Movie Review: The Zone of Interest
Calling a film an “art film” these days feels more like a strike against the movie in 2023. I kinda get what they mean: being …
Drama
Movie Review: Society of the Snow
It was time. While 1993’s Alive was fine, the movie suffers from West Side Story syndrome, in that it takes an Uruguayan story and whitewashes …
Movie Review: All of Us Strangers
Everyone wants to be loved. Mr. Rogers once said the greatest thing we can do is convince someone that they’re loved and capable of loving. …
Movie Review: Ferrari
Cars and men. Men and cars. Excuse me, Mann and cars. Michael Mann doing a story about Enzo Ferrari seems like a match made in …
Movie Review: American Fiction
Through entertainment, American audiences have become accustomed to 3 types of stories about African-Americans: either they’re slaves, Civil rights fighters, or super poor, pregnant, drug …
Movie Review: Poor Things
Maybe it was Colin Farrell. Yorgos Lanthimos has a certain way with words, which work perfectly if Colin Farrell says them. However, that dialogue inside …
Movie Review: Monster (2023)
In the big US corporate world of moviemaking, stories about complex ordinary people aren’t gonna bring in the big bucks, so they only go for …
Movie Review: May December
Reviewing movies for a while now, I’ve heard a lot of interviews about actors describing their “process.” Generally my eyes start to glaze over as …
Movie Review: Saltburn
And I thought Americans were sexually repressed. Emerald Fennell shows the deep well of buried desire pulsating through the young hot, rich Brits at Saltburn. …
Movie Review: Dream Scenario
So now we have the Nic Cage pattern. Every other year he makes a deranged scenery chewing spectacle. And the following year he takes what …