma the Tribeca Festival offers us every year, and the 24th edition—which begins on June 4 and runs through June 15—is as packed as ever.
Tim Robinson’s bromance comedy is a funny-awkward feast of bad choices

1 month ago | timeout.com | Elizabeth Weitzman |Paul Rudd |Tim Robinson

Photograph: A24 | Paul Rudd and Tim Robinson in ‘Friendship’Review3 out of 5 stars97 Minutes of Tim Robinson? Let the memes beginFilmRecommendedFriday 9 May 2025FacebookTwitterPinterestEmailWhatsAppAdvertisingTime Out saysWhen it comes to Tim Robinson, there are two very distinct camps: those who can't get enough of his shows I Think You Should Leave and Detroiters, and those who just don’t get his brand of recoil comedy at all.