Matt Passantino

To most, pingpong is just a game to play in a friend’s garage or backyard on a warm summer day. To Marty Mauser (Timothée Chalamet), the fast-talking hustler at the center of Josh Safdie’s “Marty Supreme,” it’s a chance to prove he is great at something and can be better than anyone else he’s matched up […]

“A house is just a house,” as the saying goes, but in Joachim Trier’s latest film, “Sentimental Value,” it is so much more than that. The house in question is a place filled with memories and grief, a structure that holds people back from growing while also forcing them to grow beyond what once took […]

Director Mary Bronstein’s “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” opens on an extreme close-up of Rose Byrne’s face. The camera focuses particularly on her eyes, which show a world-weary angst, like she has reached her breaking point many times before. She’s in a hospital room with her daughter, who has been plagued with an […]