Movie Review: Mary
It’s almost impossible to make all the wrong decisions making a movie. There’s too many voices, some of whom will get something. So congratulations DJ …
Drama
Movie Review: Maria
And so concludes Pablo Larrain’s FLOW (Famous Lonely Opulent Women) trilogy. His latest double muse takes us to the Opera, as Angelina Jolie, a FLOW …
Movie Review: Queer
A double Luca Guadagnino year is a good year for cinema. Even if it isn’t for me. 2 movies probably means we’re getting the two …
Movie Review: Nightbitch
There’s a zillion movies about mothers and children at this point in movie history. Most of them look at the rosy view of motherhood: Oprah’s …
Movie Review: Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point
Why do people love A Christmas Story so much? My assertion is that the movie feels like you’re watching a home movie, perhaps the best …
Movie Review: The Piano Lesson
My deepest thanks to Denzel Washington. I had no idea who August Wilson was. But since 2017’s Fences, we’ve gotten a few Wilson adaptations: and …
Movie Review: Bird
Andrea Arnold and Sean Baker are part of the director coin flip. If you’re lucky and land heads, you’re Sean Baker, raised around the poor …
Movie Review: Emilia Perez
Some Netflix movies are there to hum in the background as you do whatever task is in front of you. Emilia Perez is NOT one …
Movie Review: Gladiator II
Gladiator II has broken the hype meter charts. Sequel to a best picture winner, with same director, a new, smoking hot young cast, and one …
Movie Review: A Real Pain
I’m glad A Real Pain wasn’t Jesse Eisenberg’s first movie. A film like this requires a delicate touch that most first time directors don’t quite …