Richard Jewell Is Another Empty Modern-Day Clint Eastwood Directorial Effort
What on Earth has happened to Clint Eastwood as a filmmaker this decade? The iconic…
A Bunch of Famous Names Can’t Make 6 Underground Interesting
Two very distinct creative talents have formed a union to bring the new Netflix blockbuster…
Atlantics Ain’t Afraid of No Ghost…or Committing to Bold Storytelling & Cinematography Choices
In art, the act of falling in love with someone is connected with the notion…
Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story Is A Powerful Piece of Filmmaking
In many ways, it feels like Noah Baumbach has been working his whole career to…
In the Long Run
It’s the tag to many a movie recommendation – “and it’s only 90 minutes long!”…
Both Marielle Heller and Tom Hanks Bring Their A-Game For A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Though he’s plastered all over the marketing, Tom Hanks’ Fred Rogers is not the lead…
Greta Gerwig’s Little Women Takes An Iconic Story And Makes It Brand-New
Why should we do another Little Women movie? Now, one could simply respond to that…
Year of the Month: “Well by Seventy-Six We’ll Be A-OK” – The Cool Retro-Future of THE NIGHTFLY
Conspicuously absent from the first post-Steely Dan release from Donald Fagen is the cutting mockery…
In Deep Shadows with DOCTOR SLEEP and 2010
Doctor Sleep opens with the indelible synth tones of the Wendy Carlos theme from The…
It Was You That I Burn For: The Standards of FEMALE TROUBLE
When it comes to Female Trouble, I am an outsider. I’m one of those heterosexuals…