“St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle,” the words of this prayer set the tone for the intense human drama in “Asphalt City.” French-born director Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire is not ...

Asphalt City offers an engrossing perspective on the life of paramedics, though the movie does not manage to keep its momentum going throughout. The movie is centered on the relationship between ...

Asphalt City follows Ollie Cross (Tye Sheridan), a young paramedic assigned to the NYC night shift with an uncompromising and seasoned partner Gene Rutkovsky (Sean Penn). The dark nights reveal a ...