Radha, a decade after being named a promising under-30 talent, finds herself stalled. Her long-suffering agent and childhood friend, Archie (Peter Kim), tries to tend the flame of Radha’s career, but she doesn’t always make it easy for him. Her emotional life is its own kind of mess. As a writer, she possesses an enviable ear for the profane, polyphonic music of New York speech in its various idioms. Those monochrome frames are likely to remind many viewers of other New York movies, notably Spike Lee’s “She’s Gotta Have It” and Woody Allen’s “Manhattan,” which feels like an especially deliberate point of reference.

Source: New York Times October 08, 2020 17:15 UTC